Experiences with

Bladder cancer

Hi, folks - I frequented this great forum several years ago during my father's treatment for metastasized prostate cancer. Now my husband has been diagnosed with Stage 2 bladder cancer which originated in the bladder, and I can't find a forum for that. I do see mentions of bladder cancer here.

I also am on BCG treatment for bladder cancer. Have an appointment with urologist oncologist this week but not until December with Medical Oncologist. Just wanted to throw it out there for any opinions.

I was taking Opdivo immunotherapy from 2/2023 to 2/2024 for bladder cancer. so far my bladder cancer is in check so now I can focus on my PCA. Should I get a PSMA pet? is it time to start ADT + Abi and prednisone?

I am not sure how I can post this on the bladder cancer forum as it seems more appropriate ?

In July 2023 I was diagnosed with low grade, non-muscle invasive (PTa) bladder cancer and had a 12-month treatment with Epirubicin per respective protocol.

As I stand now I have my LAST BCG treatment this Thursday, that will be followed in six to eight weeks with a flexy cystoscopy. I am at moment Low Grade - If my cystoscopy shows a tumour, then I will have to go in overnight to have it removed, That would not mean back to High Grade necessarily .

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But how could it with all the background uptake in the bladder. Could I have prostate cancer in my bladder but no one notices because it is masked in the scans that I have had.

I told him i was currently being treated for bladder cancer and he said I needed to go back to GP . GP has now done more bloods and i suspect she is testing for liver cancer. Initially I had an ALT of 37 and it increased to 52. All other liver tests were ok.

Saw my friend yesterday whose 79 year old mother has been diagnosed with bladder cancer. Come operation day, mum got fully made up ("I've been doing this all my life!") and had her nails done. Anaesthetist asked - "Is that shellac or gel?" "No," she said, "It's Chanel!".

My husband has struggled with recurrent UTIs since 2020 when he was diagnosed with bladder cancer , had several bladder surgeries, many cystoscopies, and yearly prostate biopsies….so a lot of poking around ..

To go back to the letter it said please come for BCG Treament on 29th May and in the spot reserved for conditions, it simple said No Cancer was found in my bladder after the flexy cystoscopy. So nothing had grown from original cells in December. 2023.

Hi All, I was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer in 2017. It has spread to my bladder. About 1cm in June 2023, it has grown to about an inch last January, so I was advised then to start chemotherapy which I’m still on and which seems to be holding it in check.

At first he was misdiagnosed by our community urologist as a bladder cancer and after going with the TURBT procedure the biopsy showed us prostate metastatic cancer that managed to get up to the bladder wall and lymph nodes.

I have read articles where Ivermectin has been researched for use in bladder cancer and prostate cancer with positive results. Has anyone been given that in this group?

Bladder cancer tumours have a habit of returning, this was not unexpected. The plan is to remove the small tumour and do a biopsy of the site and I will then start a new course of BCG. Options are GA/ Spinal and a small possiblility of a local. depending on what the MDT think.

Back in January I was diagnosed with problems with my spine as below. "x rays shows OA throughout loss lumbar lordosis" I posted at the time being my spine is affected, would that affect me being able to have a spinal (Epidural) when I have a Cystoscopy? I said at the time I would consult my GP and

A cystectomy in 01/2023 due to bladder cancer, one year of immunotherapy with Opdivo, and back surgery for sciatica in June 2024 in addition, I now a hernia under the stoma. Am I making the right decision? your help is appreciated.

Bladder Cancer can return so I will have to be tested regular. I am better of than a year, even 6 months ago.

I just got diagnosed with Bladder cancer with a medium grade carcinoma. My uroligist has burnt the 2 spots she found. Usually they treat this with Imunotherapy where they fill the bladder with a fluid containing teburculosis. That causes the immune system to find the cancer cells and kill them.