Nancy, Ross, Julie, Susan and everyone:
I appreciate your responses and good thoughts. What I am mainly concerned with at this point is my doctor's apparent intent to recommend a cystectomy based on repeated recurrences of papillary and CIS -- even though all have been non-invasive thus far. He stated that the chances of progression or upstaging are too great to risk waiting, but that does not correspond with the information I have been reading on this forum over the past year. I was under the impression that superficial, non-invasive bladder cancer only progresses to invasive in five percent or fewer instances. If the biopsy shows recurrence of ANY type of blc, I think he's going to recommend cystectomy and I will be forced to seek a second opinion and perhaps other options.
I would certainly welcome any and all input on this matter. Thanks again.
David