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So never thought I would be posting on a community like this but it did get mentioned during a recent holistic assessment that it can often help, mentally, to talk to strangers with similar issues, talking to family is fine but can often be a transferring...
Hi All. How is everyone doing? Anyone stuck indoors? Remember, this is a support group, and things don't always need to be medical. There is usually someone here if you just want a chat, a moan, or any stories. My wife has been stocking up on paint, so...
A friend of mine recently visited the Weightwatchers website. It asked her if she accepted Cookies. Was that a trick question?
My husband finished treatment for bladder cancer in May 2026. He had chemotherapy and radiotherapy. He saw his oncologist in July who booked him in for a ct scan and camera scan appointment and an oncology appointment for September. A couple of days later...
Hello My husband was diagnosed with stage 3 bladder cancer in May and was operated on 18th August. He was to have started BCG immunotherapy on 25th September but they couldn't insert a catheter because they said there was scar tissue on his prostate...
Well unfortunately it seems like my bladder has sneakily returned and although clear for 3 years it has all of a sudden spread to lymph nodes and the treatment I have been offered is in the subject. Does anyone have any knowledge or experience or this...
Hi, I have a TULA under local following induction BCG for G3 cancer as there is not capacity for TURBT. Reading the NICE 2019 guidance on TULA, it seems to be riskier than TURBT under general. Has anyone come across this? Has TULA detection improved in...
Hello everyone,I am currently undergoing treatment for metastatic bladder with secondary liver, the treatment is ev+ pembro. I know one of the side affects from ev is the nervous system but I was wondering if anyone else is having the same issues and...
I guess I should give a bit of info first. I was feeling unwell at work on 31st July this year my arms were really sore and it had been building up for about 2 weeks. The GP told me to come for a blood test and my ck levels were over 5000 so I was admitted...
Hi, I have been told that I am coming off the Pembro because I have been having severe skin blistering caused by the toxicity of the drug and my body’s reaction to it. I’m still having the Enfortumab but on a reduced dose. Has anybody else had this issue...
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