Hi All
I am new here and hope you don't mind me asking for advice about my Dad.
He was diagnosed back in May 2023 with Bladder Cancer he had a small part removed and then after a scan, we found out it had moved into the wall of the muscle.
He was told that he could have chemo to try and reduce the tumor, unfortunately, he then developed Coltis however we are unsure if this was caused by taking Nauproen for the pain, chemo had to be put on hold until this was cleared up.
He then started chemo back in August and reacted to the chemo they gave him and had to go onto another type of chemo, unfortunately after 3 cycles, the doctor noticed his Neutrophils were high and had to stop chemo to look into why this was happening.
We recently found out that to reduce these he would have to have a stent put in to drain the kidney, however, when he went to see the Consultant it was more about a nephrostomy, and would maybe just add one month to his life. We were shocked as we were told for so long he would have 5 years plus, and now we were being told he would have 3 months
My mum wrote to his consultant and in all fairness, the consultant booked him in to answer all questions, he was told that the tumor had spread and he would be looking at 9-12 months left to live even if he had this nephrostomy it might not give him more time. My dad is having time to think about what he wants to do, as he is worried about the nephrostomy and feels this would not feel this would be for him.
I was just wondering if anyone has been in this situation and how you felt about having a nephrostomy.
Apologies for such a long message.
Hi Prindos and welcome to the group although sorry to hear of dad's situation. Not had nephrostomy myself but hopefully someone with experience will be along to help. I had muscle invasive bc and had radiotherapy treatment rather than removal. Something dad may want to ask about. Best wishes.
