BCG Treatment QuestionI've been given options of BCG treatment or cystectomy for T1 high grade. I'm waffling between them. I understand that if I choose BCG treatments, I need to add bleach...Reactions0reactionsComments17 repliesResearch & Clinical TrialsTreatmentSide EffectsTips & Advice
Digestion and elimination problems after neobladderMy partner has to sit on the toilet for extended periods of time every morning since her neobladder was made (from a good sized chunk of her intestine). Her bowels...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesDiet & NutritionNeobladderSide Effects
Chemo instilled in bladderWhat can I expect as far as pain goes during the process of instilling chemotherapy in bladder? I am starting a six week program on November 7th. I am so...Reactions0reactionsComments16 repliesSide Effects
Update on my journey I have had bladder since 2020. I have posted before on what my team was thinking. Well things have changed again. My CIS is in my bladder and now in...Reactions0reactionsComments7 repliesSide Effects
Catheter pain after TURBTI had a TURBT 12 hours ago and was sent home with a Foley catheter. I have to go back to the doctor’s office in two days to have it...Reactions0reactionsComments18 repliesSide EffectsSurgeryTreatment
Radical cystectomy surgery I had surgery last week and I am home but I have uncontrolled diarrhea and a lot of gas is this normal and if so how long does it last...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesSide Effects
BCG side effectsMy cystoscopy following BCG induction course indicated no evidence of disease, and I had zero side effects from the germ, for which I am grateful. Last week, I had the...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesCystosopy & ScreeningSide Effects
BCG and urinary infectionsMy dad was going in for his third BCG installment and was sent home due to having an infection once they analyzed his urine. Is this typical? Will he have...Reactions0reactionsComments9 repliesSide EffectsTips & AdviceTreatment
Stage 3 Bladder Cancer I am a 65 year old male and I have been diagnosed with Stage 3 bladder cancer. They told me it may have spread to lymph nodes but they wouldn’t...Reactions0reactionsComments44 repliesNewly DiagnosedSide EffectsTips & Advice
Painful treatment process of bladder cancer This year in April I was diagnosed with bladder cancer and had my turbt done straight away. I was high grade stage 1 bladder cancer and was advised to do...Reactions0reactionsComments13 repliesTreatmentSide Effects