Dealing with Advanced Bladder Cancer

My wife has just been diagnosed with having a small 4mm node in her lung that it is suspected as being from her bladder cancer. It has come as a great shock given the pathology of the lymph nodes and other organs removed by radical cystectomy showed no signs of cancer. We thought we would be getting immunotherapy as a " keep it at bay" treatment, only now to find it is only really keeping time at bay.

Anyone else gone through this and what have you done to come to terms with it as we are really in bits

  • Hello Roogler, 

    I can imagine this is really hard for you to come to terms with especially as the pathology of the lymph nodes and other organs removed by radical cystectomy showed no signs of cancer so this small 4mm node in her lung must have come as a real shock. Hopefully this is a small node that they have found and I hope that they deal with it effectively. You probably feel a little bit lost at the moment with all the additional information you have received and I would like to share with you the page on our website on metastatic bladder cancer especially on treatment for metastatic bladder cancer and on immunotherapy for bladder cancer. If you have any questions at any point or simply would like to talk things through with one of our cancer nurses, they have a free helpline you can ring on 0808 800 4040 - it is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. 

    A couple of months ago,   posted this thread about their dad having bladder cancer which had spread to the lower lung so don't hesitate to post a response if you would like to do so. I hope that you will be able to chat to others here shortly who have gone through this and that you can support one another through this difficult time. 

    Best wishes to you and your wife, 

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

  • Hi Lucie 

    I am very grateful for your reply. My wife is to start on immunotherapy at the beginning of February so we will hope this has the desired effect. I will also keep abreast of other treatment options should they be feasible. I will bear in mind your offer of chatting.

    Thanks so much again