Hi everyone,
Just looking to see if anyone has any experience of an alternative preventative treatment for T1 grade Bladder Cancer?
Long story short, my Dad recently had cancer cells removed for Stage 1 Bladder Cancer that was non-invasive and had not spread to any muscle and remained incitu (thankfully). However, having tried to undergo the BCG Chemotheraphy for preventative purposes, he was not able to retain this. The first attempt, the treatment just flowed straight out from the catheter and the second attempt, his bladder just rejected it and went into spasm - the consultant administering the treatment was not able to close off the catheter in time so as to prevent it leaving and again it was lost.
He has just had his first follow up 3 months on and needs to have a further biopsy as they picked up what they think is a small polyps.
I am just concerned as he is not able to contact the BCG treatment directly into his bladder and to see if there is any alternative options we can try for preventative measures. Its so hard to have to constantly have to have biopsys and surgeries, especially when last time he developed a urine infection that quickly turned to Sepsis - thankfully he managed to fight this, but the thought of this reoccurring again absolutely terrifies me :(
Thanks so much!
Hi AngelGirl and welcome to the group. Sorry to hear your Dad has had difficulty with the BCG treatment. BCG is immunotherapy treatment. Some people who have had difficulty with it or were it hasn't worked have tried Mitomycin or Cisplatin chemotherapy but these are administered in the same way as BCG. We have had members who were unable to tolerate any and rather than have complete bladder removal just have regular monitoring with flexible cystoscopies. I hope Dad's team can come up with a solution. Best wishes.
Thank you! Am really pleased there has been no reoccurance for you! 
I will research the anti-spasmodic drug.. appreciate that!
beat wishes!
