Blog Entries tagged 'Ta - Noninvasive papillary carcinoma'

Diagnosed with cancer

wendydos@mweb.co.za — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:00:00 +0100

Hi, my Name is Wendy and I am 51 years old. In April and September 2010 I presented with gross hermaturia. Went to my GP (general practioner) and after a urine test she prescribed an antibiotic for a UTI. After 2 days on both occasions the bleeding stopped. Then in February 2011 it started again. My GP again tested for an infection, gave me an antibiotic. After 7 days the appearance of blood had not subsided and my GP referred me to a Urologist.

I wen [...]

At a crossroad

jjdtad@comcast.net — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:00:00 +0100

I'm new to the Bladder Cancer WebCafe but I have been reading many blogs and infromation from it since my diagnosis in March 2011. A great site!

I'm a 52 year old female in great health and very active. I had been diagnosed with Ta Grade 1 and immediately started BCG. After the second biopsy the result was the same. The first biopsy the doctor had taken from 2 areas, the second biopsy from three areas. The malignancy showed up in one new area of the three. As soon as I cou [...]

Mixed Emotions

vertigoninetynine@gmail.com — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:00:00 +0100

Hi, please excuse what I can only describe as catharsis.

A Short History: 1999, I passed blood in my urine, went to hosptial, and had a urogram that revealled a poorly functioning right kindey (as I recall). I was diagnosed as having a kidney stone that had broken up in/near the kidney. Despite weeing through a sieve for a week I saw no stone (fragments). Followup urogram revealled a well functioning kidney. At no point do I remember the Urologist looking at my bladder.

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an update.....about 15months post turbt/BCG

dougg01@yahoo.com — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:00:00 +0100

Been a whole since I updated here. I'm now 42 (41 when for Turb) and always been a non-smoker. Had surgery Jan 22, 2009. Ran through 6 weeks of BCG.
Started maintenance BCG in November. We're going to do that every 6 months (or 3 months after every scope for two years then re-evaluate). My tumor was classed as large, aggressive and high-grade.

About to do my last quarterly scope today. We'll go to every six months after that.

&n [...]

This shouldn't be happening to me.

sgwendolynfrench@gmail.com — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:00:00 +0100

After two years of occasional haematuria (my doctor and I thought it was just bladder infections) I finally insisted on an ultrasound. Three tumours - one large and two small were discovered. It was non-invasive papillary urothelial carcinoma. I was not expecting this. After all, I don't fit the usual profile for bladder cancer ( I'm a 56 year old non-smoking female).

I had a transurethral resection in [...]

Bladder Cancer Treatment Guide for Patients.

mike_mcgarry@hotmail.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00:00 +0100

I have created a flow chart for bladder cancer patients. It can pretty much be used at any time from initial concern about the potential of having bladder cancer through various stages of treatment.

My hope is that people will find this useful. Rather than posting it everywhere and having to try to maintain version control on a number of sites, I am putting the link to ABLCS forum where I originally posted it.

I am not a doctor but I do have a good bit of experie [...]

Latest scope - 10/13/09

dougg01@yahoo.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:00:00 +0100

No abnormal cells detected. Doc said everything inside looked good. We opted to start BCG maintenance in 6 weeks and every 6 months after that till we determine it's not needed.

It's amazing how I've gotten used to the procedure. Only thing that bothers me now is the injection of the numbing jell. When the scope gets close to the prostate I take a deep breath and slowly let it out and I barely feel it. That's a FAR cry from how it felt [...]

In the midst of so much bad news - I have some good....

dougg01@yahoo.com — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Had my 1st scope post-turb and BCG. Clear. ;-)

Still waiting on labs from the wash, but there is no new growth. Mine was aggressive and good-sized so we weren't too sure about it.

So....3 months and we'll do it again.

Weird thing....it wasn't bad. Took longer than the initial, but on that one he saw the tumor right away and there was no point in looking around much. I might be getting used to this. Wow....of all thi [...]

The END - BCG #6

dougg01@yahoo.com — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:00:00 +0100

It wouldn't be complete if I didn't tell the tale of the last BCG.

Office visit was LONG because the doc had been on vacation and everyone wanted to see him. I told him that is a compliment to him that folks are loyal and patient. I was the last person to go back....

The routine was without drama. I'm glad to have my regular urologist doing this. His remarks were 'hey, you made it'. I suppose not all folks finish their [...]

BCG # 5. A handful.....sorta

dougg01@yahoo.com — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Differnt doc, same practice. My Dr is on vacation this week with his family so a partner of his did it. It was clear that though he is familar with the procedure, he isn't as fluid or practiced in it. To be blunt....he asked if I wanted the gel and then had the end of the catheter up against the wall of my bladder so the solution didn't go in. The fix....push more catheter in. I felt it scraping up against the wall. A return to bleeding followed.&nb [...]

