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Hi everyone, Just thought i'd share my latest flexible cystocopy experience that i had today. Firstly, i dread having them. This one was very well done though. The nurse took it a little slower, Explained everything, and warned me when i might feel...
Hi all I was diagnosed with bladder cancer about a week ago. I don’t really know what to say except that I am shocked and devastated. My life seems to be up in the air and there is a great cloud of uncertainty over my head. The urologist nurse who...
Hi I’m new here. Have had history of UTIs for years. Had bladder ultrasound a month ago - no abnormalities apart from my bladder not fully draining. Saw a urologist a couple of weeks ago who gave advice about recurrent UTIs and said if I wanted I could...
Afternoon everyone I haven’t been on for a while. I had my first TURBT last year, everything removed cancer wise. Had check up and they thought they had found another but wasn’t sure, so knocked out again and was told it wasn’t but it was scar tissue...
I had a Bladder cancer tumour removed in December last year followed by new tumour removed in May. Now a Ct scan has found a lesion in my right ureter. Awaiting urgent cystoscopy, uretoscopy and possible TURBT ( all at the same time). Anyone else had...
I am looking for advice on when I can get back to eating all the things I have been avoiding during chemotherapy, things like a rare steak or prawns. I finished chemotherapy just over 4 weeks ago.
I feel so scared at the moment as I feel well again after my first TURBT. I now have to go again to the hospital for second TURBT Tuesday. I will go onto half pay if I have to have time off sick and this is stressing me out. Planning around children...
Hi All, I had my bladder removed in March 2021 and opted for stoma and bag,spent 10 days in hospital … I’ve had ups and downs since surgery and haven’t posted in a while, apologies but life sometimes gets in the way, I am doing really well and back...
Hi everyone, hope you’re all doing ok! I had a Turbt about a month ago, diagnosed as TA G2, no treatment required have to go back for a scope in sept and I have a ct scan in about a week. I have suddenly started experiencing shooting pains in the...
Hi, I’m just looking for someone out there who has had a (bag) - a Stoma I think it’s called fitted - to see how they find it? Is it all ‘that’ bad? Thankyou in advance
