Hi Tracey
I read back over some of your previous posts, and wow, I’m impressed with how well you’re coping before even your first anniversary! I also did not have any post surgery complications, very few problems adjusting as far as the pouch goes, and have felt very healthy after recovering from the surgery – my surgery was October 2011, so I am past the 1 1/2 year mark.
I would really appreciate hearing what your urologist has to say about urine cytology when you see him in August. Oooooh – a catheter in your stoma – if that’s how it’s done, I would REALLY appreciate hearing what that is like for you.
I had a CT scan at the 6 month point, and then only an ultrasound at one year; my urologist explaining that he wanted to avoid the radiation from CT, and he was very confident nothing bad was going to be found. But I ended up having another CT Scan in March of this year, ordered by an ER doctor – and I diagnosed with diverticulitis (which is now settled down and not bothering me at all). So I imagine they got a look at my entire pelvis when that was done? I did have a chest Xray as well – but can’t remember if that was at the 6 month, or the one year point. Maybe you are going to have a chest Xray in August? It almost seems like we want to be more pro-active than our doctors after our brush with cancer … perhaps we are over reacting, but it would still be nice to be reassured that nothing is going on with ureters and kidneys, right?
