More good news: we came home from the Surgery Center a little after noon, hungry and happy. The procedure lasted about 30 minutes. The stent was removed and no more tumor was found. Biopsies were done on the prostate and bladder and those results will be in probably next week due to the New Year holiday. Bill is comfortable and "on his own": no catheter. Some special x-rays with dye, IVP, will be done in 6 weeks. Cystoscopies will be done every 3 months. Since there is a 70% chance of recurrence of this type of cancer, there are some treatment options. One is a local chemotherapy and the other is BCG, in which live TB cells in a viscous solution are sloshed around in the bladder for 2 hours once a week for six weeks. The latter is the most effective but also can have more serious side effects. So there some options to ponder and decisions to make.
If there are those of you who wish to send comments, email is more private than commenting on this blog if you prefer and it provides us with a return address. Bill is bdendy@aol.com and Barbara is bdendy2@aol.com. If you want to start a Blog of your own, go to blogspot.com. It is easy to set up and free! And they didn't make me say it.
Happy New Year! And dance one for me!