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Hi everyone, Just looking to see if anyone has any experience of an alternative preventative treatment for T1 grade Bladder Cancer? Long story short, my Dad recently had cancer cells removed for Stage 1 Bladder Cancer that was non-invasive and had...
Good Evening all Hope you are all as well as you can be this week passed marked one year since I was diagnosed and a year that has passed extremely quickly In contrast I look back to that week and and I must say I feel alot better and look a lot better...
Thank you for your support! My father (93) stopped treatment for his bladder cancer. He resides in a long tern care facility and has a foley catheter. He is experiencing blood clots so the facility is flushing his catheter frequently and now has been...
Hello everyone, I would like to share my experience regarding a recent health journey. In August, I underwent a cystoscopy, during which doctors identified a cancer cluster in my bladder. Following this, I had surgery in October to remove the growth...
Hello All,I was diagnosed with bladder cancer in August 24 and since then have had the tumour removed and a combination treatment of chemotherapy and radiotherapy which I finished 7 weeks ago. The radiotherapy has damaged the lining of my rectum and I...
Good afternoon, I was diagnosed with bladder cancer last August, had my TURBT not long after, 4 weeks later I had second to see if the cancer had not spread, after a while I started the BCG maintenance of 6, after 4 I had bleeding and it was stopped,...
Has anyone been told the what’s and the whatnots on what to drink by the experts, after my TURBTs the first thing I was offered was a cup of tea, I do drink shed loads of water but still like a Guinness and a G&T, I’ve had no discussion on the do’s and...
Having had my cystoscopy and a small recurrence found in my anterior ureathra, I had my follow up booked for Friday. Had a letter today due to unforseen circumstances rescheduled for another 4 weeks. So another 4 weeks of waiting to get some answers....
Hi all! Just a quick question to those who have experience witb CIS? My lovely 67 year old dad has just found out he has a recurrence after only 3 months of finishing bcg for non muscle g3 pt1. He has now developed a g3 pta CIS growth (and will probably...
Hello to everyone Oldies and Newbies I haven't been very active on the forum for a few weeks but I have been reading all the posts. I can see that we have lots of new folk on the forum who are right at the start of their BC journeys. I hope this forum...
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