Well, it's a while since I've been on here, but thought I'd make an effort to keep (vaguely) up to date.
Had another TURBT back in February (not a major growth, but unwelcome anyway), and going in for another one tomorrow.
I don't know if it's a pattern, or just coincidence, but the past three flexible cystoscopies have shown successively smaller "space invaders" each time. I'm kind of hoping that "trend"…
Well the good news was good....till it wasn't.
Went for a flexible cystoscopy a couple of weeks back, and it looks like I've got some new visitors..... smallish, and apparently superficial, but there.
Would have been nice to have had a clean sheet for a bit longer....
The doc who did the cystoscopy didn't seem massively au fait with the technology..... was getting fantastic footage of my innards (never seen…
Just got phoned up with the sample results from the cystoscopy, two weeks ago. Though it was a bit of a vague phone call, the essence was that the samples taken at the cystoscopy came back clear, and they don't want me back till about 3 months time, to have another inspection.
They seem to have dropped the idea of having more BCG treatment.
Glad to hear the news, though I had managed to not worry unduly in the first…
Well, it looks like the gods may be smiling at me - a bit anyway. Today's cystoscopy came out spotting two very early TCC (????) which got a bit of a kicking from the surgeons. Other than that, no major signs of invasion.
Still got to wait for the result of biopsies taken today, and am due some follow up BCG.
Going in for a GA cystoscopy tomorrow, to see if the 2 TURBTs and 6 weeks of BCG have had the desired effect.
Funnily enough, I don't have many strong feelings about it....
Yes, i'm curious, on a technical level, to know what the effect of all the tubes and treatments has been, though, on a day to day basis , I haven't been feeling anything other than normal.
Would obviously prefer good news to bad....…
