Hi Pat and Jenz,
pat....don't jump to conclusions. The path report could not come back within 2 days anyway right?, Jenz will speak about it next week with the doctor.... Jenz, might be that the tumor was so obviously a low grade papillary that they didn't grade it.
That is what happened to my sister when she went to Sloane, the doctor said her tumor was "too low to grade", and said it's a Ta, non aggressive tumor. He did not say polyp, as they are actually quite rare, but many times doctors do use this term (instead of the WHO term "papillary of low malignant potential PLMP). TaG1 papillary tumors are the most common tumors in bladder cancer-land and are often described as mushrooms, so I'm pretty confident that Jenz' path will be friendly (all things being relative in cancer land!).
My sister did not get a second opinion...she's 8-9 yrs down the road and cancer free. But Sloane was her second opinion and where she went for the TUR after her dx.
If there is any doubt, sometimes the next best step is a second opinion on the pathology rather than necessarily getting a second doctor involved. Just my opinion, though.
Best to all,
Wendy