Bladder cancer update from Greg: January 31, 2018
Okay so I’m sitting here. Just two weeks ago I had my surgery and they cut a large tumor out of me and sent it off to biopsy and I was home starting the first of seven days of pain dealing with having a catheter in so that my body could rid its self of the debris from the surgery and I could heal.
I know that Donna needed her rest so we moved me into the spare bedroom where I could get rest as I needed it. Where I could get up and down and to the rest room as needed on a 24 hour cycle and hopefully let Donna get as much rest as she could given the circumstances.
I was under the impression that we would find out on my post surgery follow-up appointment what stage the cancer is/was and how successful the procedure was. Silly me. Donna tells me today that she got a call from the doctors office on the Wednesday after surgery telling her that the mass what quite large and that the guy that did my surgery was referring me to a senior member in his office who could better treat the cancer.
Donna was doing me a favor by letting me have a couple of weeks of hopes while she kept that information inside as it ate at her. I love her for that but it has taken a toll on her as I know that she is not sleeping well because she wasn’t able to tell me the details. Hopefully tonight she can sleep better now that it is off her chest.
So, now we are scheduled to go in to see the specialist and figure out what is what, find out for sure what stage this piece of shit inside me is at and figure some sort of action plan to combat it.
Apparently this type of cancer is insidious and keeps coming back like a boomerang.
The options because of the size of the tumor (at least until we know more from the doctor) are either removal of the bladder or a fairly aggressive regimen of Chemo and Radiation.
I do have to tell you that I do NOT like those particular options so I hope we can find some middle ground that is something I can live with (pun intended).
We will post more after our meeting with the new doctor after we have had a chance to review and digest what is happening.
We both appreciate everyone’s thoughts, kind words and prayers and hopefully we can post some better news here on the blog in the near future instead of all this bad crap.
Greg
Okay so I’m sitting here. Just two weeks ago I had my surgery and they cut a large tumor out of me and sent it off to biopsy and I was home starting the first of seven days of pain dealing with having a catheter in so that my body could rid its self of the debris from the surgery and I could heal.
I know that Donna needed her rest so we moved me into the spare bedroom where I could get rest as I needed it. Where I could get up and down and to the rest room as needed on a 24 hour cycle and hopefully let Donna get as much rest as she could given the circumstances.
I was under the impression that we would find out on my post surgery follow-up appointment what stage the cancer is/was and how successful the procedure was. Silly me. Donna tells me today that she got a call from the doctors office on the Wednesday after surgery telling her that the mass what quite large and that the guy that did my surgery was referring me to a senior member in his office who could better treat the cancer.
Donna was doing me a favor by letting me have a couple of weeks of hopes while she kept that information inside as it ate at her. I love her for that but it has taken a toll on her as I know that she is not sleeping well because she wasn’t able to tell me the details. Hopefully tonight she can sleep better now that it is off her chest.
So, now we are scheduled to go in to see the specialist and figure out what is what, find out for sure what stage this piece of shit inside me is at and figure some sort of action plan to combat it.
Apparently this type of cancer is insidious and keeps coming back like a boomerang.
The options because of the size of the tumor (at least until we know more from the doctor) are either removal of the bladder or a fairly aggressive regimen of Chemo and Radiation.
I do have to tell you that I do NOT like those particular options so I hope we can find some middle ground that is something I can live with (pun intended).
We will post more after our meeting with the new doctor after we have had a chance to review and digest what is happening.
We both appreciate everyone’s thoughts, kind words and prayers and hopefully we can post some better news here on the blog in the near future instead of all this bad crap.
Greg
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