Painful indigestion all night with stomach ache just started chemotherapy 4 th night , had painful indigestion and stomach pain all night , still have stomach aches, wondering what to eat or drink , any tips , thanks
Hi rily Or anyone who has done the chemo for muscle invasive BC. My father in law saw his consultant today, and the plan now is 3 cycles of chemo before his bladder and prostate removal. Obviously I wasn’t there and he didn’t ask about the type. I...
Hi I had the procedure with the camera ten days ago , they found a tumour , the doctor said it would be removed within one month , two days later I had a phone call telling me I had been booked in for surgery on the 26/6. I am getting not much sleep...
My husband (age 65) blood trace urine Jan CT scan Feb then TURBT April 19 - consultant phone conversation 8 weeks later confirmed 5cm tumour surface ie non muscle invasive. TA G2. No treatment discussed (had though she might suggest BCG) and we had been...
Hi all, I’m new to this group - long story short, my dad is waiting for biopsy results as to whether he has prostate or bladder cancer as a primary, regardless he unfortunately has spinal metastasis. He had bilateral nephrostomy tubes fitted just under...
I had chemo followed by a cystectomy in November 2019, and they found no trace of spread in a whole bunch of lymph nodes they whipped out - all good. Everything has been fine since then, and have had annual scans of abdomen and chest - I have number 4...
I came across this publication from Action for Bladder Cancer, an interesting read for those offered a choice of BCG or surgery. https://actionbladdercanceruk.org/library/files/ABC-BLADDER-DECISION-AID-A5.pdf They have updated their website, quite a lot...
1st post from me. My son aged 45 has muscle invasive bladder cancer, he's had a turbt and has chosen to have chemo and radiotherapy rather than surgery. 3rd chemo session is tomorrow, then I assume a ct scan to make sure radiotherapy still an option....
Hi All, hope all is well. Since my last post I have switched hospitals and the new team I have seem to be a lot more 'switched on' and up beat , which is re-assuring. My latest CT/MRI scan shows the cancer has not spread , which means there Is still a...
I have my OP meeting with the consultant tomorrow following 2nd TURBT, during which I am informed I will need to make the treatment decision. 1st OP meeting advised T1pG3 with potential focus of squamous differentiation. I would dearly like to review...
