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Last Tuesday I had a cystoscope into my bladder. Good news well for now, no inflammation and all good. What a relief as my consultant stopped the BCG treatment as it was affecting my eyes and he is reluctant to continue with that. I had my last and third...
Hi all, Had my 3rd Turbt on 4th April (2nd small area of recurrence) Surgeon after op said no problems and looked like low aggression, superficial. Just had a call from one of the CSN team, to say Grade2pTa but this time of the higher risk type so...
Hello ,I'm new on here .My father who is 87 has prostate cancer and has had fir a few years and has been dormant ,However after finding blood in his urine and a cathetar fitted he qent for a bladder scan yesterday and has been told he now has bladder...
My husband is awaiting radio therapy ( starts on Monday) for T2 bladder cancer. After the tumour was removed, his health improved, he was eating well and beginning to put on weight. Recently he has started to feel unwell and has lost his appetite and...
Hello everyone, My last post was that I had had an all clear cystoscopy following initial BCG treatment. Since then I’ve had another three maintenance BCG treatments the last of which was a month ago. I have a flexible cystoscopy booked for three weeks...
Hi there, I am newly diagnosed with bladder cancer stage 3, started chemo last week, and had a nephroscopy yesterday as the tumour was growing and blocking my left uretha to my kidney. The pain was unreal, and I couldn't eat or drink anything for...
Hi, my husband was diagnosed with stage one, grade 2 bladder cancer a few weeks back. He’s had the tumour removed and 6 weeks of chemo. We are now waiting for the hospital to contact us for another scan to see if it’s gone or returned. like everyone...
I had a PTA intermediate ( low ) grade tumour removed march 2024 I’ve had 3 turbts since nice for red patches ( all were ok ) I saw professor vasdev for the 3rd biopsy Christmas, this was ok. I’m still having microscopic blood and low pelvic discomfort...
Hi, I’m just looking for some advice. My dad was diagnosed with bladder cancer and kidney cancer in 2023, after removal of the kidney and the tumour removed from his bladder his commenced 6 weeks of BCG treatment which went well. After a cystoscopy...
Hi everyone, My husband has had a recurrence of his bladder cancer - in just four months after his first TURBT the tumour has grown back in the exact same spot and is the same size as it was when it was originally found. That in itself is really scary...
