Hi all,
I had my TURBT a week ago and tomorrow, I go in for my one week follow up visit. I was diagnosed after blood in my urine, a clear CT, a clear US, and then a tumor seen on cystoscopy. I, like a lot of others, don't like the C word.
Saturday night, I started with pain on urination which got progressively worse to the point that Monday, I was begging for pain killers. I saw my family practice doc as the uro could not see me (long and not fun story). He started me on antibiotics and pain meds, and since then, it's been getting slowly better - from an 11 out of 10 on urination to a 4ish out of 10. I've also gone from peeing every 15-30 minutes to every hour, to every 2 hours today. I am weaning off the pain meds and tomorrow will be taking Tylenol only if I need it at all.
Anyway, this is another nervous evening. First was the ER visit, then was the cystoscopy, surgery, and now the follow up and discussion about pathology.
I read a lot of your stories last night and thought I would drop by and say hello.
Here's my existential question - Do I have cancer or have I had cancer now that the surgery supposedly got it all?
Thanks for being here. Not a lot of people get it.
Donna