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My sixth and final tomorrow, then the wait to see if it's worked...think I've tolerated it well...looking forward to Summer Solstice on Saturday...what a journey to this point. Thankfully with helpful comments from various people on this forum I am still...
Hi I’m new and very confused and scared. I went to the doctor on the 15th after having passed a lot of blood into my catheter’s night bag the night before. They put me onto the 2ww pathway for urology. I had my bladder ultrasound yesterday (24/06/26)...
Hi to all,i am new to this group and wondering about other peoples experiences. I am a 64 yr old male and having BCG vaccine after finding a tumour growing inside my bladder(non invasive). I have had the tumour removed and the area scraped a couple...
Hello, I am wondering if anyone has come across or received advice for the us of TENS / EMS devices to relieve pain if you have had bladder cancer. Are they ok to use?
Hi. Anyone attending, or has previously, the same hospital as me. Western General Edinburgh.
Hi Catycat,Just to say feel free to post any questions or worries you may have on here.Several of us have been through bladder removal and can offer advice and support.I hope your husband’s cystectomy goes smoothly.I’m sure he will be grateful for your...
Hi everyone, I’m new to the group. My dad is 81 and has muscle invasive bladder cancer. Diagnosed in March 2025 with TURBT soon after. No symptoms until March this year - passing blood through urine. Second TURBT in April this year but symptoms only stopped...
I have been advised by a fellow bladder cancer patient that this meeting with the Urologist on Tuesday 23rd June is not really going to inform me of any more than I already know now. That being that my tumour is grade 1 and was successfully removed. There...
Hello there. I have been reading all the recent posts and my heart goes out to all of you. I have not been through the terrible time so many of you have had, and are still having. Whether my time has to yet to come, where I am to experience much of the...
The sense, or no sense, In having the meeting before the Scan that is.
