Living with Bladder Cancer

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My Bladder cancer story
by: robert streiff on Mon, Nov 05 2007

my name is bob. i’m a 63 year old retired property manager in san francisco.
in june of 2007 i noticed blood in my urine. increasingly large amounts of blood. my primary care physician originally thought it was a urinary tract infection but i kept getting worse.

an ultrasound and various tests showed bladder cancer he set me up with an appointment with the urology dept. at san francisco general hospital. my options were limited and i finally decided to go with a radical cystetomy, removal of both bladder and prostate, at the use of a urostomy bag for the rest of my life.

on sept 6 i checked in for the surgery which should have gottan me released in about 2 weeks. how wrong we all were. one set back after another and two surgeries. i was released on oct. 26 and home never seemed so sweet. i have good days and bad days but am determined to regain my strength slowly but surely.

i’m hoping to connect with others in my situation.
thank you all very much

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Sun, Dec 09 2007
Just wondering; My husband is also 63 and going into Yale New Haven Hospital Jan 4 for bladder cancer surgery. He was told about 10 days in the hospi...Read

November 2007

bladdercancer - by JERRY - (Mon, Nov 19 2007)
HI MY NAME IS JERRY, MY FAMILY DOCTOR FOUND BLOOD AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE CANCER OF THE BLADDER. [more..]
dem ol cystectomy blues - by Pat - (Fri, Nov 09 2007)
Had mine May 06 and a triple bypass 7 months later and beleive it or not I’m feeling pretty good. Had my hi milage maintenance and hope only mild tune-ups for the future. Hate that bag but [more..]
My Bladder cancer story - by robert streiff - (Mon, Nov 05 2007)
my name is bob. i’m a 63 year old retired property manager in san francisco. in june of 2007 i noticed blood in my urine. increasingly large amounts of blood. my primary care physician originally thought it was a urinary tract infection but i kept getting worse. [more..]

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