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Hi My husband is having monthly intravesical bladder treatment with gementacine chemo. Going to India in January. Is it safe for her to have the necessary travel vaccinations? I've read stuff about live vaccines but not sure what it all means. Any...
Evening all, just saying hello, hope everyone is coping ok… enjoy your weekend.. Love to all xx
Evening all, My little doggie Leo had surgery on Thursday for a snapped ACL…hes back home now on loads of pain meds…so there’s me on the BCG journey, Mrs Nigel in recovery after her shoulder surgery and now Leo….what a family….love to all xx Nigel...
We’ve just heard that my mum has the appointment to get her biopsy results on Tuesday. Hopefully we will find out what sort of tumour we are dealing with and what her treatment plan is. I’m driving myself slightly mad reading about the different possibilities...
I keep feeling like I need to loo, when I try to pee it’s just a dribble….is this due to the bladder being inflamed or is it time to see a doctor… Nigel xx
Hello everyone. My partner (51m) has CIS. He had two BCG treatments on consecutive weeks - however due to small (tiny really) intermittent blood clots in his urine, he couldn’t have the third session and treatment was halted pending a cystoscopy. He had...
Hi all, Thanks everyone for all the help, advice and guidance so far. I am scheduled to have my first BCG treatment for bladder cancer after about 6 Turbt’s to remove the tumours. My first of six is scheduled for tomorrow. I was wondering if you...
Hello Everyone I am new to all of this. In April I had very bad hematoma in my urine was treated for UTI but test was negative. This happened several times. Finally in July the GP referred me to urology on the cancer path way. Cystoscopy showed 2...
Hi! My husband is in hospital for other medical reasons and was recovering but we’ve just been told he has bladder cancer. They removed some of the tumour, but not all. I we don’t know the stage or any details yet but just wanted to be in touch with...
I've had a very strange and stressful two months after being told I had bladder cancer, and having a TURBT on 22nd September to remove the tumour. The procedure went well, and I was told it hadn't spread to my prostate, as was suspected, which was the...
