To Stephanie: Many thanks for taking the time to respond to my Message board info. I have been reading very much about alternative Cancer treatments, that do Not make me so sick, with burning stomach type irritation, and plugging of the ears, etc.
My cancer is: small cell carcinoma of the Bladder, and it invaded the muscle, that surrounds the bladder, and stopped at the fat tissue, touching the cuscle. Because it invaded the "muscle", I was told I would need 5 "chemo" rounds (consisting of 3 days each, with about 15 days rest between the rounds. I have taken 2 rounds, and got sick, and fatiged.
My one inch tumor was removed 12-1-05, and I took chemo on 12-27 thru 12-29, and 1-17 thru 1-19 , 2006. My chemo treatment was Also Cisplatin, and also included v16, Etopisine. Did your husband's tumor invade the muscle just outside the Bladder, or was it confined "within" the bladder itself?? My Urologist thinks the safe path is to remove the bladder , as does the well know Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, but I don't like that route either, but might have to go that way, in the end. Does the neobladder function the same as the Old badder, or does a "bag" need to be worn?
Again, thanks for the Reply to "Bladder Cancer" on the Message Board, it has been the only one I received. I hope I receive some more, also.