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Hi everyone, you probably won't remember but I came on here about a year ago asking for advice as I was trying to decide which type of operation to have for my bladder cancer. I decided to go with the stoma and I'm happy to say that almost a year on ...
Happy Christmas to you all.Thank you so much for all the support you have given.Love Jane xx
Hi Can anyone fill me in on Stoma bag prices? I found a website called Salts, but no mention of prices anywhere.
Hi,Did any of you have side effects after the Pfizer booster?I had mine yesterday morning at 10 am.By late evening I was aching a lot.This morning I felt terrible and was running a temperature.I went downstairs to the kitchen to get a drink and painkillers...
Hi. My dad is having the operation to try and remove the cancer from his bladder tomorrow. He had a scan on his kidneys on Tuesday (is this to see if his cancer has spread?) My question is: will he find out wgst stage is cancer is tomorrow after...
Hi all I have been putting off going down this route for months and I cannot put it off any longer. I have started to self catheter but I am feeling a lot of discomfort afterwards. Is this normal? Will this settle or is just something else I have...
Hello Everyone I had a telephone appointment with my Consultant today, a follow up from my Bladder/Prostate procedure in November. Good news they only discovered a superficial tumour in my urethra/bladder area. Histology says tumour has been removed...
hi, been a while since I visited site, I wonder if anyone else has been told that due to a shortage of BCG, maintenance Immunotherapy will be reduced to only 3. I was diagnosed in March with high risk stage 3 bladder cancer , I've had 2 TURBT, 6 induction...
I have just finished a long conversation with my surgeon regarding my Radical Cystectomy. He has recommended that I delay my decision on the operation until the end of the momth in order to give me a chance to get more information, such as the resaults...
Is Immumotherapy even given for Muscle Invasive Bladder cancer?
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