BCG - Week 4....not what I'd expected.

dougg01@yahoo.com — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:00:00 +0100

So, last week (that'd be #3) sucked big time. So I expected the same or worse this week.

Nope. Catheter was about like week #2 and side effects are (so far) on par with that week as well. No blood. Haven't passed much of anything (some light tissue) in over a week.

My urologist will be off next week for a much-needed vacation with his family (spring break) so a partner of his will take care of this for me next week. I plan to ask a [...]

What Not To Do

bcapopka@gmail.com — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Where to start? 2004-2005

Periodic slight bleeding and soreness of the lower abdominal region started just a couple of months after hurricanes Charley, Francis and Jean blew over our home here in central Florida. Although we suffered minimal wind damage the rain came in around the windows as if we had left them open. This started the refurnishing and remodeling project and contributed to my delaying seeing a doctor. Prior to this I had not seen a doctor in some thirty od [...]

#3 BCG. So much for this not being a big deal.

dougg01@yahoo.com — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Now let me start by saying that after visiting the oncology ward at UW Madison when my mom was in the palative care unit........this can't compare to Chemo.

1st week was nothing. Some cramping and passing some stuff. The catheter was not really painful. 2nd week was a little more difficult. Didn't have much cramps, but had urgency and passed more stuff. Then....

Third week. I asked the Dr. before we began if this (the procedu [...]

#2 BCG done.....

dougg01@yahoo.com — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:00:00 +0100

So, #2 came and went. Only 4 more weeks to go this round. Then we'll get a scope and see how things are doing.

This last one was again, not bad. The whole ordeal on the table took less than 5 minutes. Side-affects were different. There was little cramping this time. There is now urgency to pee anytime I drink more than 8oz at a time. The urgency is a 'okay, go now or double over in pain' thing. I was a little tired, but n [...]

My pathology, surgical report, and cytology

dougg01@yahoo.com — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:00:00 +0100

1-21-09 Cytology of bladder wash (procuded from Cystoscopy on 1-20-09)

Atypical urothelial (lining) cells highly suspicious for tumor are seen

1-22-09 surgical support

Pan cystoscopy was performed with a 70- and 30-degree lens. There was a large 5- to 6-cm bladder tumor on the left lateral wall just next to the ureteral orifice. There was tumor growing around the ureteral orifice, but nothing emanating from the ureteral orifice. There was clear efflux (stream) f [...]

Newbie. NUG. Whatever you want to call me....

dougg01@yahoo.com — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Fall 2008 GP perscribes 81mg asprin after physical due to slightly elevated triglycerides, not requiring medication. December 2008, 41yr-old male,otherwise healthy non-smoker, notices hematuria and seeks cause. CT scan shows nothing. Scheduled for IVP followed by Cystoscopy on Jan 8th after visit with Urologist.

Jan 5th. Mother flown to UW @ Madison after collapsing at home. Mother was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2005, has had TUR [...]

Seeking Those With BCG Experience

gjohnson@hga.com — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Hi All,

My BC journey started with an upper tract diagnosis and a nephrouterectomy in April 2007 (pathology report of Stage I, Grade III). I went to MD Anderson in Houston for a second opinion in late October 2008, after multiple recurrences of superficial BC and TUR's (pathology report of Ta, Grade III in August 2008). I think I met with some highly knowledgable physicians at MDA, and learned a lot, but did not care for the treatment I received; everything took forever, and they we [...]

Warren's Story

wsilbers@optonline.net — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Part IV

My urologist returned in January. He was unaware of what had happened until I spoke to him. His response was that he was not concerned about the stricture. "The important thing was to be sure that there was no cancer." I fully understood his focus on the cancer but was unhappy that that focus appeared to be distracting him from dealing with a problem that made me miserable and which I wanted to be sure would not recur. I answered, "I'm glad you& [...]

Warren's Story

wsilbers@optonline.net — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Part III

When you learn that you have cancer, it changes you for ever. Every clean bill of health is a celebration, and an invitation to go back to living, but... waiting once more for the ticking time bomb, waiting for the other shoe to drop. And then, there are complications of treatment that never let you forget.
I thought that my bladder cancer was the worst thing that ever happened to me, but I was wrong. Two years ago, just after my mother's 83 birthday, s [...]

Blog Entries tagged 'Ta - Noninvasive papillary carcinoma'

Diagnosed with cancer

At a crossroad

Mixed Emotions

an update.....about 15months post turbt/BCG

This shouldn't be happening to me.

Bladder Cancer Treatment Guide for Patients.

Latest scope - 10/13/09

In the midst of so much bad news - I have some good....

More post BCG stuff. Called the Dr's office...

The END - BCG #6

BCG # 5. A handful.....sorta

BCG - Week 4....not what I'd expected.

What Not To Do

#3 BCG. So much for this not being a big deal.

#2 BCG done.....

My pathology, surgical report, and cytology

Newbie. NUG. Whatever you want to call me....

Seeking Those With BCG Experience

Warren's Story

Warren's Story