I have now had two chemo out of six with no problems at all but people keep saying , you may get the side effects near the end of my treatment or am I going to be the lucky one
My first TURBT was 4 months ago and it was single Papillary Urothelial, 1.5cm low grade, non-invasive, which was removed. I got my second TURBT this week and they found mulitiple tumors and the biggest one was 10cm (same type). I'm waiting for biospy...
OK firstly hello everyone I will try and keep thi short(ish) I am a 50 year old male and i was diagnosed with high grade superficial bladder cancer in my urethra last June/July. I was told they would do a cystectomy but then they did an MRI and they...
Hi all Just had my 5th session of the 6 and there was a massive leakage on them placing the chemo into the bladder. They administered a second dose and apart from a minor trickle this seemed to be staying in. Up to now I've had no issues, anybody...
Does anyone have advice about this procedure please
My partner has pTa grade 3 bladder cancer, diagnosed 3.5 yrs ago with a recurrence about 18 mths ago. He is on a second course of BCG. CT scan in December showed hydronephrosis and thickening of bladder wall. He had biopsies at the end of February and...
I’m hoping you can share experiences please. My mum (I’m her carer) is at stage 4 bladder cancer and has completed 3 high dose RT sessions. Her urination urgency and frequency is so strong and unrelenting both day & night, that she is pretty much housebound...
Hi, I was diagnosed with high grade bladder cancer in 2022 at the age of 37. 2 turbo, 11 bcg treatment, currently no reoccurrence. Would love to find people in the same boat as me, maybe make some friends etc Thank you
Hi All Finally I got my results today that was a long 6 weeks after having my first appointment cancelled and was diagnosed as pTa G2 and was told they are doing a 2nd TURBT and will be also checking my ureter as my tumour Location was right at the...
Had my biopsy results today from my 5th TURBT, seems I have an escalation in some areas from superficial (Pta) to CIS. As a result I've been offered 15 installations of BCG over a year. My first 6 weeks will start in a few weeks. Seems mad but kinda...
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