Mum just diagnosed

Hello Mrc774db30a and a warm welcome to this friendly and supportive although sorry to hear about mum. A follow up TURBT is standard procedure just to mop up and give a more accurate diagnosis. The immunotherapy treatment would be BCG. Administered directly in to the bladder usually once a week. This treatment is designed to destroy any rogue cells and help prevent recurrences. The treatment can be very successful. Many of us have been through the various treatments and there is usually someone here to answer questions or just to lend an ear if you want to talk. I the meantime, try and make sure mum is drinking lots of water to keep the bladder refreshed. Best wishes.

Hi Mrc774db30a,Welcome to the group.I hope you will find it helpful and supportive.Best wishes Jane 

Hi, my advice, having had bladder cancer aged 69 (I'm now 73), is to talk to your mother and understand how she wants to cope with the situation. How does she react in difficult situations? For example, I like to know everything about my illness and want to talk about it openly, usually using humour to diffuse tension if needed. Can you help her do that or does she prefer to bury her head a bit?

I expect her medics have given her information re TURBT and the Macmillan website has excellent material on bladder cancer. Those are good places to start for understanding the illness.

My daughter has been a great help in coping with my treatment and life after my operation (mine was muscle-invasive and I had my bladder removed and a stoma created). In return, I have made sure not to bury her or my husband in extra worries. They tell me that my approach has helped us all deal with the cancer. We have been more or less back to normal since around 6 months after the bladder removal.

Your mother will be having a series of treatments that are tried and tested. Ask anything that you like about it. There are many of us here who will have experienced what you want to know.

Try not to worry, it doesn't help. We can help you both cope with this. And it sounds as if your mother has been diagnosed fairly early, which is good.

All the best,

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