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Journals
Home and Good Report!
- By balihigh · Posted 6:59 pm
- 7 replies
- My husband and I arrived home this afternoon after our 6 day trip to NY for my 6 month checkup. All reports are good news! No cancer so I am now 14 months post op and doing fine. However, my thoughts ...
bob and the oncologist
- By arefarm · Posted 6:48 pm
- 0 replies
- Sorry, but we don't know, did Bob have surgery for his bladder cancer? We are on our way to Chemo after neo. Would appreciate knowing, as we will be advised soon as to what may be happening. Hope you ...
Last BCG
- By mycopper · Posted 4:45 pm
- 1 reply
- Hubby and I both happy end of 6 weeks BCG. Next step Urologist Dec. 23 and I know we are getting an early Chriistmas present. From God And Santa. Candy ...
Onwards and upwards
- By Trishka · Posted 10:38 am
- 8 replies
- Today is Neo's 7th week birthday! We arrived home safely last week - the long journey went well and it was great staying for a day in London with friends to make the whole thing less stressful. We went ...
Back home again!!
- By jacksmimi · Posted yesterday at 7:55 pm
- 6 replies
- My surgery went fairly well. They were able to patch the hole in my IP without having to take more bowel. My biggest problem right now is the stents they put in from my kidneys down to the IP. they apparently ...
Keychain
- By carolml · Posted November 18, 2009
- 2 replies
- I received in the mail today the keychain I purchased at the BCAN conference in San Francisco. It is a comfort to me, and a reminder to be mindful of my bladder cancer and take care of myself. For those ...
Results Received
- By carolml · Posted November 18, 2009
- 4 replies
- I received a call from my urologist this afternoon stating that my bladder cancer is Ta with no invasion. He said I will not need chemo. I have an appointment in a few weeks to discuss future treatment ...
On a positive note
- By Stuckdh · Posted November 18, 2009
- 13 replies
- Time for bed. Second BCG treatment tomorrow. I am going to sleep visually imagining my immune system eating the bad cells just like the scubbing bubbles commercial. Positive thoughts attract positive ...
Valstar instilled like BCG
- By midwestone · Posted November 18, 2009
- 5 replies
- Some have asked: how is this administered--Valstar is instilled like BCG, 2 hour holding, rotating body to coat all surfaces of bladder. Solution is bright red, somewhat thicker than BCG ...
Ben's MVAC Journey
- By cat22 · Posted November 17, 2009
- 10 replies
- Hi everyone. I am happy to report that Ben completed MVAC Cycle 3 last night. He just got his Aloxi shot, will be getting Neulasta in the morning, then we head back home...Cycle 4 is scheduled for 30 ...
next step
- By arefarm · Posted November 17, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hello, all has continued to go well after the neo surgury last month and today the cath and surapubic were removed. YEAH!! However a question to all of you fellow neo's. Know about the leakage, but how ...
First Valstar (valrubicin) treatment yesterday
- By midwestone · Posted November 17, 2009
- 5 replies
- 24 hours since completion of 1st Valstar treatment without significant side effects. One down, 5 to go! Series was delayed a week so drug could be added to formulary of insurance provider ...
Pathology results are in
- By Kyle-MO · Posted November 17, 2009
- 32 replies
- Just talked to my Urologist's office this morning about the pathology report from my biopsy surgery last Wednesday November, 11th, and it was good news ! The random biopsies came back negative, as well ...
Life goes on.
- By 2LKF · Posted November 17, 2009
- 14 replies
- I am finally healed from the surgery for the parastomal hernia. This took over three months to heal, as I busted open a week after my surgery. What a mess this was--- when the staples were removed I had ...
Finally...
- By loonym · Posted November 16, 2009
- 26 replies
- I actually had a day, the first in around 3 weeks, that the pain was something less than unbearable. The doctor bumped up my kadian again last week. My dose of that is 300mg twice a day now and she told ...
BCG
- By nsk · Posted November 16, 2009
- 23 replies
- Tomorrow is my third bcg treatment.This will mark my hafway point in mybcg cycle. Ihope this one goes as easy as the first 2 ...
This is my urethral cancer story
- By ontameable · Posted November 15, 2009
- 5 replies
- This is my story......... Its started back in about 1997, I got UTI's all the time. It was like i would go to the doctor every 6 weeks and they would tell me i had another infection it was like they would ...
My Mass Removed
- By carolml · Posted November 14, 2009
- 10 replies
- Thursday was my surgical removal of the mass on my bladder. Remind me when in pain not to ask for more pain medicine... I threw up 2 times at the hospital, 4 times on the way home, and 12 times that night ...
GOOD MORINING EVERYONE....
- By sonia40 · Posted November 14, 2009
- 10 replies
- Hello all my wonderful and caring friends...i slept in the lounge last night as i was up practically every half hr to urinate....very painfull burning sensation....i didnt realise how common IC is....and ...
JUST CAME BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL....
- By sonia40 · Posted November 14, 2009
- 12 replies
- Hello all well its been a preety rough weekend...went in on friday morning for a laproscopy, hysteroscopy, cystoscopy and a curette....well the doctor came in to see me in recovery and briefly mentioned ...
