Just had first TURBT

Hi Rich78 and welcome to this friendly group. You will get plenty of support here as you go forward. There are no silly questions as we know how you will be feeling at the moment. Recovery from a TURBT depends on how severe it has been but generally you should start to feel better after several days to a week. Remember, you have an internal wound which can take up to six weeks to fully heal. It is important not to do anything strenuous for a couple of weeks and make sure you drink plenty of water regularly to keep blood and debris flushed out. It will sting for a few days when peeing, but should gradually ease off. You should get results of your biopsies in a few weeks and they dictate the path forward, but be aware BC can be treated successfully. Try and stay away from Google as there is a lot of out of date and misinformation out there . Stick to reliable sites such as Macmillan information on Bladder Cancer . Lots of experience here so feel free to ask anything. Best wishes.

Please ignore the remark about google there are lots of valid up to date information sites  out there which I and many others have found helpfull. Most searches for bladder cancer do not return silly or false information in my experience . The BCAN site is very good, Macmillan does not have a monopoly on cancer advise there are many people out there trying to help.

Best regards

Thanks both, appreciate your messages, I am positive, it's just the waiting game now.

I get the Google comments, and I understand there is a lot of information out there, and Google can be helpful but can also give information overload. 

I am finding that so many people from my care team are giving so much information you struggle to take it all in, but that may just be me.

Hopefully it's stayed away from the muscle, I had a 3*2*2 cm solid papillary lesion right lateral wall just proximal to the right VUJ with adjacent carpet changes next to the lesion in the supra trigonal area, which the surgeon said was challenging to remove all of it but they are hopeful they have with some muscle.

Time will tell.

Thank you all

Hi Rich78,Welcome to the group.I hope you feel more comfortable soon.Best wishes Jane 

Good luck with your results, which in my experience always take at least two weeks as they also go to be discussed by the multidisciplinary team at the hospital who formulate the suggested plan for your treatment. The waiting is a bind but if you can find ways to distract yourself that will prove a great asset as time goes on. I use google frequently for a million different enquiries however as rily says some of the research which pops up can't always be taken as gospel. When I'm looking for a recipe or gardening advice accuracy doesn't matter so much cos I have a basic understanding of both subjects but when I started out on this BC journey everything was totally unknown. Thus I gather my information from my hospital team or on the Macmillan site rather than wider online research. At the stage you are at I found it's very easy to think the worst. I definitely thought it was the end of me and here I am 9 years later enjoying the glorious Devon sunshine. Se ending you love Hx

Hello Rich, your post certainly brought back memories for me. Your pain and discomfort should go within a couple of days. Once your team devise a treatment plan you will feel more assured and can concentrate on getting better. Good luck