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I joined this morning and am already grateful for this group and all the info shared. For me it's been a roller coaster year while I got yet another diagnosis, moved house, took early retirement changed hospitals and changed diagnosis again and am now...
hi all I'm a 72yr old male,after my 1st dionysius 4yrs ago my cancer returned now having chemo and am about to have my 5th shot although I've not had any bad side affects I've had some was wondering if others have had any or is it just me becoming paranoid...
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Hi new on here any advice would be welcome my partner he is 72 had TURBT seven weeks ago and on occasion passes clots the urology nurse said it is probably scabs coming away, Ihe had a 3cm tumour removed non muscle invasive but was told that he will have...
Hi all, new here as yesterday I had a cystoscopy which showed I have BC. Saw the pictures and it is on the left hand side of bladder looks all frilly. He said it is early catch so I am hoping for it to be non invasive. Have been told that I need a...
Hi I've just joined your group. I'm 71, female married to my wonderful husband for 50 years. I've received my first chemotherapy session and I'm glad to say I'm not suffering any side effects worth mentioning! I was due for second session on Tuesday but...
Good morning all, I’ve just joined the group on the recommendation of my partner who ironically has started working for Macmillan four weeks ago (you couldn’t make it up!) ! I had a cystoscopy yesterday following a CT scan performed during a hospital...
Hi Folks I am a 70 year old male diagnosed with a grade three tumour (that we have called Ted. We are big fans of Gone Fishing!) in my bladder last Friday. The tumour is a T1 - just starting to infiltrate the buffer zone (how do they know that?). The...
For some of you that have seen my posts previously, you will know how much golf plays a major part in what I do. So I'm very happy to be able to report that after several years of being a player, but not really very competitive largely due to the medical...
Hi just joined this forum. I am 60 year old female. I went to GP well I had to fight for a face to face, I had bloody urine. No sign of infection from dip test. Had ultrasound scan which showed a mass on my bladder and 2 cyst one on each kidney. Referred...
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