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Good morning friends. As i posted , I had my RC three weeks ago and iam now at home recovering and getting used to my stoma. It all seems to be going well. I have just one concern, what happens next? My surgeon told me the operation went well, I...
Hi all Had my consultant appt yesterday, good news and bad really , my staging for the cancer is more a T3 than T4 and when they do the op the consultant said he will take uterus, felopian tubes, lymph nodes, bit of bladder and some section of vagina...
From my consultant appt Friday and the news my cancer is stage T3 and not T2 and that if the cancer has touched my urethra then it's terminal. I'm just in a zombie state I guess , I have to have another cyscosopy under general so surgeon can have a...
Hi I had my results last week after 2nd re section. 2 samples were taken and came back clear. I had grade 2 PT1 bladder cancer. I am now starting my 3 year course of bcg 24 March. I will be getting the first 3 of 6 installations consecutively then a 2...
Not sure about my symptoms. NO TEMPERATURE. Headache at back of head worse when standing.Fatigue feeling very tired and sleepy. Nausea - not vomited. Guts churning away more that usual.Good urine output, clear no blood. Shivering if room is not toasty...
I said to my sister in law I can't ask anyone but them ....and it's true thank you for your honesty , truth and knowledge xxx
Hi everyone Hope you are all well just wanted to share my experience of my of my upcoming surveillance check up so Xmas came and went BC was well and truly not in my thoughts until January hit then it was right a letter or NHS app notification incoming...
Good evening What a whirlwind few weeks! So, I started chemotherapy on Monday. What a long day, arrived at 8.30 and was shown around the ward. Met my nurse for the day and swiftly connected to a whole plethora of drips. I had taken advice from both...
Hi everyone, just wanted to ask about Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Stage 3, my dad was diagnosed at Christmas and has just completed 6 rounds of Radiotherapy. Back before his weekly treatment we were told without the treatment the cancer would start...
Hi,For anyone interested tonight’s episode on BBC 2 at 9 pm will feature bladder removal.Jane x
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