OK so here I am , I have survived cancer for 22 years now. I thought I had turned the corner since I had moved to Az. But of course that is not the way things go. I have just been diagnosed with bladder AND prostate cancer. The Drs told me that the type of cancer I now have is transitional cell cancer . Which means it had come from the little stump of the urethra that was left in my bladder from when they removed my right kidney back in 2008. They (the doctors) say they have never seen this happen before, you either get prostate cancer or you dont. Having this type of cancer in my prostate is really not normal. But then again that has been my story since the beginning. So here I am just a few months shy of 50 years old now being told that I have to get my bladder and prostate removed . The Doctors say the I could leave all alone and have a 5% chance of living 5 years or remove them all and the chances move to 80-90% chance that I live longer than 5 years. Well all I can say is that my choice was made for me long before I opened my mouth. I have a great family , Wife and 2 great kids and when I think of them I can remind myself that I am not a quitter( and 22 years fighting this proves it)
Monday is the day I travel to Tucson Az to have this radical surgery done.
More to come
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