Hi, Had my 3 month checkup after getting laser treatment on my bladder but unfortunately some growth is showing again. I go back on the 18th to have more treatment to try and remove it and might be getting a 6 week course of mitomycin. Was wanting to know if there is much side effects IE needing to use toilet more or greater urgency going with this as I work on a school bus and won't have access to a toilet when at work. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks Brian.
Good afternoon Brian . I have had Mitomycin and my experience was that on the day of instillation you will have to retain the fluid for 2 hours and follow the toilet disinfecting for about 6 hours afterwards. Take care about avoiding contact with your skin. After that I had no after effects during the rest of the week. We are all different but I hope you will have no difficulty , regards, John.
Hi
I had 6 sessions of Mitomycin C, retention required was only 1 hour. No special toilet cleaning as it's not immunotherapy. Other than when there was a bit of mishap on delivery, I had very little in the way of stinging. Felt a little tired the day after towards the end but otherwise OK. Female plumbing so might be different for you of course.
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