Keeping fingers crossed... so the first checkup after the TURBT is after 3 months and 1 week and just over a month after the last BCG treatment. I am feeling OK. Usual pain here and there wondering if they are caused by oldish age or something more sinister...
Finally at the end of the induction course... Unfortunately my "angel" nurse was on holiday and the nurse who came was not as good: he was a little too "quick" in both going in and coming out ... so now I have been peeing blood for the last 5 n.2 ....
Hi everyone just had a call from hospital a lot of cancerous tumours in bladder came back from biopsy as TTA high grade aggressive he said it’s been four weeks since TURBT I have to go back in for another TURBT shortly. I was in three days on a wash...
Once my bladder & prostate are removed, what happens to my penis? Does it become unused & shrivels up?
Hi all, I had stage 1 non invasive cancer confirmed following turbt. Went well. 6 weeks on I'm having pain exercising and when weeing. Also, my wee smells very strongly and different. I've not had my kidneys checked and worried there may be problems there...
And again, no side effects whatsoever... this is the one before the last in the induction course! If all goes well, I will carry on with maintenance courses for 1 to 3 years. So far, so good. Such a difference from how I was feeling when I was diagnosed...
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