Hi, my dad was diagnosed with bladder cancer in April of this year. He had the TURBT operation in May which went well and where the surgeon removed a lot of the high grade cancer - it was Stage 3 I think. We thought he would have BCG but following an infection and (we think) a complication with another condition (chronic epididymis) he has been referred to an oncologist. Howeverfollowing a chest scan 10 days ago, he has been admitted to hospital as nodules were found on his lungs. Blood tests also revealed high calcium in his blood so bone cancer was mentioned too (although my dad has an underlying condition which affects his calcium so I really think it could be this) He’s been in hospital for 8 nights now and at the moment can’t walk (we think this is the epididymis not the cancer). We had an appointment at the Christie for this Friday where we were really hoping for a full diagnosis and to discuss treatment but an oncology nurse visited my dad in hospital yesterday and said they were deferring the appointment until he was better and out of hospital. I feel so confused and upset as we still don’t know what we are facing and I’m now not sure how we will get a full diagnosis. I just wondered if anyone else has had a similar experience. My dad is 78 and has always been so fit and healthy x thank you so much in advance xx
