I was diagnosed at 26 which caused me great emotional devastation, my wife and young daughter were my only solace in dealing with my diagnosis, very supportive but still the thoughts of my daughter growing up with practically no memories of me made my depression and anxiety spiral downward. Being young and being so close death just feels so entirely unfair but it's just something that must be accepted because these things happen and it cannot be changed.
The cancer was low-grade superficial which was FANTASTIC news although BC has a very high recurrence rate so I've still had to have multiple painful surgeries along with that awful cystoscopey.
I'd like to know how many other young folks have been diagnosed with BC and how did you handle it? Have you have multiple surgeries? What was the full diagnosis of the cancer and do you have the bovine TB immunotherapy?
Just trying to find somebody to relate to, BC can be awful thing to deal with.
And to everybody else on sub I wish you the best of good luck.
God bless us all!
Hi and welcome to the group. It is unusual for someone of your age to have bladder cancer, but we are seeing more younger people with it. Most of us here will be older than you, but can relate to your treatment. Lots of varying types of treatment here. As regards flexible cystoscopies, I am up to about number 25 now. Not pleasant, but can be reassuring. Best wishes.
