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Afternoon all, After a long month of BCG #13-#15 I feel like I’m almost back to normal…I can go to the toilet without winching and can walk without looking like I’ve just got off a horse..all I need now is a full nights sleep. Almost a month of broken...
Hi all hope your all as well as you can be so just back from my flexi and was thankfully all clear being moved onto annual checks now me that has soon come round but had a lot of questions as my anxiety was starting to rise and was only subdued at thought...
Hi All. I hope everyone is a swell as can be. I had my annual flexible cystoscopy check today. All good and clear thankfully. Done in a new unit at a local hospital instead of the usual long trip to the previous ones. In and out in less than half an hour...
Hi all, I'm not working this week and my local is having a Macmillan coffee morning ( although I don't drink coffee lol). So I'm going to pop along, to show my support. I didn't bake a cake as I don't want to poison anyone, but I'm thinking a slice...
Hi It’s been a month after my TURBT and two weeks since my last CT scan (clear for growth) Recovery has been fine but now I’m feeling an ache low down (for the women, like a mild period ache) Ive started to freak myself out thinking tumours are growing...
Hi beautiful people I went for my results yesterday and I'm CANCER FREE I will explain it easy I can't explain doctors way ....the tumour they took biopsy from was stage 3 so I had to have rest of it removed couple weeks later (the roots from it ) and...
Evening all, BCG #15 seems to be going ok, a bit sensitive down stairs but nothing compared to the anxiety last week….every time I pee and it’s sore I think back to last week and say to myself, “this isn’t that bad” cheers everyone for everything...
We don't often hear about people having bladder cancer, but I came across two in the media today. On R4's The Life Scientific this morning, Dr Gareth Collett (retired army bomb disposal expert, now researching into a possible link between his bladder...
Hi all, new to this but I would like to know if anyone has had cancer diagnosed in both bladder & prostate and had the bladder successfully treated with BCG but cancer still present in prostate? If so can the prostate then be removed surgically?
Evening all, BCG #15 tomorrow and I’m not looking forward to it.. Question if I May… after I’ve had the BCG put into me, I know I have to hold it for two hours…but when can I start drinking water? Do I have to wait for the two hours to pass first...
