Sad to say this hard to put into text on the forum. Christmas Day I was working around the house and thought I picked up a UTI of some sort. It got worse through the evening. The next morning its started to clear then turned into I can't urinate. I drove to the hospital and found out I've got a tumor in my bladder partially blocking the right ureter. Never the less I was outfitted with a catheter and sent home with an appointment for a specialist in Meridian, ID. The ran the camera in me and sure enough, there is a fair size growth. The plan is by next Wednesday to have it removed. 

 

I'm going be out of action for a while. Anyone local to me I would like to ask for assistance if possible. My Great BoD's here are going to have to pick up the operation of the site for a while. 

 

I'm alive and well for the most part. Shaken by this, Oh hell Yes! The huge burden of trying to take care of myself and MoparMom dialysis. Then the mental stress of it being possibly cancer. Today I'm going to try and just as much as possibly gain some strength so I can just keep trucking. I've got to keep rolling for MoparMom's sake. 

 

Again I'm tapping @BrianAtSmarty for the day of my operation being I will be in the hospital for at least two days. He's going to put us up at his place and shuttle MoparMom on my days I'm down.

Edited December 28, 20186 yr by Mopar1973Man

I'll be praying for you Mike.

 

As of today. Doctor said my pathology came back good and clean. Fighting some bleeding and cotton issues.  Doing better now. Got out of bed and walked the halls for two laps. Still hurting but healing.

 

Got one more surgery left. Got a bit of scar tissue or tumor in the right ureter which needs to be cut out. Stitch the two halfs back together. At this time both kidneys are functional and healing.

Edited March 27, 20196 yr by Mopar1973Man

Pretty good news Mike. Hoping all stays well for you.

Edited March 27, 20196 yr by dripley

Lets say I've had enough bed rest. I'm ready to go home. I get released tomorrow.

Now that yer getting released, how many Nurses did it take to get you in there? 

Edited March 27, 20196 yr by JAG1

Dang Mike, praying for a speedy recovery man!! And hope you had some nice eye candy while you were in there 

10 hours ago, Mopar1973Man said:

I've even got to see some of my old nurses from previous time

 

20 minutes ago, BrokeAssPainter said:

And hope you had some nice eye candy while you were in there 

                     

@IBMobile Gotta pick on me.

 

Finally allowed to get up and walk on my own. Nice to get up and move. Like my nurse just came in.

 

So yeah I've got some cuties.

My other nurse...

I think I'd play sick for awhile longer Mike.      IBMobile..........it's no wonder you recovered hip surgery at the speed of light 

Everyone here has been wonderful. Very helpful and nice. I've been given the green light to go home. Catheter was removed this morning.

Oh my, it nice to be home. (Whew!)

 

Finally got back to Brian's house yesterday and packed our stuff up and rolled on to get Mom from the dialysis center. I was still hurting for sure but tolerating it knowing the end goal was going to be much better. Amazing evening. I got home and struggled to get everything hauled upstairs. Started doing the normal thing of relaxing in front of the computer and taking care of the website. Happen to spot @IBMobile wife Jennifer on Facebook and for whatever reason, I called her last night. It turned into an extremely long conversation that covered herbal medicines, spiritual life and just life in general.  During this conversation, it makes me so grateful for my extended internet family I've created here on the M73M website. I really do appreciate everything everyone is doing to help me through these times with my cancer issues. You all have provided me the strength to keep going through some scary times. I thank all you for just being there for me. 

After 24 hours of being home, I feel so much better. I've gotten rest and a bit more time to heal. Pain level is nice and low yet. I've got an appointment to have the tube removed from my back on Wednesday then I'll be able to wear my blue jeans again and walk normal again. More or less my biggest thing is keeping hydrated and keep flushing my kidneys and bladder good so no infection starts. Even though most are shocked at the amount of driving I do for MoparMom just getting up this morning and expecting that was relaxing in its self getting back to the normal routine. 

 

How's the healing going?

Ugh... Slow. But still moving forward. Actually got dress in jeans today even with the tube in my back and the bag on my leg.

 

Energy level kind of low today. But healing takes a lot of energy to do. Still awesome to report the pathology is CLEAN, no cancer can be found.

Yea! Today I get to drive 180 miles to Boise, ID to have the drain tube remove from my right ureter. When the last surgery was done the Doctor couldn't find my ureter in my bladder. The second doctor opted to push a stent in from my kidney down to my bladder. They left the drain in my back to make sure. I'm OK with that but I'll be glad to ditch this tube and the bag on my leg. As you can see I'm not slowing down one bit... I'm still holding my head high and stepping forward meeting this head on...

 

 

 

Edited April 3, 20196 yr by Mopar1973Man

Sorry to hear and read you're going through this ordeal Mike.  I see some talk about oils here and just thought i'd post this for anyone interested in reading it. I'm not a CBD oil user or user of any kind actually, but was recently made aware of this guy who happens to be from the same province as I am. I wont get into a big speal ,it's best to read the article on his site and he also shows the process of making it. Interesting read.  Click the RSO link on the top of his page 

https://phoenixtears.ca/

With all the talk of herb ideas I created a forum for that now. Look down at the bottom of the forum list.

10 hours ago, Mopar1973Man said:

With all the talk of herb ideas I created a forum for that now. Look down at the bottom of the forum list.

I saw that the other day.

I'm trying to get @IBMOBILE-JEN to jump in the mix too. She is a wealth of knowledge. She is a very intelligent person with herbalistic healing. 

Praise the Lord.

 

I've completed my 3rd and final bladder cancer surgery which last mere 40 minutes or so. I would like to say Thank You to Dr. Spencer and all the St. Luke's hospital staff for the care and comfort provided.

 

Then I've got to Thank all my friend that schooled me in cannabis usage. Because of the cannabis I DO NOT require chemo or radiation treatments.

 

Next check up is scheduled in October. At this time Mopar1973Man is cancer free.

 

Thank you all that have donated to my medical expenses.

 

As of June 10, 2019 at about 4pm I'm officially cancer-free. I won't see the doctor till some time in October. 

 

Time to celebrate...