>>> EVERY YEAR HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SUFFER FROM
BLADDER PAIN AND IT IS NOT
ALWAYS CURABLE.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR OPTION?
JOINING ME NOW WITH BAPTIST MD
HANDSERSEN CANCER CENTER AND ONE
OF HIS PEANS, LISA MITCHELL.
YOU HAD SO MUCH PAIN, YOU
EVENTUALLY HAD TO MAKE A
DECISION TO REPLACE YOUR BLADDER
COMPLETELY.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.
DO PRIEBTD IT.
SHARE SOME OF YOUR STARES BASED
ON YOUR COMFORT LEVEL AS TO WHAT
DECISION.
>>> I WENT THROUGH TWO MAYBE
THREE YEARS OF PAIN AND MY WHOLE
LIFE JUST REVOLVED AROUND
FINDING A BATHROOM, YOU COULDN'T
TRAVEL OR SIT THROUGH A MOVIE OR
ANYTHING.
SO BASICALLY I WAS SO FRUSTRATED
I WENT TO THE UROLOGIST, I SAW A
OLOT OF BLOOD IN MY OURIN AND
AFTER SEEING THE FIRST UROLOGIST
AND GOING THROUGH SEVERAL
BIOPSY, BELIEVE THEY WERE
LOOKING FOR CANCER BUT NEVER
FOUND IT AND MEANWHILE, IN
AGONY, BUT, MY LAST UROLOGIST
SENT ME TO Dr. STROKE AND WE
MADE THAT DECISION TOGETHER IT
HAS BEEN A BLESSING.
>> AND YOUR RECOVERY HAS BEEN
THIS WAS JUST IN APRIL.
YOU LOOK FAN THE ASTIC AND YOU
LOOK HAPPY.
>> YES, I AM.
IT IS -- I'M EXCITED ABOUT LIFE
AGAIN, I'M DOING THINGS I
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IN A
LONG TIME AND IT HAS JUST BEEN
WONDERFUL.
>>> OBVIOUSLY, LISA'S CASE IS
VERY UNUSUAL, BASED ON THE
CONDITION THAT SHE HAD, HOW IS
IT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PATIENTS
THAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE AS AN
ONCOLOGIST?
>> THE IMPORTANT POINT THAT SHE
BROUGHT UP IS SHE CONTINUED TO
HAVE BLOOD IN THE URINE, AND
THAT IS MANY DIFFERENT FROM
PEOPLE WITH BLADDER PAIN HAVE.
WE CAN CONTROL THE SYSTEMS BUT
THE FACT THERE WAS BLOOD AND
STARTING TO GET KIDNEY
DYSFUNCTION AS WELL FROM THIS
DISEASE PROCESS WHICH IS ALSO
VERY, VERY ABNORMAL.
THAT IS WHY WE HAD TO GO DOWN
THAT PATH.
>>> WHAT ARE SOME OF T WARNI
I.
>>> I WOULD SAY BLOOD IN THE
URINE IS A SIGN, ESPECIALLY IF
YOU'RE SEEING BLOOD IN THE
URINE, THAT IS MORE THAN JUST
SOMETHING OH, THAT IS OKLAHOMA
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
, THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE PAIN
THAT IS NOT GOING AWAY, DESPITE
TREATMENT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE
FOR IT AND THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE
ASSESSED BY UROLOGIST TO MAKE
SURE THERE IS NOTHING ELSE WORSE
GOING ON WITH THAT SITUATION.
>>> IS IT USUALLY SOMETHING THAT
IS EVENTUALLY IT SUH SOMETHING
THAT IS CANCEROUS?
ARE THERE CERTAIN CONDITIONS,
PERHAPS AS ONE GETS OLD THEY ARE
ARE VERY COMMON THAT ARE EASY TO
TREAT?
>>> ABSOLUTELY, VERY COMMONLY WE
SEE THINGS JUST LIKE AN UNSTABLE
BLADDER WHICH CAN BE CONTROLLED
BY MEDICATIONS.
THERE IS A DISEASE PROCESS
CALLED INTERSITTIAL THAT HAS
DIETARY CHANGES THAT CAN HELP
AFFECT THAT.
THOSE DON'T GET TO THE POINT
WHERE THERE IS CONSTANT BLOOD,
KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION WHICH IS WHY
CANCER HAD TO BE RULED OUT IN
THIS CASE.
IS THAT A NEW PROCEDURE?
THE COMMONLY THE SMALL INTESTINE
THAT?
>>> WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR
PROBABLY 30 YEARS NOW.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT A WE'VE
REFINED THE TECHNIQUES OVER TIME
TO MAKE IT BETTER AND SO
PATIENTS CAN RECOVER QUICKER
FROM THAT PROCEDURE.
IT USED TO BE THE LENGTH OF STAY
FOR THESE TYPES OF PROCEDURES
OVER TEN DAY, UP TO TWO WEEKS,
NOW WITH THE TECHNIQUES THAT
WE'RE USING AND THE PERRY
OPERATIVE PROCESSES IS 5 TO 7
DAY, RECOVERY AFTERWARDS IS MUCH
BETTER THAN IN THE PAST.
TO ME THAT IS THE MAIN FACTOR
THAT PATIENTS SHOULD KNOW
WHETHER IT IS BLADDER CANCER OR
SEVERE, YOU KNOW, INFLAMMATORY
DISORDER.
THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT CAN HELP
TO MAKE PEOPLE BETTER.
>> HAS THIS CHANGED YOUR LIFE,
LISA?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
>>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING
MUCH BETTER.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO
MAYBE IS GOING THROUGH SOMETHING
SIMILAR, HAVING BLADDER PAIN OR
MAYBE SOMETHING AS SEVERE AS
WHAT LISA DESCRIBED, HAVING TO
GO TO THE BATHROOM BASICALLY
EVERY 15 MINUTES.
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