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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / April 2006Bladder Cancer
My brother has just been diag'd with Bladder ca..does'nt know stage or treatment yet...Prostate biopsy was neg, Bladder pos...blood in urine and a hurting tail bone..Trying to get him into group.. Thanks Howie Howie, I'm very sorry to hear about your brother. I'm new here myself, had prostate removed 03/13/06. But it started with a colonoscopy (turned out benign in colon), but led to a pros. biop before the surgery. So killed two birds with one cut. Before the operation (and the determination that the colon was benign) I learned a LOT about colon and prostate cancer. There are some VERY informed and smart people here. I haven't seen many posts about bladder cancer. But surely someone here knows something. Good luck and GOD BLESS David > My brother has just been diag'd with Bladder ca..does'nt know stage or > treatment yet...Prostate biopsy was neg, Bladder pos...blood in urine > and a hurting tail bone..Trying to get him into group.. Thanks Howie He's better off on alt.support.cancer. There's usually many other bladder cancer posters there. In fact, a regular who had H&N cancer's father has it, so he'll help your brother along. Some links for careful reading for you and your brother are here. <http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.cancer/msg/84c974c7096f5b89?hl=en&> J > My brother has just been diag'd with Bladder ca..does'nt know stage or > treatment yet...Prostate biopsy was neg, Bladder pos...blood in urine > and a hurting tail bone..Trying to get him into group.. Thanks Howie Didn't he have prostate cancer earlier? If so, is this bladder cancer or prostate cancer that has spread? My husband had positive bladder margins so I'm afraid its going to spread to his bladder. laurel That was me with the PCa..had the prostate out 14 months ago and so far so good. It's my Brother now that has the bladder cancer. He had prostate biopsy and it was neg..bladder biopsy was pos... Howie Sorry to hear about your brother's diagnosis, Howie. Hope it was caught early! Keep us posted, please! MikeH > That was me with the PCa..had the prostate out 14 months ago and so far > so good. It's my Brother now that has the bladder cancer. He had > prostate biopsy and it was neg..bladder biopsy was pos... > Howie He said he has stage 2 bladder ca...and it is confined to the inside of bladder at this time..also when thy were in there with the instruments to do biopsy they zappd the spots with a laser or some way of burning the ca.. out. He has to go for immune treatments for 6 weeks the be scoped again and again for rest of his life. He said all scans, CTs xrays saw NO spread... > He said he has stage 2 bladder ca...and it is confined to the inside of > bladder at this time..also when thy were in there with the instruments > to do biopsy they zappd the spots with a laser or some way of burning > the ca.. out. He has to go for immune treatments for 6 weeks the be > scoped again and again for rest of his life. He said all scans, CTs > xrays saw NO spread... Isn't it awful? I am reading, "stage 2 cancer" and thinking, "how lucky". But I know it is tough, and scary. I do hope they killed it all and he can keep his bladder (and his life). What happens to us? For 100 years (or 48), I hardly knew anyone with cancer. Now it is popping up all over my life (not just these groups.) Best wishes for you and your brother, Howie. laurel Thanks Laurel...Yep, as we age seems like every kind of illness pops up...I (Howie, Paul's brother) had prostate removed a year ago..doing ok...undectable PSA so far thank God. Be well.. Sorry to hear that Howie.  SignaturePSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05, 5/05, 10/05, 2/06 PSA .07 .05 .06 .09 .08 .132 Non Illegitimi Carborundum > My brother has just been diag'd with Bladder ca..does'nt know stage or > treatment yet...Prostate biopsy was neg, Bladder pos...blood in urine > and a hurting tail bone..Trying to get him into group.. Thanks Howie
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