Results yesterday. All nodes still present from before, yet most of them are now twice as big. Nodes in my pelvic area are pressing aginst my pooping & this is creating presure pain 24/7. So I'm now having to sway back & forwards to try to deal with...
Hello, a newbie follow up with some specific questions now that I have seen my doctor. She confirms new polyps which first appeared 3 months after my second 'clean-up' operation in June. My background is; pT1b, grade 3 papillary urothelial carcinoma...
Hello Everyone I have just returned from a private hospital in Preston where I had another flexible cystoscopy. Went to this hospital through the NHS because my preferred hospital is so busy and behind schedules on cancer treatments and assessments...
Has anyone been on ERDAFITINIB drug? I would like to know people experience when the drugs was given to them for bladder cancer.
My partner had his biopsy results today and whilst still non muscle invasive, it is high grade - disappointing as the nurse who did the cystoscopy in November said she thought it was low grade and they waited two months to remove it. Anyway he has been...
My 53 year old partner had his TURBT just before christmas and he has now been told that they recommend a radical cystectomy due to the DNA of the cancer. We have lots of info to look through but are just looking for people's experiences with a neo bladder...
I'm sure this is a common issue but cannot find a directly related discussion, nor advice. I am on 'day one' recovery following my first TURBT treatment. I was discharged on the same day with a catheter and now at home. I am awaiting my first bowel...
My partner had a TURBT for a recurrence two weeks ago. The consensus was that it looks small and low grade. I am worried now as hospital have booked a face to face appointment next week. It's not with his usual consultant (he has spoken to this consultant...
Hi Everyone My partner and myself, spoke to the consultant yesterday, with regards to his 2nd TURBT Op Results. During the 1st Op, the surgeon had to go deeper into tissue, to obtain biopsy. He said, It wasn't Superficial as first thought. Having...
I posted a couple of months ago that my husband had a recurrence on cystoscopy and was told it was extremely small and low grade and he would have cystodiathermy. He has waited 8 weeks and went in yesterday but woke up with a catheter and significant...
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