Bladder Cancer

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My friend’s husband was recently diagnosed with T2 (stage 2) III/IV grade (super aggressive) bladder cancer. I have been trying to help them find out more about his situation, and what his options are, which I have provided links below for some helpful information I have found on bladder cancer

7 years ago I was diagnosed with a rare type of stomach cancer. Because none of my physicians had ever treated anyone with the type of cancer I have, I was forced to research information on the internet. At first I was mad, because I was paying huge bucks for medical insurance, and none of the doctors I saw were helping me. (Some were actually making my situation worse.)

It was at that time when I realized I needed to take responsibility to help myself, and if I wanted to live – I needed to invest time to research information, and I needed to educate myself about my type of cancer, in order to make an INFORMED decision about my individual situation.

When you are first diagnosed with cancer, you are extremely overwhelmed, and faced with all kinds of emotions, that can make your head spin in circles and then explode. On top of trying to digest, everything, there’s the other pressure of having to make a life altering decision, that can affect everything you do from that moment on.

On a Friday, three days before my surgery date, when I was about to sign the waiver to remove my stomach a paragraph jumped out at me on the waiver I was about to sign, which said something about not being able to survive the surgery, due to the amount of weight you would lose within the first few months – I backed out of the surgery, and got a second opinion. I never did remove my stomach. That was over 7 years ago.

Looking back I was so pressured into removing my stomach, I didn’t have any time to digest nor research to see what my options were.

My advice to everyone battling this horrific disease would be to: TAKE YOUR LIFE INTO YOUR OWN HANDS! Naturally, you would like someone else to “help” you, but that may or may not happen, so your life, is 100% your responsibility, in who you pick for a doctor, the decisions you make, and the time you spend investigating your situation, because your life, is the most important only to you – (and if you are lucky enough to your family and friends.) Start reading EVERYTHING you can find. Get copies of all of your medical records, and start educating yourself about your disease, so you can make the best decision.

The second advice I have to say it start eating 85% fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, legumes, whole grains, beans. The other 15% can be cooked. You need the enzymes in the food you eat to restore your cells back to normal. Stop eating all animal products. Stop smoking, drinking, eating any kind of food with sugar in it. No preservatives or chemicals. No canned, or frozen foods, or microwaved foods.

Look into eating foods that are NOT acid forming foods. Eat foods that are alkaline forming foods. Cancer cell grow in a high PH acid environment. I am alive because I changed my diet. Thank God I found an incredible nutritionist. If I hadn't seen first hand I wouldn't have believed the affect eating this way has had. It was super hard giving up a lot of foods at first, but once I made the decision, my life was worth it, I no longer had any desire for sugar or meat.

Your body is a remarkable thing. Like a skinned knee – it can heal itself IF you feed it the right things. Also, by eating correctly, your changes of surviving chemo and surgery will increase if you are healthier. You will also feel a zillion times better.

Walk for 30 minutes to 1 hour a day in the sun.

I hope you all find the strength to go through this difficult journey.

NEVER GIVE UP HOPE. No matter what anyone tells you or how bleak
the situation appears to be.

My cancer doctor told me I would be dead in 2 years.
That was 5 years ago.

SKY

LINKS FOR BLADDER CANCER

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The American Cancer Society offers a service to patients and their families that will help match them with a clinical trial. We will ask you about your cancer, where you live, and whether you can travel or not. Then our computer will give you a list of clinical trials that might meet your needs.
To use this service, please call our toll-free number (1-800-303-5691) or log on to our Web site at

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_6_1X_Clinical_Trials_Matching_Service.asp.

The National Cancer Institute has current information about NCI-sponsored clinical trials. You can call the NCI at 1-800-4-CANCER or visit their Web site at www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials.



I did not save the link to this excellent article about:

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE HOSPITAL HAVING YOUR BLADDER REMOVE
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