Evening all, Had my flexi today…I was dreading it as always, but especially today as I knew it was going to be painful…and yes it was…they gave me extra numbing gel which worked a bit but I was still flinching throughout…I had two nurses today, one...
Posting at 2am., is open to mistakes. Where I mention my Surgeon called in on me the day after my TURBT to let me know I had Stage 1 Cancer was not correct. He said I had Grade 1. The rest of my posting is correct. Grade 1 but no Stage advised as yet...
After TURBT procedure on Monday 1st June my Consultant advised me that my Bladder Cancer was Grade 1 and that the tumour had been successfully scraped away. I further received intravesical chemotherapy. I have a CT scan appointment booked for the 29th...
My husband has been diagnosed with t2 bladder cancer with 50% squamous cancer he has told it will be chemo first and then removal of bladder I’m worried because it’s aggressive is it not better to remove the bladder and then chemo
Hi there, I am a male aged 73, and I have just started the 6 week BCG instillation programme after my TURBT (carcinoma in situ). The first instillation 10 days ago really rocked me, with persistent cystitis and heavy flu-like symptoms that both persisted...
My sister has been diagnosed with bladder cancer. She has muscle invasive bladder cancer and has been told it's deep within the wall - oncologist said localised advanced. We still don't have a treatment plan of action between bladder removal or radiotherapy...
Hi All, Currently on number 13 (yesterday) of my BCG Treatments and ever since the 8th I've suffered with bleeding post the 2nd pee post drain after the 2 hour wait. My 1st 6 sessions were a breeze, and when I had issues from 8 onwards I'd even wondered...
Hi, I am waiting for my meeting with the oncologist and was wondering how long after that people had started their chemotherapy treatment. I’ve now been diagnosed with muscle invasive BC. Thanks.
So last week I had the cystoscopy results and they were good. No tumour detected. And there is a but coming! The lovely CNS nurse called me 5 minutes later to say they’d checked my last CT Scan from October last year and lymph nodes had got bigger and...
Hi, I have followed posts on this forum for several months. My sister was diagnosed last November with muscle invasive bladder cancer. The consultant surgeon advised 6 cycles of chemotherapy followed by a full bladder removal and a hysterectomy. She...
