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Hi everyone. Every time i have a flexi cycstoscopy i seem to have to come and here and tell everyone....lol. This place (forum) has been a great help to me since my diagnosis nearly two years ago. It has, without doubt, helped me through the early rough...
Hi guys I’ve been lurking in the forum since advised about it by a friend. I was diagnosed with bladder cancer back in April and at present I’m recovering from my surgery which took place last Friday. Hopefully getting home tomorrow minus bladder, lymph...
Hi All I am looking for some information for my Dad. He has muscle invasive Bladder Cancer and he has been advised he can have radiotherapy, due to to the chemo not working. The tumor has also spread to the ureter tube and has caused his kidney to...
My biopsy results show low grade nibc so I have been scheduled for a second TURBT which is estimated to take around an hour as first one had to be finished after 1 hour 30 mins without removing all tumour . There will be a second biopsy as some of tumour...
My Dad was diagnose with muscle invasive Bladder cancer in May of last year. Unfortunately Dad developed colitis just before he was due to have chemo , however the consultant has told us it could had been from the nerophen he was taken that caused this...
My Dad was diagnose with Bladder Cancer May this year. Its muscle invasive, unfortunately he had formed colitis so we thought now looking back it appears to be from the Nurofen he was taking for the pain. They had to fix this before they did any treatment...
I contacted insurance with.com to get a quotation for holidays abroad this year. They told me they could not offer me insurance because I was still undergoing treatment for bladder cancer eg BCG instillations as part of an ongoing maintenance programme...
Hi I've just had a TURBT on the 5th January - I first saw blood in my urine on my birthday (8th October 2023). After 4 crazy & hard fought for appointments with my GP where I was prescribed 3 different courses of antibiotics (2 were over the phone appointments...
Anyone find a way to order the toilet card? Keep going round in circles trying to find an order button.
Howdy all. So after i was diagnosed with bladder cancer obviously there was the initial holy sugar..tears etc and the surgeon mentions the fact that i might die. But then i started to think about things I'd like to cram in before the curtains close...
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