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Hello My Dad has recently finished his radiation treatment for bladder cancer. His side affects include urinating every 15 minutes, throughout the day & night. He is eating very little & feels nauseous. Last week he was hospitalized & had a catheter...
Hi everyone, Sorry for the long post. My husband is due to have his TURBT on Wednesday 7th, he's currently on antibiotics to cover him for what appears to be another bladder infection - these will be finished on Monday so hospital said he'll be fine...
Finally got some movement from my consultant and have an appointment next Wednesday. Had my second Turbt 8th of April and was told the results showed no change from the initial diagnosis PTA G3 and was hoping that after my MDT meeting it would be straight...
Hello all, I hope everyone is ok… im enjoying my six month break from treatment, mentally I feel very good, im controlling the anxiety. I’m working on the overeating, got a phone call on Tuesday to discuss the results of my last blood test for the...
Hello, my father 62 years old was diagnosed with non-invasive bladder tumor in 2019, he had several non-invasive laser surgeries that were not effective and the tumor regrew. The biopsy showed it was non-invasive, low grade tumor. In 2020 he had bladder...
Would have tried in the general travel insurance forum group but this one is probably more relevant to our condition. Back story - High Grade, aggressive, Non Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer in August 2024 - Just had Cystoscopy (5hours ago) after my...
Hi Everyone So, just had my consultants appointment and they have confirm pTa G3. We discussed bladder removal but they didn't think it was appropriate in my case (at this time) and so we are going with the BCG. Should be starting in the next couple...
Met with my consultant yesterday and Im delighted that he agreed with me RC is my best option. Im finding it bizarre and really odd that Im so happy to be facing major surgery, but thats so much better than being scared of it. I see light at the end of...
Hello everybody! I'm about to start my induction course of BCG next week and obviously we all get warned about having to bleach the toilet after using it due to it being a live vaccine. Does anyone know how transmittable it is? My daughter's are...
Hey guys I don't know if anyone has had to deal with this before but I thought I would give it a shot at asking A few months ago my grandad had his 7th installation of BCG 14 days after a biopsy he went in for the treatment the same as he would any...
