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Had 5th BCG.   In my  6 hour, bleech in toilet, time frame.  Again there is blood on tissue each time I urinate.

Has anyone had this problem?? Is this something that happens??  I had this last time and the doctor said probably slight cath trauma.  With BCG being what it is, isn't cath trauma during the treatment dangerous??

 I am becoming very concerned. I will call the doctor in the morning and let him know about the bleeding.

If someone has had this problem I would really appreciate some

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I was diagnosed with bladder cancer July 22, 2008 & had a TURBT on July 25,2008.  It was superficial and the pathology report showed it to be high grade. Approximately 4 weeks later after my bladder had time to heal I had my first round of BCG treatments. No problems with adverse reactions to the BCG other than feeling a little tired and of course the frequent trips to the restroom.  My Urologist did a cystoscopy about 4 to 6 weeks after the BCG treatments and said things looked good.  3 month check-up after that he said that there appeared to be inflammation, took a biopsy and if I remeber

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Well my 5th treatment had to be cancelled due to an infection detected when they did the urine test. Am on an anti-biotic but still not feeling good.  I had not been feeling good since my 4th treatment but assumed it was just side effects.

I was very disappointed as I am looking forward to getting this done.  Oh well, I will take my medicine and hope it takes care of the infection and then get on with

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I was diagnosed with bladder cancer last month, had a tumor removed and have high grade flat cell cancer. I had to do another biopsy last week because they didn't get enough healthy tissue to determine if the cancer had spread to the muscle.

I got good news today that it has not invaded the muscle nor is it in my prostate. I will be starting BCG in 3-4 weeks after my bladder has healed.

I was wondering if there is anything I should be doing ahead of time or things I should know going into the treatment that might make it easier.

Also, has anyone had other treatments for similar cancer that have

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My husband underwent TURB surgery 1/27 for a tumor diagnosed thru CT.  Surgeon told us tumor was much larger than anticipated, but thought he got it all except for some "spokes" or "satellite" areas.  Said we would have to wait for pathology to know next step. He had been very upbeat prior to surgery, not so much after surgery.  Has anyone had a tumor removed with "spokes" - Dr.  described as strands growing along bladder wall from bigger than expected tumor -  that was still superficial cancer?  We now have another week of waiting for stage and grade pathology, but the spoke and satillite

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Hello,

I had a tumor removed from my bladder in April 2009. After an overnite stay in the hospital and a catheter for about two weeks, I returned to work. The tumor was rather larger but had not invaded the bladder wall. Following the catheter removal, I began weekly Chemo treatments (Mutamycin?) directly into my bladder-holding for at least two hours. This went on for six weeks and then I graduated to monthly treatments for six months. In the mean time I have had cystoscopies every three months checking for any more cancer. There has been no cancer but the site has still not healed inside. A

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Hello,

Have my 5th BCG tomarrow.  Treatments have gotten a little more difficult in some ways.  I have been feeling ill, 3rd treatment about day and a half, flu like symptoms but minor pain when urinating. 4th treatment flu symptoms lasted until Saturday and had tinge of blood the first 3 times urinating after treatment also have started feeling very tired.

Talked to doc, said blood probably from minor cath trama and flu symptoms are side effect and may be increasing due to build up of BCG.

I will be glad when this is over. Basically doing okay and after treatment side effects subside I feel

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well, here i am again. have muscle invasive high grade 3/3-which surgery i guess would have been the only way to save me. have copd-severe emphysema , and NOW i find out i have severe aorta stenosis !! i am at a SUPER high risk of not making it thru the surgery. on jan 7, the anesthesioligist wouldn't put me under because of severe airway obstruction, and wanted a stress echo test to see if they could. every time i go to a dr.,( the stress echo was done by a cardioligist ) i have something else severely wrong. i am only 54, i'm not ready to die yet!!! i don't even feel sick with the cancer

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Two daysago, I was diagnosed with extensively invasive high grade urothelial carcinoma with deep muscle invasion.  I am a 49 year old female.  I will be going to the University of Chicago Hospital on Tuesday for a second opinion.  From everything I have read and the local urologist's recommendation, I will need to have my bladder removed.  When first researching, the neobladder seemed like the best choice.  The more I have researched, the more I seem to read about the neobladder not working as well for women (leaking, incontinence).  I would really appreciate any personal expereinces any of

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Thanks whitlo -

I have full intentions of following the plan which is after this retrograde surgery, if all is well, drop back to in office cystoscopes once every 4 months for a year and then once every 6 months, etc.  if things remain clear.  Good luck to

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