My Dad was diagnose with Bladder Cancer May this year. Its muscle invasive, unfortunately he had formed colitis so we thought now looking back it appears to be from the Nurofen he was taking for the pain. They had to fix this before they did any treatment...
Anyone find a way to order the toilet card? Keep going round in circles trying to find an order button.
HI all, I've recently had 2 TURBTs and now going on to a 6 week BCG treatment. I was wondering if anyone could tell me just how painful the procedure/treatment is? Is it as bad as a cystoscopy? As I'm sure you can understand, I'm a little apprehensive...
Factors to consider: 40's working mum (need to work for mortgage, work from home but commute into London one day per week), 3 children (youngest 7). Other thing to consider, I have had a broken leg for a year (literally shattered femur from horse...
So I've got back from seeing the doc. He tells me I have a muscle invasive cancer and my bladder and prostate need removing. Having a biopsy tomorrow to see if the lymph nodes have a problem. So now I know. Sounds like things are gonna happen pretty...
So I foolishly did something daft and rang my consultants secretary by last week to ask if the consultant would give me the results earlier by telephone rather than waiting longer for a face to face appt ( will hve been 4 weeks waiting to get results...
I have been suffering cold symptoms since just before my TURBT last August. They have lessened and worsened in the subsequent weeks but never fully resolved. I caught a more extreme cold December 31 with much congestion and coughing. I also cannot sleep...
It’s about 3 weeks since I had by TURBT. After quite a while of my pee being clear I am seeing some rose urine and am passing multiple solid bits in my pee which are raspberry in colour. If this what one would expect at this stage? I had a 5 CM area excised...
My partner had an annual CT scan on 12 December and received a letter asking him to go to a consultant meeting on 10 January. As we got this a day or so before Christmas, I did contact the specialist nurse to see if she could give any reassurance as it...
Hi I've got G3 NMIBC. I think I'm on the 3 year SWOG program? I've had the induction treatment plus 3 maintenance treatments, with 4 to go. I'm starting to get really painful and ongoing side effects from the BCG. I read somewhere that 80% of the...
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