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Having been diagnosed in 2002 with invasive T2a bladder cancer after a very scary bout of gross hematuria i dutifully followed my local internists advise and went to my local urologist. My first transurethral resection was done locally before my brain cells had a chance to process "Bladder Cancer"..huh..? Who has ever heard of bladder cancer. My first process was to find the top cancer and urological centers in the US and go down their list of uro/surgeons who specialized in bladder cancer..not prostate cancer...or kidney stones......Bladder cancer. I found it a very limited field. By sheer dumb luck i was able to get in with one of the top surgeons at one of the top facilities in the country who did a second TURB on me. This has now become the norm as there is over a 50% chance that initial pathology is understaged. This started me on a journey of interviewing specialists in the field who dealt with women in particular. I have continued my research for the past 8 l/2 yrs and have found a home at ABLCS as it is a site based on informed data and not a Facebook site of bladder cancer. All answers are backed up with informative data. In addition our members are so very helpful to the newbie who we can all relate to as we've all been there. Its just a wonderful site, always improving, and links to all NCI centers and their urology departments. It made a difference for me and i hope i can pass that on to others.

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