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Hubby had an ultrasound today looking for bladder cancer . He was told that they couldn't see anything sinister but sometimes the ultrasound doesn't pick up ' flat ' tumours ? How accurate are ultrasounds for detecting bladder cancer ? And...
Had a couple of instances of dark urine past couple of weeks finished 9 installations of BCG treatment 3 months ago panicking now going to hospital this Friday for the blue light cystoscopy. I have had a MRI scan and CT urogram no feed back any help would...
Hello to all and everyone who has answered . With the next step , cyscosopy to see if its terminal or not . I have been strong for everyone and shown the ok face , but I'm afraid
Hi i'm about to go ahead with my third round of chemo for bladder cancer. I've been lucky and not had any of what I was told could be the normal side effects but I seem to be feeling constantly tired and with cold like symptoms. Just wondering if others...
Hi all, In the past few days I've been diagnosed with UTUC which seems to be pretty rare. When the daignosis was confirmed the surgeon opened with, 'This is treatable and I am confident I can cure you' and booked the surgery. The next day she phoned to...
Just venting for a bit ... no emergency that I'm aware of. I'm 3 weeks post TURBT No. 3. (Still high grade non-invasive) The blood in the urine has been weird this time. First week, very, very little. Then a week or 10 days goes by and I passed a...
Hi all - I hope everyone is managing their situations to the best of their ability? my heart goes out to everyone on here affected by cancer :-( - I am a 53 year old male, 6 months post diagnosis of stage 4 UT urothelial cancer (nodules also in lymphs...
Hello friends, hope everyone is doing well. I have a phone meeting next Wednesday with my surgeon. Iam guessing it's talk about the biopsy they took during my recent RC. my question is this. Would they break bad news to you over the phone, such as...
Hello, finally our Sister in Law had her consultation at the memory clinic today following her brain scan and memory assessments. She has been diagnosed with Stage 1 Alzheimer’s disease. It is so sad to see her distressed with the news after her battle...
Can't quite believe it's been a year since I had my frank hematuria which prompted a doctor's appointment, then the following cystoscopy, confirmation of a tumour and then cystoscopy to resect it and then the constant surveillance since. So yeah just...
