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I start my Chemotherapy next week, I’m having 4 cycles of GemCarbo I’m really apprehensive about it, how have people gone on with this please. Really not looking forward to it any info would be good thanks
Popped into my local Maggies in Swansea. Jolly nice and helpful people is an understatement. Back for some Thai Chi later in the week. Anyone else visited a Maggies?
thought i might share my experience of going on holiday after having surgery to remove my bladder due to bladder cancer... i must admit i was a bit hesitant about booking my first holiday after surgery seeing that the rest of my days were bound by having...
So, my ct scans done on the 8th of dec revealed a pouch of fluid and a little thickening around the join where the conduit joins the ureters, they also say my lymph nodes are enlarged. I spent from the 8th to the 22nd of dec in a state of terror, meanwhile...
My partner had an annual CT scan on 12 December and received a letter asking him to go to a consultant meeting on 10 January. As we got this a day or so before Christmas, I did contact the specialist nurse to see if she could give any reassurance as it...
Hi sorry to bother everyone. I have an operation on the 3rd of January 2024 as they suspect I have a small type of bladder cancer. I have many symptoms and family history. Any ideas on what to expect etc sorry for asking so late but it's starting...
Hi I've got G3 NMIBC. I think I'm on the 3 year SWOG program? I've had the induction treatment plus 3 maintenance treatments, with 4 to go. I'm starting to get really painful and ongoing side effects from the BCG. I read somewhere that 80% of the...
Hi everyone, One for the gents, I'm 33 and was diagnosed with BC at the beginning of 2023, so far, I have had x3 TURBTS (I got the all clear on the last TURBT) and 9 rounds of BCG, I finished my maintenance course just over a month ago, and my next...
Diagnosed PCa of the bladder last march, caught very early but only treatment as of now is HT, getting pain, lower abdomen and lower back, any advice
Hello there, Patient is 74/M with five rounds of BCG done so far and fifth happened around six weeks ago causing severe complications. Last week Doctors have noticed through Cystoscope that his bladder has been inflamed (due to BCG). They have prescribed...
