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Hello, my husband is 33 years old, he had hematuria and pain in abdomen, he had gasses in urethra, some tissue in urine. Urine test showed blood and bacteria, urinoculture E. Colli. They did cystoscopy and found large tumor on the roof of the bladder...
Hi all, I have had my 5th TURBT this month with the result that whilst nothing was visible the biopsies taken show G3 pT1. My last BCG treatment was dose 15 in September 2023 with recurrence noted in November 2023 and had two TURBTs in December...
I have recently had TURBT operation to remove a large necrotic bladder tumour, they only managed to remove 80% of the tumour. It is muscle invasive and has spread to 2 lymph nodes near the badder and possibly my lungs. I had to come home with a catheter...
Morning Everyone, A strange thing has happened to me. My bladder has turned into an alarm clock. For the past six months or so my bladder wakes up at 04.30 am. By the time I have travelled to the bathroom, had a pee, washed my hands and checked the...
Hi all, I'm a 55yr old man, had my 1st TURBT 3 weeks ago. Afterwards the consultant informed me that it did not seem to have gone into the muscle, but lots of CIS around, so I felt fairly positive and expected to start BCG or sign up for the KEYNOTE...
Got my first visit to cancer centre tomorrow, I know ive to get Chemo and Radiotherapy, hopefully tomorrow some idea of a treatment plan. A wee bit nervous at the moment methinks it may be a long night. Scott
just a word from myself to you all I would just like to take this opportunity to say thank you for sharing your own personal experiences of our situation I’ve learned so much since I was diagnosed and it has helped me prepare and understand things better...
Hi I joined this forum when I got diagnosed with bladder cancer the beginning of the year. I'm due to have cystectomy surgery on Thursday. I'm now getting very nervous and anxious about it.
Hi all, just back from my first TURBT, looks like it all went ok? I do however now have what appears to be a garden hose sized pipe in for the next 5 days! Strangest feeling ever, didn’t get a lot of sleep as without being too graphic, when you move it...
