OMG what a day. Woke up feeling the sickest i've ever felt, today My sis saw her consultants to get Dx, prognosis and treatment plan. Sat in the waiting room we both thought we were going to pass out..
First saw Mr G, Urologist.. Think I may have fallen a little in love with him, especially when he said 70% full cure percentage !!!!!!! her dx is Invasive Transitional cell bladder cancer, thankfully they didn't give a stage but from what they said and reading up think it must be T3.
I was expecting 25% and was gonna be thrilled with that, but 70 that is amazing !! So overwhelmed...
To see the fight gather and the colour return to my sisters face was great, she'd convinved herself she was a lost cause. Now she has something positive to focus on, Mr G was fab at getting her motivated to beat this thing. She is going to need full bladder removal and all lymph nodes in pelvis, Mr G will make her a replacement bladder out of her bowel ( Too clever for my brain to comprehend ).. There may be issues with this but he thinks at her age it's better than having a bag for the rest of her life. So what if she has issues, she'll be alive !!
Secondly saw Mr J, chemo man - she's got to have chemo once a week for 3wks then week off then start cycle again all in all will take 12weeks. Going to be rough but hopefully will shrink tumours to make it easier for Mr G to operate. Also trials suggest chemo first helps prevent cancer returning. Prob start chemo next week but got to have a kidney test first to check she can handle it. Have a nice pack to read through to explain all but as Sis has been doing this for patients for 16yrs I think she'll be my fountain of knowledge.
Sis going to stay with us throughout, boy my cleaning skills are going to improve. Can't have her catching any bugs.
To celebarate good news we took little lady to Toys R us and bought her a scooter, disney Ariel dolls, stickers and vanity case - hmmm think sis should have had the treats but hey ho.
So here we go into the treatment and we can start kicking the mouldy mushroom's ( my affectionate term for the cancer ) butt..
Love you Big Sis xx
