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Hi all wishing everyone a happy new year! My mum is 73 and was diagnosed in September with T2 grade 3 bladder cancer. She has just finished her treatment with Chemoradiotherapy. She has been getting a lot of hip /groin pain on walking. She has...
Hi just saying hello, have recently been diagnosed with bladder cancer, so just starting on my journey. Cheers Scott
Hi everyone, I just feel the need to write it all down or I may burst. I dont know if anyone else has experienced this , having waited the 42 days to get my biopsy results ( god that was so stressful ) , they came back atypical cells and for a very short...
Hello, I had my TURB first week of January and was in hospital overnight. I was told my tumours were larger than anticipated from the CT scan but under 3cm and surgeon said he didn't think they were muscle invasive but need to wait for results from biopsy...
Just wanted to share as I saw a post the other day from someone going through something similar. So they put a stent in when they did the biopsy on my bladder. Said I should expect the bleeding to stop after 3 days. That was in November. Still peeing...
Hello all, I hope this finds everyone better for being here, and my apologies in advance for taking up the precious time of those here. I was diagnosed with bladder cancer in September, and had my TURBT + Mitomycin C in October. In December I was...
Hello everyone. We are thinking about booking holidays to Lanzarote and Cyprus this year. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions re Travel Insurance for people with Bladder Cancer? Thanks Garviv
Diagnosed in 2020 at age 40, 1 x 3mm cis non muscle invasive tumor removed and had chemotherapy etc. I'm a fighter and have always felt confident about beating cancer. Been clear for just under three and a half years from around May 2020 until September...
Hello all. I had an initial TURBT in October 2023 which came back as high grade. The surgery went well and happy that everything had been removed. Due to high grade biopsy I,m waiting for a second TURBT. Is there an optimal time between 1st and 2nd. It...
Hello, I am new here and don’t really know where to put my question. Here is my story - Last year on October my husband (41yo) has been diagnosed with bladder cancer. His diagnose has been very unique for his age, he got the tumor located outside of bladder...
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