Good on you, mart !
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Hi Mart just read this and it sounds as though all went well and they cleaned out all the bad stuff. Will you also need chemo or anything after all this or will you be allowed to heal and recover? Great that you are back home already! Wishing you a successful recovery and hope it’s not too sore.
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Samples of the tumours have been sent for analysis to see if it is bladder cancer or a progression of the prostate cancer. I think it’s not known if any further treatment will be necessary until those results are in. I have an upcoming CT scan on the 1st of October and a face to face appointment with the Urology Consultant and the Bladder Nurse on the 7th. I’ll get to know more then. In the meantime it’s just a matter of ‘keep taking the tablets, keep calm and carry on’.
I feel OK. 
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Nephrostomy dressing change day today. The first one since the tube was changed last Wednesday. I’ve no doubt Mrs mart will handle it well. The doctor said that although a stitch into the skin is necessary, it has been placed away a little further away from the hole. This should mean the plaster wrapped around the plastic tube that holds the stitch won’t pull into my back as the last one tended to. We’ll see once the dressing is off.
Shower first, then the dressing. A big waterproof dressing is put on top of the whole (hole ) lot to keep the water out. No baths ever but showering is OK.
Very little bleeding from the bladder now. It will be a week tomorrow since the tumours were removed from it.
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Good news that the bleeding is much reduced.
How are you feeling in yourself Mart? When do you get the results of the histopathology?
I feel Fine thanks.
I get to talk about the findings on the 7th of next month. This will be after the result of the CT scan is in. This is being done on the 1st. I’m not sure if Urology liaises with Oncology but I think they do. I was told there will be a meeting of consultants before the 7th. I guess consultant’s’ means the departments will talk to each other.
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Fine with a capital F is great! 
It’s quite a while to wait but gives you time to heal and I guess they want to assess once you’ve recovered and any swelling has gone down.
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