Kingscroft

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David
Founder, WhatNexter

How are you?
Worried. Hope you are ok
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Mike

Re; BCAN THANK YOU!

i will pray for both of you if he has not been given any pain meds my dr. told me i could take 325mg Tylenol only one and not any aspirin i know what he is going through i had stage IV bladder cancer and prostate cancer and now they have found another cancer don't stop fighting this thing hope all goes well

I try hard to be upbeat, but have taken it out on my wife several times. Feel super bad after but sometimes it seems like the caregiver forgets that we are the one with the cancer. I love her so much but get overwhelmed with things on the Internet that can cure me.
Thanks for being there and be honest but don't try to be an overprotective mom!

Hi Kingscroft:

I was diagnosed with an adenocarcinoma in my bladder a little over two years ago. It wasn't until my surgery in August 2011 that it was found that the cancer had actually started in my urethra months before and invaded my bladder. At the time of my surgery the tumor was a type IV. The choice I was given by my urologist/surgeon here at Emory University Hospital Atlanta was to have a radical cystectomy whereby my bladder, urethra and part of my vagina were removed. Not an easy choice but at this stage of my cancer the only choice I had. While having a urostomy has been quite an adjustment and lifestyle change it is better than death. I deal with this very well now. I was 65 when the surgery was performed. I went through 3 months of chemo after the surgery as the cancer had invaded a blood vessel. I was told as an adenocarcinoma is a rare cancer there is not a lot of history with it. I finished chemo a year ago February. Last year I went for MRI's every 3 months and have now been declared in remission and only have to go annually. Within the past 3 months, I have started feeling much better and am able to do regular rigorous exercises. It is good to be pain free. I hope your doctor has your best interests at heart and knows the best path to take. I wish you well in this journey.

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