My mum is due to have a rigid cystoscopy procedure next week after a CT scan and flexi found a dodgy looking lesion in her bladder. She is in so much pain all around her pelvis and back, and lots of bleeding / clots.
No one has sat down and had a conversation with us about the fact that it is probably cancer. No one has said that word, however the doc who did her flexi sent a really cryptic (medical jargon) letter to her GP which said it looks like a TCC, which from googling I learned is bladder cancer. I wish they would just be up front about it and communicate better.
I have a million questions about it and no one to ask, my brain keeps running through all the possible scenarios especially the worst case. I am worried with the amount of pain she is in that it may be more invasive or something.
Any suggestions for getting through this period when everything is so uncertain? She seems really ill and weak and I feel so powerless to help her. I am her only child and only carer.
