Weird event at my house: I woke up at 5 a.m. Saturday morning with kidney pain (both kidneys). I thought, "That's weird. Never had kidney pain to the degree it would wake me up." Rolled out of bed to use the bathroom -- just to see if that would help...
I was doing pretty well on my post RC recovery. having passed tge 6 week mark. But POW now in hospital with a UTI. It never rains but it pours. Leo
Hi all Been a while since I posted anything. Had initial TURBT on 4th October and then a second TURBT on 4th November. Diagnosis was stage 2 and there was some residual tumour at second TURBT. I have initial appointment with the oncologist on 3rd...
My husband has just had his second treatment. He’s fine, but the problem is, we have a septic tank and there’s an awful lot of bleach gone down the loo as instructed - but we’re not supposed to use bleach. The nurses didn’t have an alternative - can anyone...
Hello My brother was diagnosed with bladder cancer in September, had tumour removed and told it was in his lymph nodes. He had to wait until 24th November for his Pet Scan results to be told it had spread to his bones. He had his first chemo on 9th...
Veterans of BCG: Slight traces of blood -- mild discoloration, little flecks of clot -- in my urine one full week after my BCG install No. 6. Nothing scary, but there's obviously a bit of bleeding still going on. Still a bit sore in the area of the bladder...
Hello everyone, I had my PDD scan on 14th November 2024 and another dreaded red patch was seen. I now have the results which read "No cancer cells seen". Me and my lovely family are very relieved. It's been another stressful time waiting for the results...
Morning my beautiful family, BCG #8 done, Normal side effects -Sweating- I’m so lucky that’s all I get… got to take my little Dog to the vets tonight. When we was out last night he was running and trod on something, the yelp that came out his his...
Good evening all Hope you are all Keeping well only jump on the forum now and again these days as I’ve not really got anything relevant to add apart from the odd words of positivity for new members but would just like to take a moment to wish each and...
Hi, First of all, I'm not actually complaining, 'cause I'm fairly sure my BCG side effects have been more mild than most. I mean, I downright understand I've had it easy in some respects. But every week of BCG is different, that's for sure. This weekend...
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