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Good afternoon folks.Looking for some advice I had a scope in Feb. Followed by bcg number19,20 21 in May, can anyone tell me when I can expect another scope as I have forgotten what my CNS said and don't want to bother her with a phone all. Many thanks...
It was Christmas Day when I was taken by ambulance into hospital with a serious bleed. Following tests I was then diagnosed with aggresive bladder cancer. My first reaction was to tell my four daugters but at the same time begging them not to tell my...
Hi 1st post here, had a Radical cystectomy last monday (8th June), carried out robotically and appears to have been successful. Drain out, stoma looking good yet here I am 8 days down lying in hospital felling weak and shattered, can't sleep or settle...
Hello everyone! I thought i would provide an update from the mid way scan i have been so anxious about. my mum has pure SCC stage 3b, T4a, N0, M0 she had her midway scan done last week after 2 round of cis/gem had an oncology appointment yesterday...
I am almost at the end of my 6 week (5th tomorrow) BCG Induction course for NMIBC. My hope, although I am fully aware there is a 30% chance immunotherapy will not have worked for me, is that these initial sessions of BCG will have been successful. However...
I was diagnosed with high grade bladder cancer, had three Turbet procedures, went through many BCG treatments but the most recent has been a nightmare, had the first of three which went as expected, the second was a different story, one week after I was...
2 weeks ago, during my first annual cystoscopy, I was told that there was a recurrence. This was my first annual Cystoscopy after previous 6 monthly examinations. I noted that the person who made the decision to move to annual examinations wasn’t a Doctor...
Hello everyone ... can I share my experience with you and get some common sense advice? I have been referred to Urology following a transvaginal scan for postmenopausal issues and am down for a Cytoscopy and CT scan on Monday next. Having seen the...
Hi I’ve been told I have a rare squamous cell bladder cancer in my diverticulum and spread to my lymph nodes my urologist has said there’s no treatment for this it’s unstage able and that they really know very little about this cancer but they said radiotherapy...
Hello all new here I've been diagnosed with aggressive bladder cancer T4 3 tumors removed another tumor now on chest is this the end for me ? Mark
