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There was a huge rally in London yesterday protesting about the importation of cake toppings from China. A police spokesperson estimated there was hundreds and thousands!
Hi. I am about to start this treatment and wonder if my hair will be affected. I already take (have been taking it for years since menopause) VIVISCAL supplement for my hair and swear by it. However, I don’t know yet if I can safely take VIVISCAL during...
Just a quick one in case anybody’s thinking is it only me that getting these side affects So my skin has got so bad they’ve put me on steroids ( on to 2nd week ) steroids have done nothing but put my blood sugars up so treatment paused till I see oncologist...
After a nervous wait following a recurrence of stage 3 bladder cancer and a second TURBT I will be seeing the consultant tomorrow following the MDT meeting. Unfortunately BCG didn’t seem to work for me and the team was suspicious of muscle invasion. I...
Hello everyone many thanks for your wishes re Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy procedure. All your kind words and support mean so much.Returned from a wonderful holiday in Majorca. Hot, sunny and so enjoyable. Bombarded with more appointments: Telephone...
My son has a nephrostomy bag and when he had a pet scan some of the tracer was in his bag is that a sign that his kidney is working?
When I was little my mum and dad used to bathe me in cheap Australian lager. Much later in life I discovered I had been fostered! I have received my operation date for kidney removal 6th July. Less than four weeks since my consultation. Too hot for golf...
Hi everyone this is my first post I had TURBT 3 days ago which they couldn’t fully remove the diverticulum tumour and they told after the op that my CT scan shows lymph nodes involvement I was discharged home after getting my catheter removed and know...
Bit of background. I am 45yo male. I had a CT scan for an unrelated issue and they made some discoveries on that scan. What was found was left bladder wall thickening, left kidney hydronephrosis, left moderate enlarged ureter, prominent iliac lymph...
Hello fellow BCG’s. Today I had my ‘BIG’ talk. Grade 1 but a high grade. Bladder removal not an option but I would not have agreed to it .BCG therapy starts middle of July. Whoopee! Just joking, and yet not. How lucky to be given a life line. But ………...
