I went to the Baylor All Saints website and nowhere on it could I find the word "cystectomy" mentioned. They mentioned prostate cancer and that they treat it, but never bladder cancer and radical cystectomy. This is the same hospital my father was in after his second TURB. The current urologist kept him there for 3 full days after the TURB. I spent a lot of time with him there, and it was fortunate that I did, as I had to constantly go find a nurse to empty his full catheter bag, find a nurse after 30-minutes of not responding to his call button, etc. And trust me, my father is a patient and kind man who would not criticize anyone, especially someone like a nurse who is overworked to begin with. BUT, he was visibly shaken when he learned that he will be right back on that same surgery floor with those same nurses who did not care for him very well last time, and this time with major surgery to recuperate from.
And, as you know, the Baylor system is made up of several hospitals, with All Saints being only one of them. So maybe some hospitals in the system are better than others.
The urologist that is treating my father has privileges at All Saints, obviously, but is not on their staff. He has a private practice and is not part of a university hospital/research setting. So, in essence, I guess he is just "renting" the operating room to do Dad's surgery.
I feel like I've wasted so much time. I was out of the country when this diagnosis came down. If I had been here, trust me, we wouldn't be having these conversations. I would have INSISTED that he get treatment at MD Anderson or UTSW, not from some guy in private practice who most likely does mostly prostate procedures. So, you can see now why I am blaming myself for where we are now.