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Discussions
The Incidence of Smoking-related Bladder Cancer May Be Increasing
- By Ciboney1 · Posted 8:10 pm
- In Taking charge: How to be a proactive patient · 1 reply
- Article on Smoking and relationship to Bladder Cancer. Smokers may have interest in this article from "Caring for Cancer" Web Site.. http://www.caring4cancer.com/go/cancer/n ews?NewsItemId=44306 Arlene ...
Starting BCG
- By Burb · Posted 8:08 pm
- In Living with non-invasive bladder cancer · 2 replies
- I'm starting BCG on Monday. In August I had Mitomycin C and I found that pretty "stingy" to put it mildly. Could some folks who have gone through BCG tell me their experiances? How did you feel the day ...
Thanks
- By Girly1 · Posted 9:42 am
- In Living with non-invasive bladder cancer · 2 replies
- Thank you to everyone who has replied.As far as the shingles I already thought of that but I am the queen of the shingles I have had them 4 times. Twice in my thirties, and 2 times in my early forties ...
bob went of oncologist today now what!~
- By joybob · Posted yesterday at 4:02 pm
- In Living with invasive bladder cancer · 43 replies
- Went to MD Anderson Orlando met with oncologist. He told Bob there is a 50% chance the cancer will come back in 18 months. He said the chemo may or may not help by 5-10%. He said if it were his father ...
I guess I will keep looking on the internet until I figure it out myself
- By Girly1 · Posted yesterday at 1:45 pm
- In Living with invasive bladder cancer · 11 replies
- Last week I ask if anyone ever had these weird pains. Well Iam still having them and they were so bad when I went to the primary care doctor they wanted to call an ambulance for me. I told the doctor ...
NMP22 & Scope improves detection of recurrence up to 99%
- By SilverGrizzly · Posted yesterday at 7:34 am
- In Living with non-invasive bladder cancer · 3 replies
- A study on using NNP22 as well as cystoscopy to check for recurrence showed that the two together improved detection rates up to 99%. The NMP22 test detected 8 of 9 cancers not found by cystoscopy alone ...
THANKSGIVING ....what it means to you!!!
- By roadrunner · Posted November 18, 2009
- In Caregivers corner · 7 replies
- Is it turkey ? stuffing.....mashed potatoes, cole slaw, cranberries,sweet potatoes, cranberries, pumkin pie? And before the feast, what will you say, what will be your prayer. Its tough in this economy ...
Not even close to on topic , but interesting
- By JeanneS · Posted November 18, 2009
- In Living with non-invasive bladder cancer · 10 replies
- I will be having a verrrrrrrrry busy week, so I thought I would pass on this tidbit I found . I didn't know this How Pumpkin Pies are made ...
FISH & adjunct tests
- By jj803 · Posted November 18, 2009
- In Treatment choices · 11 replies
- I know that many of the adjunctive tests for following bc come up from time to time (urine cytology, urine FISH, nmp 22, etc). I just looked at a recent paper in urotoday that discussed the sensitivities ...
Acupuncture: reporting in after BCG #5
- By SilverGrizzly · Posted November 18, 2009
- In Living with non-invasive bladder cancer · 16 replies
- So far I have been very pleased with how the acupuncture has helped my BCG side effects, which were considerable from day one of installation one. Each week I get an acupuncture session the day after ...
Gentleman,,have you had this problem?
- By roadrunner · Posted November 17, 2009
- In Caregivers corner · 19 replies
- Well another dilemma, I was wondering if after your r/c you have a problem with your testsicles swelling? My husbnad has one double the size of the other,and........is tender to the touch....I belive ...
Neobladder surgery clip
- By Annasvenska · Posted November 17, 2009
- In Newly diagnosed · 4 replies
- All you whom are facing radical cystectomy might want to watch this. http://kstc45.com/article/stories/S12570 32.shtml?cat=10905 There is life after neobladder ...
TEST RESULTS- DAVID
- By WOLFLADY · Posted November 17, 2009
- In Caregivers corner · 13 replies
- GOOD NEWS ! Looks like we can breathe for awhile everyone has been so kind an interesting on this site. David saw his urologist on Friday, was told "anomalies" on FISH test were of no concern, tho David ...
Urostomy question
- By edclme0267 · Posted November 16, 2009
- In Life after radical cystectomy · 1 reply
- I had my RC and ileal conduit 13 months ago. Sometimes my stoma bleeds when I am changing my pouch. I am accustomed to this. Over the past several months, I have occasionally noticed very small blood ...
clinical trial matching
- By jj803 · Posted November 16, 2009
- In Taking charge: How to be a proactive patient · 4 replies
- Just found an article on a new service matching patients to clinical trials. Here is the link http://blochcancer.org/2009/11/national- institutes-of-health-make-it-easier-find -a-clinical-trial/. Best ...
Detroit MI Area Survivors: 2010 U of M Support Group Meetings
- By RickB · Posted November 16, 2009
- In Newly diagnosed · 2 replies
- Dates for 2010 meetings of the University of Michigan Bladder Cancer Support Group are listed below. The sessions are free and no reservation is necessary. Meetings are on Sundays. Jan 17 Mar 14 May 16 ...
Hyperthermia and bladder cancer
- By joybob · Posted November 15, 2009
- In Taking charge: How to be a proactive patient · 6 replies
- An article by Ralph Moss states heat treatment delivered via the BSD 2000 machine improved patients 5 year survival rate from 67 to 80 per cent. The local tumor control rate went from 63 to 81 per cent ...
Is there any indiana pouch people here?
- By ontameable · Posted November 15, 2009
- In Life after radical cystectomy · 14 replies
- I am trying to find indiana pouch people Where are you from? I will start... I live in Moline, Il ...
When you were a kid, you remember______________..
- By roadrunner · Posted November 15, 2009
- In Caregivers corner · 23 replies
- Well I for sure never heard of Bladder Cancer, Or any cancer for that matter.... On a lighter note,what do you remember that makes you smile, when you were a kid.. I remember playing outside til dark ...
A Little Fun, not on topic
