Bladder Cancer

[livingwith]

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, r...Read the full article

[lindamayt]

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 hospital and they hope to build a new bladder from his intestine. Why didn't they do that for you and why so many complications? I just want to know what to be prepared for.

thanks