Shane Partridge
Neo-Bladder Reconstruction
Pathological Results from Latest Cytology Test.
3 Sample on consecutive Days
Results were Zero Cancer Status.
4th Feb 2019 - Mid Morning Sample.
5th Feb 2019 - Mid Morning Sample.
6th Feb 2019 - Mid Morning Sample.
Cytology is the examination of cells from the body under a microscope. In a urine cytology exam, a doctor looks at cells collected from a urine specimen to see how they look and function. The test commonly checks for infection, inflammatory disease of the urinary tract, cancer, or precancerous conditions.
It’s important to note that this test doesn’t identify cancer, nor can it completely rule out cancer. Urine cytology is better at finding larger and more aggressive cancers than small, slow growing cancers.
What is the procedure for urine cytology?
There are two ways to obtain the cells needed for a cytology exam. Your doctor can collect a sample during a cystoscopy, which is an examination of the inside of the bladder, or you can provide a clean catch urine sample.
Clean catch urine sample.
A clean catch urine sample is easy, noninvasive, and carries no risk. Otherwise known as a midstream urine sample, you can do a clean catch urine sample in a doctor’s office or in the comfort of your own home.
Your doctor’s office will provide a special container to collect the sample. Be sure to ask your doctor for specific instructions regarding the proper way to get the sample and where to bring it to when you finish. Failure to follow instructions may provide a poor result, and you may have to repeat the test.
You will use special cleansing cloths to clean the skin around your urethra prior to the test. You will need to urinate a small amount into the toilet, and then stop the flow of urine. Then you will urinate into the sterile container until reaching the desired level. You may then finish urinating into the toilet.
In some cases, your doctor may want you to provide urine samples over the course of several days. Your doctor will send the urine sample to a laboratory for analysis, and then will receive a report.
I was diagnosed with T1 High Grade Bladder Cancer in Mid December 2016. This stage of Cancer should be considered an Aggressive and Potential Lethal Disease. The Importance of the initial Re-Section to identify Unrecognised Muscle-Invasive Disease is significant. As with my case, involving T1 High Grade Cancer, decision was made by Urology Specialists, Dr Roger Watson & Dr Adrian Clubb to eradicate the Invasive Disease by performing a Cystectomy and a Bladder Reconstruction process made out of my Small Bowl Tissue.