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Morning, especially Scott VIP and Pete. Read your posts with interest but when I went to reply your posts had disappeared. Technology and the over 70’s don’t always sit together well. Good luck and stay well. Garviv
Hello All Hope you are all well Nipped into the supermarket after work today and bumped into a Nurse who I had a lot of dealings with in the early months she was there when my Tumour was discovered she was on duty the day of my first TURBT and also...
Hello everyone, Had BCG #2 this morning… no problems as yet. held my bladder for two hours no problem.. had a pint of water and a pint of lemon barley water so far. First wee just done .. all ok.. Time to flush it out of me… I hope everyone is...
Hi - I wondered what the difference was between a rigid cystoscopy under a general and a TURBT. My nhs leaflet from the consultant says rigid cystoscopy and indicates recovery hopefully takes a matter of days. BUT but the nurse called it a TURBT. Reading...
I’m aged 52, went to the GP the day after peeing Rioja in the sports hall on 19th April. The primary tumour was successfully removed mid May; deep into the connective tissue but not into the muscle, but unfortunately the histology results were as disappointing...
Arrived back from Spain today after visiting friends in Andalucia. We had a wonderful time with beautiful weather. The best treatment in the world. Hope everyone is OK. Garviv
Sorry if this is a stupid question, had my BCG #2 today, had a banging headache all day, paracetamol isn’t doing the trick.. can I take nurofen? Cheers Nigel
I was diagnosed with bladder cancer January 2023 the diagnosis was a carcinoma in situ i have since then had 4 operations one recurrence and 3 to take biopsy I have had 12 bcg treatments and quite a few look ins with flexible camera the last biopsy...
Morning H, I read your message this morning and tried to reply but it disappeared. I wish you a speedy recovery. Garviv
I start week 4 tomorrow, cannot wait it has been a long 3 weeks so far but the people I have met waiting to go in, have been lovely, you end up a wee community and when someone completes their treatment it's brilliant to see them walking away hopefully...
