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From: ralph p. on 30 Jul 2008 14:14
hi,
i was recently at the cleveland clinic--the docs there wanted to
perform a "pelvic exenteration" including the removal of my urinary
bladder. i already have a colostomy from may 2005.
this is a pretty scary proposition. has anyone had experience with
this? was it successful? i just don't see how i might have any
options. i had radiation and chemo most of last year. the hope was
that the radiation and chemo would take care of cancers/tumours and
allow the pelvic
area to heal. that didn't materialize. while it does not appear that
cancer is obviously present,
i have tubular villous adenoma showing up in my bladder (very rare).
the cleveland docs are
saying that even if i don't have cancer this minute, if i don't go
along with the sugery, i would
almost certainly develop malignancy and metastases. even the pelvic
exenteration is not guarantee. your advice/observations will be
appreciated. --ralph p.
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