no, my friend had emergency bladder cancer. she was a ballerina and so had an enormous capacity for bearing pain. she just bore it until it got to a point. when they caught it, there was no time for chemo. they removed her bladder (her doctor father told the surgeon not to take any lymph nodes). the experimental part was that they used her appendix as a holding tank for urine which she empties out through a tiny slit in her belly button. this way, she avoided a bag. the surgeons all volunteered their services since this was a pioneering surgery at the time. still the bill was $100,000 and she had no insurance.
she was up out of bed, doing laps around the hospital with her IV pole the next day. she drinks ESSIAC tea and it's been around 25 years. she made a payment plan with the hospital and was often asked to speak to women who were undergoing the same procedure.
i think the tissue has to be repaired every 10 years or so and she has to take pharmaceutical potassium since she can't absorb it from food
no, my friend had emergency bladder cancer. she was a ballerina and so had an enormous capacity for bearing pain. she just bore it until it got to a point. when they caught it, there was no time for chemo. they removed her bladder (her doctor father told the surgeon not to take any lymph nodes). the experimental part was that they used her appendix as a holding tank for urine which she empties out through a tiny slit in her belly button. this way, she avoided a bag. the surgeons all volunteered their services since this was a pioneering surgery at the time. still the bill was $100,000 and she had no insurance.
she was up out of bed, doing laps around the hospital with her IV pole the next day. she drinks ESSIAC tea and it's been around 25 years. she made a payment plan with the hospital and was often asked to speak to women who were undergoing the same procedure.
i think the tissue has to be repaired every 10 years or so and she has to take pharmaceutical potassium since she can't absorb it from food