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Need some support and encouragement.
Need some advice. My husband had 1/3 of his bladder removed one year ago this month. He was told to go back every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 1 year, and once a year for the rest of his life. He was stubborn a year ago to even go to a doctor after urinating blood for 2 months. When he finally went, he was diagnosed with cancer. Well, he has refused to go back to the doctor and continues to smoke and drink 12 beers a day. He is in a ton of pain, lack of energy, deeply depressed, no desire to have friends or family around us, feels hungry and loses his appetite. He says he feels like he is being kicked in the “nuts” and painful to urinate. I keep asking him to go back to the doctor. When he had the surgery a year ago, he quit drinking alcohol and felt great. He went back to drinking 6 weeks later and when he did, he was in a ton of pain after 3 beers and he said that he couldn’t do that again. Well, he did. I can’t find any information with beer affecting post bladder cancer.
He really needs to go back to the doctor and I pray every day that he will just “fess” up and go back. I know he is scared and so am I.
Thank you for listening and hopefully we will get some answers to his world of pain at this moment.