Hi Everyone. I am new to this site and have read so much and gained so much information hoping to get a jump start on my education of bladder cancer. I'm hoping I can get some feed back on our family's situation. My father who will be 83 this month has been having some issues with his health. This man has never been sick, not on any medication, lifts weights daily jogs and does 150 pushups a day. About 2 months ago he started feel nauseaus and began having constipation. No urination issues, no blood in the urine. He's lost 15 pounds.After many many tests at the VA, they found a mass in his bladder. After a cystoscopy, the doctor described the tumor as a stalk. He also believes it to be an early stage cancer. He isn't scheduled for another cystoscopy under anesthesia with a biopsy until Nov 28th. My question is this. With all the others out there on this blog have you experienced these symptoms? The nausea is taking him over. The doctors have tried all the antinausea meds there are and nothing works. It either makes him sicker or does nothing. Do these symptoms go with bladder cancer? We can't get a straight answer out of the doctors and it seems unfair to make him continually suffer with this. Also, are my feelings of anxiety of waiting a month to have this done founded? Or since they think it's early stage a month is ok? Any helpful advice would be so appreciated!
thank you so much,
TinaMarie