BCG treatment and muscle pain/Arthritis

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I have had 2 Turbt and 6 BCG treatments so far.

Treatments were not too bad, Had side effects of fatigue for couple of days after each although the 4th was quite bad and lasted  3 days

I also have had lots of muscle pains and my knee replacement is aching a lot. Woke up this morning and my right arms muscle is very painful

Has anybody else suffered with their muscles/arthritispain?

  • yes,  Ive recently completed 6 treatments and I am getting joint pains, knee, toes and fingers mostly not had muscle pain

  • I have aching thighs muscles and a propensity to cramp in my calves. I've had 9 so far.

    I ignore the joint pain in my hands and knees as I already had arthritis in all joints in both hands and my knees. 

    Martyn. 
  • Yes you can and it's called reactive arthritis.

    Sue Xx
  • Morning Jenlids and thanks for your comments. Like you I’ve had BCG and been feeling like I’ve just run a marathon with muscle aches for no obvious reason. I thought it was due to walking around town but it persists without  any unusual activity. I have had arthritis in the past , maybe it’s an underlying reason. Best wishes, John.

  • I have just been referred to physio. Hopefully it helps :) 

  • I’ll be interested to know how you progress .

  • Just an update. Had a call from a Physio last Monday after 4 days of waiting so wasn't too happy about that. By that time it had eased somewhat so he told me to contact him if things got worse again. This morning I was in a lot of discomfort everywhere. Even lifting the kettle hurt my wrists and washing my hair was hard. He did suggest that if it got bad again I would probably have to have blood tests and he would contact Urology. I also contact my nurse and she said that it is still early days but if worried to contact gp. So ongoing still