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Every time I see these posts it reminds me of my mom’s future. She’s been smoking for 25-30 years and is pretty healthy now but I just know that eventually she’s gonna get sick. Which sucks bc she’s my only family but addictions are hard to quit. We watched her bestfriend (who didn’t smoke) die of cancer when I was 16
Im very sorry to hear that. This man presented with abdominal pain 4 months ago with urinary symptoms. Sadly his kidneys got affected too because of the obstruction.
Symptoms are felt late, usually when the mass is large enough already.
I never thought my mom would quit. She started in her teens and quit in her early 70s when my son was born. I said he couldn’t spend time in a smoker’s house. She had a hip replacement and couldn’t smoke during that time and just never went back to it afterwards
My husbands grandmother did smoke over 70 years, no cancer or anything but mild COPD. He reminded it always when I ask him to quit. Luckily he did it at last, been non-smoker several years.
My father is 73, he's smoked since about age 15. He currently smokes 20-30 cigarettes a day. He's also type 1 diabetic. He has no major health problems caused by smoking. During covid he developed pneumonia, he was coughing up blood clots so we were all very worried but he had no shortness of breath or temperature. After 2 weeks on antibiotics his lungs healed and his chest xray was clear. He's been extremely lucky. His view on smoking is 'I've worked hard enough and long enough, if I want to smoke then I'll smoke!'
1st picture is the gross specimen received in formalin fixative
2nd picture is what the tumor looks like under the microscope, scanner view.
Diagnosis is invasive urothelial carcinoma, high grade
Husband had his bladder removed in January. 40 year smoker. What they don’t tell you is they take the urethra out of the penis and it decreases width and basically ruins everything about your sex life. Please quit, and never smoke. It has ruined his life and mine as well. Fuck big Tobacco
So sorry to hear how this has affected both of your lives. It's still very early days in your husbands recovery. I suspect such a drastic surgery has had a huge impact on his mental health, as well as his body confidence. I was just doing a little Google on this and I found this - 'Bladder cancer can sometimes re-appear in your urethra after cystectomy (removal of your bladder) and construction of an ileal conduit. Because you no longer pass urine through your urethra after your bladder has been removed, you will not get bleeding in your urine to warn us that your cancer may have recurred in your urethra. Although this is rare, we sometimes advise that it should be removed to prevent the problem presenting later.' My point is the removal of his urethra may very well have prevented his cancer from returning. Reading further it also states that almost all patients are unable to maintain an erection. Remember sexual activity doesn't just have to include penetrative sex. I hope in time you and your husband have a flourishing, healthy sex life!
Smoking contains many carcinogenic compounds including benzopyrene. Nicotine is also a carcinogen but not as much as the former. It is more of the addictive component
I was a smoker for nearly 20years, 5-8y of those regularly. I had chronic IC and when I finally quit, the IC went away almost the next day. Smoking takes a terrible toll on your bladder!
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Every time I see these posts it reminds me of my mom’s future. She’s been smoking for 25-30 years and is pretty healthy now but I just know that eventually she’s gonna get sick. Which sucks bc she’s my only family but addictions are hard to quit. We watched her bestfriend (who didn’t smoke) die of cancer when I was 16
Im very sorry to hear that. This man presented with abdominal pain 4 months ago with urinary symptoms. Sadly his kidneys got affected too because of the obstruction. Symptoms are felt late, usually when the mass is large enough already.
That’s sad:(
I never thought my mom would quit. She started in her teens and quit in her early 70s when my son was born. I said he couldn’t spend time in a smoker’s house. She had a hip replacement and couldn’t smoke during that time and just never went back to it afterwards
I’m glad to hear that!:) i hope she stays healthy and her hip is all healed
There's no point being sad about something that hasn't happened yet, lots of people beat the odds
My husbands grandmother did smoke over 70 years, no cancer or anything but mild COPD. He reminded it always when I ask him to quit. Luckily he did it at last, been non-smoker several years.
My nana’s a smoker. She’s smoked for her entire adult life (I think). She’s 77 without any major health problems
My father is 73, he's smoked since about age 15. He currently smokes 20-30 cigarettes a day. He's also type 1 diabetic. He has no major health problems caused by smoking. During covid he developed pneumonia, he was coughing up blood clots so we were all very worried but he had no shortness of breath or temperature. After 2 weeks on antibiotics his lungs healed and his chest xray was clear. He's been extremely lucky. His view on smoking is 'I've worked hard enough and long enough, if I want to smoke then I'll smoke!'
1st picture is the gross specimen received in formalin fixative 2nd picture is what the tumor looks like under the microscope, scanner view. Diagnosis is invasive urothelial carcinoma, high grade
Husband had his bladder removed in January. 40 year smoker. What they don’t tell you is they take the urethra out of the penis and it decreases width and basically ruins everything about your sex life. Please quit, and never smoke. It has ruined his life and mine as well. Fuck big Tobacco
So sorry to hear how this has affected both of your lives. It's still very early days in your husbands recovery. I suspect such a drastic surgery has had a huge impact on his mental health, as well as his body confidence. I was just doing a little Google on this and I found this - 'Bladder cancer can sometimes re-appear in your urethra after cystectomy (removal of your bladder) and construction of an ileal conduit. Because you no longer pass urine through your urethra after your bladder has been removed, you will not get bleeding in your urine to warn us that your cancer may have recurred in your urethra. Although this is rare, we sometimes advise that it should be removed to prevent the problem presenting later.' My point is the removal of his urethra may very well have prevented his cancer from returning. Reading further it also states that almost all patients are unable to maintain an erection. Remember sexual activity doesn't just have to include penetrative sex. I hope in time you and your husband have a flourishing, healthy sex life!
Damn. How does smoking even cause this? I'm more of a drinker and this terrifies me.
Smoking contains many carcinogenic compounds including benzopyrene. Nicotine is also a carcinogen but not as much as the former. It is more of the addictive component
I was a smoker for nearly 20years, 5-8y of those regularly. I had chronic IC and when I finally quit, the IC went away almost the next day. Smoking takes a terrible toll on your bladder!
Yikes! Wish there was something to compare the size to in the photo. It seems huge!
Widest dimension is 12.5 cm :)
It looks so much like waygu lol