Best of luck for your hubby’s TURBT and BCG. That was the route I had to do. It has its challenges but is doable in the end. The threat of having my bladder removed was what gave me the courage and strength to pull myself up by my bootstraps and power through the BCG treatments. I’m glad that you guys found a doctor that will answer your questions. My first uro wasn’t good at that either. I eventually switched and am much happier. When questions are answered properly that helps build trust between you and the doctor. When my first uro wouldn’t answer questions I felt that he was holding something back. He also got defensive like I was questioning his professional opinion. I realized afterwards that this doc has an ego issue. In my case it was subtly put to me “I’m the doctor and the man, you’re the woman. Be quiet and just do what I say” Being a woman in 21st century Canada that attitude doesn’t sit with me very well so I was real happy to be able to ask my new doc questions.
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