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Good morning to you all, What a difference a half decent nights sleep makes. I’ve woken up a different man, all my stress, ache and pains and worries have “done one” I’ve taken on board what the surgeon said, “the BCG seems to be working” and with the...
Good evening everyone, thank you all for your kind messages… I feel a bit groggy but ok apart from that.. Surgeon told me that it all went very well and the BCG seems to be working but wait until the biopsy results come in. They have found a couple of...
Evening all, I can’t lie, I’m a complete bag of nerves.. had my CT Scan yesterday and tomorrow afternoon I’m having biopsies done to see if the BCG treatment has worked… the “What ifs” are a nightmare today…not coping very well to be honest…keep thinking...
Hi to All, I am having a Cytoscopy in the morning I have to be at hosp for 9 am I will let you know what they say When I had a bladder scan at hosp the other day a lot of my bladder was white on the Scan with only a few pink patches but my bladder...
Hi all. Following one day of passing visible blood clots and very bloody urine, I was booked in for a flexi cystoscopy which I had last week. The scan showed that there was a lesion in my bladder. The doctor said that it was very small and "didnt...
Hello Angela, how did your mini break in Anglesey go? Or are you still there? Hope you enjoyed/ are enjoying. Garviv
Hello, most of our grandchildren have been taking part in the Macmillan bake a cake charity day at school today. One school we were told raised £1500 today. As you can imagine with seven grandchildren we are inundated with Mrs Garviv has been baking all...
Hi all Just an update following my 2nd TURBT a couple of weeks ago. During this they removed a small area (~5mm) this has now been assessed as G2pa. The original 40mm tumour was removed in February and was G2( mostly low with a few areas of higher risk...
Hello all, New here and to all this heartache. My mum has had ongoing problems with her waterworks for over 12 months. I had to push to be seen by urology as she was forever having uti but there was always blood in her urine. We first saw a urology...
Good morning all, happy Friday.. The Good : Scan tomorrow morning and Biopsy moved to Monday now… The Bad : Woke up this morning with flu like symptoms.. had some first response nasal spray. The Ugly : Spent a couple of hours in the bathroom last...
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