Last week I had a cystoscopy/TURBT,. my consultant found a tumour the size of a satsuma, he said going from my bladder to my cervix, he said he removed some of it and sent it off to pathology. I asked him if he thinks its benign and he shook his head and said no, so i asked him if he thinks its treatable and he said lets just wait to see scan results and stuff but in the long term probably looking at total bladder removal. I am having ct scan with contrast this friday and mri scan in a few weeks when my bladder has healed fro the TURBT. He mentioned checking my chest and torso for spread and mentioned staging so i am assuming these doctors can normally tell if its cancer even before pathology comes back.
