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Hi All, hope you are well. Kinda feel all at sea so just wanted to put this out there. Have bladder cancer which has alternated between stage 1 or pta grade 3 tumours which have been removed via bladder inspections. But they have found a tumour nudging...
I’ve had a urostomy for about 3 1/2 years and don’t seem to be able to solve the problem of leaks. I change my bag twice most days. i think my problem is that the urine soaks into the adhesive almost immediately - I have aloe rings and am trying bags...
My husband has bladder cancer and was diagnosed last July (2022) it is advanced cancer he is only 63 we have no children I am really struggling
Hi, I am 69 and I have recently been diagnosed with bladder cancer. I've had surgery to remove most of the tumour but am now waiting to get my chemo schedule. To say I am scared would be a massive understatement but I am determined to get through it....
Hi guys, so has anyone been thru this operation? How long for recovery? Does the external bag deal with just urine or fetal matter as well? So many more questions, but this is a start, saying I'm scared would be an understatement.
Hello friends, My name is Sara. I'm 27 years old and I'm new to this community. I am going get the simple cystectomy with ostomy bag. So, they'll only take the bladder out and my uterus, vagina and everything will remain intact. I don't have bladder...
Hi I was diagnosed with bladder cancer in Nov 2021. Had a turbt within 2 weeks followed by 15 treatments of bcg vaccine starting in Jan 2022. First 9 were no probs at all, then 10,11and 12 experienced more discomfort with needing to pee very frequently...
Hi there I had a TURBT last Friday which seems to have gone ok. Will see in a few weeks whether that’s it or more to come. Anxious wait. It’s Wednesday so five days after and I’m still experiencing some discomfort when passing water. Also the stream...
Hi there My dad (85) was diagnosed last autumn with Bladder cancer, long history of urinary symptoms which he didn't go to the doctors about. Has type 2 diabetes, smoked a lot but gave up 20 years ago. Dad has locally advanced bladder cancer, had...
Hello, My husband had a grade 3 recurrence last year (having had an initial diagnosis of pTa, G3 around 2.5 years ago) and has had BCG reinduction (6 treatments). He is due to have a ri gid cystoscopy with biopsies in a couple of weeks. His total number...
