Recurring Growth + TURBT
I have lurked in this community for a while and just want to thank you all for sharing your experiences. I appreciate the honesty and encouragement in this community.
I (36F), nonsmoker, otherwise healthy, had blood in my urine about 8 months ago. I had other pain so got a CT scan of my major organs in abdomen which didn't show anything. Thankfully, my urologist decided to do a cystoscopy anyway and discovered a "very small" (her words) growth. I had another cystoscopy a few weeks later in which it was removed, cauterized, and sent for biopsy. I believe it was 1 cm or smaller because .4 cm fragment was biopsied.
Biopsy classified growth as a PUNLMP. "Not cancer but not benign" was the explanation provided to me of that classification. (Which is hard for me to understand as I am nowhere close to being a medical mind.)
4 months after the procedure, I passed a blood clot in my urine. Back to doc, another cystoscopy revealed a new growth. It is in the same area as original growth, as I understand it.
I now have a TURBT scheduled in 3 weeks to remove the lesion. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Any advice/encouragement for TURBT?