Hi I've just joined your group. I'm 71, female married to my wonderful husband for 50 years. I've received my first chemotherapy session and I'm glad to say I'm not suffering any side effects worth mentioning! I was due for second session on Tuesday but...
Good morning all, I’ve just joined the group on the recommendation of my partner who ironically has started working for Macmillan four weeks ago (you couldn’t make it up!) ! I had a cystoscopy yesterday following a CT scan performed during a hospital...
Hi Folks I am a 70 year old male diagnosed with a grade three tumour (that we have called Ted. We are big fans of Gone Fishing!) in my bladder last Friday. The tumour is a T1 - just starting to infiltrate the buffer zone (how do they know that?). The...
Hi just joined this forum. I am 60 year old female. I went to GP well I had to fight for a face to face, I had bloody urine. No sign of infection from dip test. Had ultrasound scan which showed a mass on my bladder and 2 cyst one on each kidney. Referred...
Hello, I am new here and wonder if anyone had to make a decision whether to have adjuvant chemotherapy or not. I had my left kidney and ureter removed in August and now am facing this decision, which I am finding so very hard. I am 71 and have atrial...
Hi, I’m 56 and have just been diagnosed with a T1 NMIBC ,however, unfortunately it’s high grade micro papillary and my surgeon recommended immediate RC. Feeling very scared,confused and have been told there aren’t really any other options as this type...
Hi guys , sorry not been on for a while due to one thing and another.as you may recall I started my Bcg treatment a little while ago and have finished my first 6 week installation. I go for my flexi on oct 24 th and start my second course of treatment...
Hi all, Does anybody besides me struggle with recovery from mitomycin? I was treated two years ago with mitomycin in my bladder after they removed a tumor that had not penetrated the muscle. So far no more tumors, so I feel very lucky in that regard...
Hello. My husband has T3. Bladder cancer, they are going to operate with removal of bladder, prostate, part of bowel & lymph nodes. He has been offered 2ctypes of surgery. The bag outside or to make another bladder inside but at times he will have to...
I have bladder cancer. Have had 3 TURBT operations with the last one being in March 2022 removing 4 tumours plus CIS. They say it was then post-op non-invasive so I guess TaG3. My cancer hospital have offered only one treatment being cystectomy/bladder...
