I am having my op on Saturday. I thought I was only having my bladder removed but when I saw the urologist yesterday he said it was a Radical cystoscopy. I was shocked to heat that my uterus, ovaries and lymph glands were also going to be removed. He...
Hello my name is AnnieC and this is my first message. After being treated with radiotherapy and chemo for bladder cancer. I felt great, more energy, weight gain appetite returned. I thought I was cured. I then had an MRI and another small tumour was found...
Hi folks So, my hubbie had a TURBT on 30th May. His bladder was perforated and he has a balloon catheter and external catheter in place. He's passed tiny clot-like blobs (more streaky than lumpy) and the last few days, throughout the day, his bag is...
So I’ve had my CT Scan and pre-op assessment for geriatrics (I’m 70 very amusing walking, brain function etc and no don’t think of myself as geriatric but I guess medically I am). Anyway I have a telephone consult coming up with the surgeon on Friday...
Wow! Where to begin! Last week, my husband was admitted to hospital with excruciating hip and knee pain. One hospital did an x-ray and said the knee was fine but there was something, 'weird,' between his ball and socket, so he was sent to another hospital...
Hey all, I hope you are all as well as can be. I've been missing in action for a while, life has been busy! So after 3 rounds of GemCis and feeling remarkably better my chemotherapy journey has ended. It is not working according to the scan. I have...
I do apologise, as it's me, again! Due to the bladder puncture during his TURBT, my husband has a catheter. I am emptying it almost every 20 minutes. It's nice and pale but I was wondering if this is normal or not? Procedure was yesterday. Thank ...
As the subject says I finished treatment 15 yesterday and all went well very little reaction just urgency on the day. Now for a few months rest.Hope you are all doing well. Love Lynn
Hi all hope you are all OK I have a question, I looked at pictures of stoma 's on Internet to see what I would have .most looked like a red button on the outside. Mine dosent look like that at all, I know it's only been post 27 days but mine is flat...
Has anyone experienced very vivid and intense nightmares while having BCG treatments? I've only had my first dose this morning and I've had really nasty intense dreams while I napped in the afternoon and just now as I've gone to bed. I've only been...
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