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My husband is waiting for TURBT (25th may). I am wondering if paying to have this privately would be a good idea?! We are in no way in a financial position to do this but, there are ways. My husband is against the idea but I wanted to know what other...
Having a bit of a wobble today. Iv had whatever it is removed 29th March and surgeon said was tiny, didnt look invasive and now hes looked at it again hes not even sure it is anything other than a bit of my water pipe but obviously they have to send it...
Firstly, I am feeling very fortunate, I came back from theatre and woke up feeling OK had a small leakage of blood with a couple of clots, immediately cleaned up by nurse, then had some water and cup of tea, managed to pee in bottle, quite a lot of blood...
I went for my TURBT yesterday and was told they couldn’t cut away red patches in my bladder as the risk of perforation of the bladder was too high. They’ve said depending on the outcome of biopsy it maybe BCG therapy. The appointment to discuss treatment...
Hi i just wondered how long everyone has waited for biopsy results. I was told 4-6 weeks but I’ve had a hospital appointment come through for next Wednesday. Thinking if I was fine then they’d delay my results and give the appointments to someone in...
Hi I've not posted here for a few years I'm 68 male and had my sith TURBT procedure just over a month ago and have been jogging along between appointments for 5 years now. During my follow up appointment the consultant informed me that the cancer has...
been told have to have bladder removed and really scared trying to hold it together but dont know how i am going to cope
I recently had a cystoscopy performed 3 months after the removal of a low grade non muscle invasive tumour. This cystoscopy has found that a new tumour has appeared and also apparently some necrosis on the site of the original tumour. What is the significance...
Hello, I m new here. Last August my husband (52) was diagnosed with g2 (lower) papillary bladder cancer. A TURBT removed it completely and he was given no treatment, not even a one off dose of internal chemo. In December when they checked his bladder...
I have just been diagnosed with bladder cancer I'm having a ct scan next month to get more results. But i was wondering if the cancer can cause some of the symptoms I've been having for a long time. Mainly feeling tired and pains in arms, shoulders, legs...
