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Hello, i am currently awating a cystoscopy to check for bladder cancer. I am a 46 year old female. I am looking for advice please. I have , in the past few days, started to get a warm sensation in my gential area ( similar sensation when you have a contrast...
My dad was diagnosed with a rare type of bladder cancer, spindle cell a few weeks ago. He was told yesterday that the cancer has now spread to his lymph nodes and stomach. It doesn’t respond to chemotherapy or radiotherapy. I know I should be strong for...
Hello, my dad got diagnosed yesterday with sarcomatoid cancer of the bladder and its aggressive and extensive. He was fine until he had some blood in his urine and then we've waited 7 weeks for results. We were sort of optimist going in and then boom...
Hi All 2 years ago I had one instance of visible urine in blood, was put on antibiotics that night and it stopped. A couple of weeks later I woke up in terrible pain and went to A&E. I was discovered to have a Kidney stone stuck in my left Ureter and...
I am 89 years old, reasonably fit and mentally aware. I live on my own by choice but have access to my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. I enjoy variious pastimes and go out for drinks at local bars where I meet friends. I also go to...
Hi all, I am due to have my first BCG session tomorrow and I seem to have developed a real anxiety over it being a live bacteria . I think its probably due to the fact my family are working from home and we have only one loo which is in the bathroom....
who do you turn to when noone is interested?or is itvjust me don't see the reality that when cancer patient in pain theyre just ignore? mybhusband suffers a lot of pain but feed up waiting long time in a and e and end up sending home
Hi all I am new to the community here. Sorry if this has been covered before, I did a quick search and couldn't find anything. We recently received the sad news that there is nothing more they can do to treat my mother's cancer. She has been told she...
New to this group was diagnosed today growth on bladder next step TURBT I new what was coming so was not such a big shock hoping to get some comfort from people who know exactly how I'm feeling and maybe exchange helpful information
And wanted to say hi and talk through my experience so far. I'm a 43 year old chap from somewhere in rainy England. In late June, I was having a shower and had to get out, due to severe abdominal pain. I got out and was pinned to the floor in pain....
