Muscle invasive bladder cancer - lower back ache

Hi Gillmc and welcome to the group. I was muscle invasive and had bad lower back pain, sometimes very painful. I did not have any stents, but fortunately my pain just turned out to be one of the common symptoms of bladder cancer. I was advised to take a paracetamol and told to drink lots of water. We do tend to overthink all the aches and pains we get, so hopefully yours may turn out to be nothing sinister. The CT will pick up anything else untoward but are generally used to rule anything else out as well as give them a bigger picture of what they are dealing with. Best wishes.

Hi Gillmc,Yes I did before diagnosis.I also had sciatica but the pain was more in my hip and down the leg.Best wishes for your scan.Jane 

I hope you find the group helpful and supportive.

• Thank you for your reply. As much as we don’t want to imagine everything is related to the cancer I guess naturally we go there!!!! I’m only two months in with the chemo and already have had a couple cancelled due to immune (I get 4 sessions a month). Then, all going well, bladder removal. It’s good to be on this group with people who get you. Wishing you all well with your journey.

There are a few of us on here who have gone through bladder removal and can help nearer the time.It’s a friendly group and there is plenty of advice if needed.Best wishes Jane