We have been through various scans, cystoscopy’s and TURBT and my husband has been diagnosed with non muscle invasive bladder cancer grade 3. The next step is what the nurse described as weekly for 6 weeks drug liquid treatment, not sure exactly what...
Hi all , had my results yesterday, not what I was hoping for so my tumour was a T1mid-high grade , I now have to have another TURBT and when that is settled down I am starting on BCG treatment. I’m finding it a bit overwhelming atm but any advice you...
Hello everyone... hoping for a bit of guidance if possible. My father has recently found out he has unusual growths in his bladder - doctor has recommended a TURBT procedure under general anesthesia. My father has other medical problems and is not too...
So further to my last post and results, which were not too bad. I am in tomorrow for a second TURBT. Hopefully this will all go well and should be simple as they are just after catching anything they missed and taking more biopsy bits. As the initial...
Afternoon all, I recently had my cystoscopy to see if the six week course of mitomycin had worked. As previously having three turbts. Camera showed the tumour had returned and being bigger this time. My consultant said the next operation I should have...
Hi all just had my flexi after having 15 bcg treatments for cis bladder cancer and the urologist could see red area on my bladder so he took some biopsies of the area ... he said it could be inflammation from bcg as I had my last one in June..I should...
I had 6 infusions, then had to stop for a month due to the effect on my liver. ALT = 103 I think. It came back down after a month & I started infusions again 2 weeks ago. On day 2 after the infusion I got diarrhea 4-5 times a day & over 2 weeks lost 3kg...
Hi. I will be having a small procedure which I believe is TURBT. The Dr said the effected area is only small, they will remove the effected area then do the biopsy. The area is flat too so looks like it would be early stages if it turned out to...
Hi All. Just back from hospital after having my annual flexible cystoscopy. In and out in less than half an hour. All good, phew. Still signs of radiotherapy burns, but not a problem. Anxiety over for a while.. Best wishes.
Had 2 courses of BCG. 12 in all. Had absolutely no side effects at all. Unfortunately it didn't work for me and had to go down a different road (radical cystectomy) It's different for everyone so good luck.
