My beloved Auntie Laura passed January 15, 2022 from a rare bladder cancer.
She thought that she was getting good care but alas, she was being treated by some nurse practioner who was in actuality substandard care and didn't really have a grip on my aunt's condition as evidenced by the fact that she treated her for UTI when all the while she had sarcomatoid carcinoma of the bladder.
My attempts to take her to Baylor in Texas, whom I believe to be the last word in state of the art urology were declined by her with the admonition that she could "get the same care here" and before we knew it she was gone. It seems that the same care was not available locally.
Today is Bladder Cancer Awareness Day.
It is a May 7 ocurrence which is designed to teach people about bladder cancer.
They say that when treated early it is highly treatable. When your care giver is a stupid oaf you're going to die an agonizing miserable death.
Good care for such cancer is unavailable in the Columbia area as far as I am concerned.
Find yourself a good practitioner and stay away from these nurses who think they know that which they do not know. Bladder Cancer Awareness is something people should know about because I rue the day that my aunt trusted the local bimbo nurse practitioner with her care.