Hi all,
I am four doses in to my second induction course of six doses and still a bit unclear on the time you should be keeping it in the bladder for and whether or not you should be doing the 15 minute turning (front, back and sides).
My consultant says keep it in for an hour, 15 minutes on front, back and either side and then I can go home once I've been to the loo but I have seen that this appears to be different to most guidance out there of two hours to keep it the bladder.
Can I ask what the general consensus is as I have tried to keep it in for two hours, figuring that the longer it is then the more good it is doing, but do find it a struggle to last that long?
Background is that I was diagnosed G3 pTa in June 2022, 5 TURBTs and 15 doses of BCG later it came back and was G3 pT1. The recommendation was to have an RC but my consultant agreed to recommencing BCG, as it was 9 months since my last dose, as a final try at bladder preservation but with the proviso that if my cystoscopy with biopsies scheduled for late August shows any cancer then we go to an RC.
Thanks
Andy
Hi Andy, my husband is 81 and has just completed his first 6 BCG inductions. His appointments were between 10-10.30 am and he had half a glass of water to take his medication early in the morning. He has managed to keep the BCG in his bladder for the full 2 hours as we were instructed. We were not given any guidelines about sitting, laying down, rotating, etc. I contacted our Macmillan nurse and she said that he should move about as much as possible. I keep a basket of washing for him to hang out when he gets home so he's moving and bending
and I have 5 pints of water lined up for him to start drinking.
