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I’ve just found out at my regular check up that I’ve got a reoccurrence of my bladder cancer. I am currently waiting for surgery. I know it’s treatable and it will be fine, it looked much smaller than previous tumours when I saw it on the screen and I...
I’ve just had a TURBT last week and I’m waiting for the biopsies. I have been feeling very depressed and low. This time last year I was working and full of life and now I’m on disability and in pain every day. I’m getting to the point where I don’t think...
Hi, I've had a trans urethral resection of the bladder about 8 weeks ago and last week I was diagnosed with a high grade T1 bladder cancer. I've also had a trans urethral re resection of the bladder last week and I'm waiting for the second lot of results...
Hi, I'm new here. I'm British but living in Portugal now. I was diagnosed with a 2.5cm high grade non muscle invasive tumour about 18 +months ago. I had two TURBT surgeries and have had -to date- 18 BCG installations. I had the last one yesterday and...
Hi not sure if this is where I should be posting because I am not diagnosed with bladder cancer. However I had an situation in June of 2023 where I had a panic attack was prescribed anxiety medication then in July 2023 had a month of spotting was prescribed...
i have add low grade superficial bladder for the last 4 years it came back after 15 months then 15 months again then 4 months. they decided to give me bcg bladder washes for 6 weeks which i add reaction to then went for my check up and they said some...
Hi all, I’d be would be grateful for any suggestions or recommendations for travel insurers, that are sympathetic to cancer patients, if there are such things. Getting my biopsy results next week after having a TURBT 3 weeks ago. Have fingers crossed...
So as i mentioned i had a 2nd TURBT Thursday and all went well in the end and feeling more like myself today anyway you’ll all have a little giggle at this I when i was getting dressed to go home I noticed that they had either waxed or shaved my right...
Morning Everyone Quick one for you as I said yesterday bit of a eventful day yesterday was only under about 30 mins roughly but have suffered with insomnia and a bit of brain fog today was talking in my sleep when I did shut my eyes by the time I was...
Hi I’m new here and quite anxious about this whole experience. I had an Cystoscopy end of January after losing a fair amount of blood in urine and with no UTI infection. Was told that I had suspicious lesions on bladder wall and would need a TURBT where...
