Hi I am at almost the one year mark since first seeing blood in my urine. In May 2022 I had a polyp removed from my bladder - high grade pT1b with no breach of the muscle wall. One month later I had a second look operation and no cancer cells were found...
Hello Yes, I am new to this forum having just registered. I was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer this week. Not sure what the prognosis will be or at what stage the cancer is until I ask the hospital at my second TURBT which is due next week.
So today I had my appointment for my ct scan to see if I have cancer how far it's spread. Unfortunately when I got there I had an attack of the panics and was unable to go through with it. I feel like I've let myself down, but didn't read the information...
well I finally had the cystoscopy (1st time I had an infection and was hospitalised for three days) and I’ve got a large necrotic mass on the left bladder wall towards the bottom of the bladder and a possible tumour on my urethra opening (which is the...
Deleted posts and sarcasm have led me to leave this forum. I find it amazing as someone who actually suffers from bladder cancer that you can’t share your experiences. I have only been on a few days but sorry I am off.
Hi, a friend mentioned applying for pip, due to being off work and struggling with bcg side effects. Has anyone successfully claimed?
Hi My names Luke and last week I was diagnosed with stage 3 bladder cancer and told I have got to have my bladder removed. I'm 37 years old and the life change absolutely scares the hell out of me but it all just dosnt seem real I think I must have...
I had TURBT on 4th October 2022. Diagnosis, bladder cancer stage T2 G3. I started Chemotherapy, cisplatin & Gemcitabine on 16th December . That was stoped after one session as white blood cell count is too low. It is now 14th January , white blood...
I’ve had an ultrasound which flagged up a 4.8cm by 3.9 by 3.4 growth on my bladder. I’ve got a cystoscopy on Wednesday evening and panicking like mad. My platelets are 448 and my inflammatory markers are 10
I was diagnosed with several tumours in June 22, have since had 2 x turbt and completed 6 week bcg although last two, side effects were lasting longer. I had the camera check after the first 6 a could see bright red lumps which they said was the bcg working...
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