My Sister in Law was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and underwent an operation called the whipple procedure . She has had a series of chemotherapy sessions and has been given the all clear following scan last month. However, her cognitive...
Hi all! I had a second TURBT procedure for high grade bladder cancer about three weeks ago. Found out yesterday that it has not gone into the walls of bladder phew! So they are happy that it has removed it all. My next follow up step is BCG. What...
Morning all, just back from my BCG #1. It was quick and easy and painless, I hadn’t eaten or drank anything since yesterday, but my CNS has told me that next week I can have a coffee and breakfast before I come. She said I could go home straight away...
Hi all, sorry to start another thread but I can’t find any info about the issue I have. Or might not have ;) It’s been a week since my TURBT, and I don’t seem to have any blood in my urine - but it still really hurts my penis when I urinate, and there...
Hi all This afternoon is my first cystoscopy 3 months after finishing my 6 weeks of Mitomycin treatment. Was originally graded at G2pTa, G2 mainly because of size (4cm). I know there is a strong possibility of recurrence but I'm naturally getting...
Hi my dad has been diagnosed with grade 3 bladder cancer muscle invasive, was told by CT scan no spread which we felt positive about , today we went for an appointment to now be told they’ve looked at his scan again in mdt and are saying lymph nodes around...
I may well be faced withe the choice soon of bladder removal vs BCG. I wonder if any others on there have faced this choice, and what what the reasons / factors for their choice / decision were? thanks in advance, Leo
Fellow BCG travellers - does the 1st BCG maintenance round induce more or less side effects or the same as the induction doses? My specialist nurse said that my bodies immune system would be primed to react after the induction doses, so a, kind of on...
Hi fellow BCG travellers, have any of you experienced a polyarthritic reaction to BCG (arthritic reaction in several joints simultaneously). And if so what help did you get to alleviate? Cheers Leo
Hi Everyone, thank you for all your support on my original post whilst waiting for my results. Now having that result, I thought I would ask for any advice on how to get through chemo and the operation to follow. i am being very positive as last week...
