Cancer free

[Iffette2]

Anyone cancer free for 5-6 years??

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My husband is,diagnosed 2009,2 operations,mitomycin then numerous BCG immunotherapy treatments,told cancer free 2011,now has yearly cystoscopy checks,next one this sat4th June fingers crossed all will be ok.Ironically I have been recently diagnosed with 2cm tumour and various inflamed patches,I'm due for aTURBT operation 7th June,I can only hope my outcome mirrors my husband as I am his carer,he has Parkinson's and mild dementia,type 2 diabetes,and has suffered 2 heart attacks and various mini strokes,I can't even put it into words how I feel at the moment,but best wishes to you and all other sufferers xxx

[wsilberstein]

Yes and no. I was cancer free for 10 years before I had a recurrence. Then I had multiple high grade recurrences over 2 years in spite of BCG. As a result, I chose to have a radical cystectomy. That was 3 years ago.

Never stop surveillance!

[cancer3]

Hi iffette2 i have been cancer free for 5years.. after losing right kidney in 2010. then lost my bladder in 2011 and prostate at the same time. still go thru checks every 3 mths nad every 6 mths. Hope you are alright....

[Iffette2]

That's reasuring hope cancer free for life for you

[Rossi68]

Yes it's 5 years on Feb 2nd since I had bladder removed...Dec 21st 2010 I first got told I definitely had bladder cancer x