Question by gunslinga: What was or is your experience with bladder cancer?
Did you or a family member have it? What stage? Survival rate? Etc?

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Answer by Wilma F
my grandfather was diagnosed with it at age 82. the tumor was very small when they caught it and they removed it. it was just sitting on the interior surface of his bladder. The doctor compared the removal to scraping jelly off of a piece of toast. He had to go in every 3 months for a check up until he hit his first year anniversary then he was to go in once a year until he reached his 5th year anniversary. It recurred on his 4th year anniversary and the process of removal & check ups began again. after the 2nd time he never had another tumor turn up. He died at age 92 from a stroke.

he was at the tumor stage (T stage on the TNM scale) and the doctor said that bladder cancer when it is caught early is one of the most treatable cancers but unfortunately it is also one of the ones most likely to recur.

Because of his advanced age, the doctor didn’t recommend radiation treatments as the side effects of chemo would be worse for him than it would be for someone younger.

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