Brief History

So here we go:

• December 14th, 2016 I had a knee replacement.
• During post op of my knee replacement I was catheterized and blood and tissue was released from my bladder.
• I continued to have blood in my urine for a couple months along with clots.
• Went into doctor and a CT was ordered of my abdomen and pelvis.
• Result showed a large tumor in my bladder.
• Went to urologist for a scope and bladder cancer was determined.
• Original scans showed cancer was contained in the bladder.
• Late in April 2017, surgery was completed to remove the cancer from my bladder and get biopsy of muscle wall.
• Turned out the cancer was a high grade aggressive cancer and had invaded the muscle wall of my bladder.
• Plans were made to start chemo an remove my bladder and prostate then create a new bladder from part of my small intestine.
• A very tiny paratracheal node had lit up on my CT so my oncologist decided to order a PET scan to rule out metastatic disease.
• PET scan revealed metastasis in multiple lymph nodes from my bladder all the way up to my paratracheal node.