[livingwith]

I am 44 and have been suffering from urgency and BPH type problems for about 6 months. Doc prescribed FloMax and that really helped, but I still felt that I needed to get a deeper test to see what is going on so my doc performed the scope test.
Good thing he did because he found a very small tumor in my bladder that was unexpected. I am now going in for surgery in Mar 09 to have the tumor removed and also to have a TUIP performed on my prostate.
The doc said I have a 50/50 chance it is bladd...Read the full article

[schule]

I was 44 ,when I saw blood in my urin. One week later I had surgery. Bladder and Prostate Cancer.That was 25 years ago! I am wearing a bag. NO PROBLEM.! Life is beautiful.

[yang2828]

Your situation sounds like mine 5 years ago. There was a tumor. Doctor removed it plus he took tissue samples from three other areas for biopsy. No malignancy was identified in the three tissue samples. Of the tumor removed it was papillary carcinoma, meaning finger-like and growing into the hollow of the bladder. Growing into the bladder lining would be bad news (invasive). the report did not say it was malignant. Just low grade carcinoma. For five years I had cystoscopy every 6 months. Really a pain. In the last urine test he said there were cancer cells. But nothing visible in the scope. So I am going in for biopsy next month.
Interested in your results.
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Frank