Blog Entries tagged 'cystoscopy'

TCC leading to Bladder Cancer... HELP!

susanairey@talktalk.net — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Hi,

My name is Susan, i'm 50 yrs old.

6 months ago I had a Neurourectomy following that 6 wks ago I had my first Turb. The result of this was they removed another 17 tiny tumors.

Next wk I am starting a 6 week course of BCG. I have researched as much as the next person on my diagnosis but I have yet to meet anyone who has been diagnosed with something similar, and would appreciate any comments or advice as I am (to be brutally honest) absolutely terrified!

Thanx < [...]

My Story

mildew@iinet.net.au — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:52:15 +0100

Just dropped in for an update. Had another cystoscopy performed in February and all is well with no signs of recurrence. Next check 12 months. I trust everyone is making progress with their disease and is on the improve.

Married my daughter off on Friday and what a proud father I am.

On the downside my 80yo father in law has just been diagnosed with lung cancer with multiple secondaries and the prognosis is grim.

Susan - Delayed Diagnosis, Part II

rosssm@hotmail.com — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:20:55 +0100

01-29-08 Results of recent CT Scans

I talked to my nurse on the phone, not so good a way to get results. I think I'll call back and ask to pick up a copy of the report today. I did hear that my largest liver lesion had grown from 4.0 to 4.9 CM since November. And it sounds as if I have more lung nodules than before. I am confused about what to do now. My urologist wants to do cystoscopy on TH and I am also scheduled to see my medical oncologist that day. One thing has to b [...]

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 [...]

Warren's Story

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

Part II

I took my catheter out and prepared to enjoy my recovery with all my problems behind me. I had my first Christmas celebration with gifts and stockings since my daughter's boyfriend wasn't Jewish and the kids wanted to do it. Of course, we threw a little Hanukkah Gelt into the stockings to make it ecumenical. The hooks for the stockings are still screwed into the mantle. Then we went out to the movies. I almost drove us into some wrong way traffic - maybe s [...]

Warren's Story

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

Part I

My story begins 8 years before I had bladder cancer. I started having annoying symptoms: needing to urinate more frequently and having these twinges that felt like when you gotta go, but only lasting a second. I'm a pediatrician, not especially knowledgeable about bladder cancer since it's just not seen in kids... and even now, after having had bladder cancer, from reading the posts on this forum it's quite clear there are lots of f [...]

[m]: post-operative after cystoscopy

timbayman@hotmail.com — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:48:30 +0100

[moved] [link=http://blcforum.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1172401658/0]Invasive bladder cancer - Cystectomy [/link] [move by] Tim B.

My Story

mildew@iinet.net.au — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:27:50 +0100

:-[ A little anxious again this way. I had a Cystoscopy yesterday and even I could see the inflamation that was on the bladder wall. Uro is hopeful it is just the effects of the BCG maintenance I had before Christmas. Has scheduled another Cystoscopy and bladder biopsy for 7 March so I will cross my fingers until then. This is something I hadn't expected and don't need right now as I am going through a bit of sh*t with my employer at the moment. It's all a bit stressful but I am trying to remai [...]

Hi All

briancampbell133@googlemail.com — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:19:50 +0100

I was diagnosed with Papillary Carcinoma (G1pTa) in June of Last year.

I have undergone a TURBT at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. A 1 cm tumour was removed, and a one off installation of Mitomycin-C was given. As I was catheterised, I spent 1 night in hospital, and was released the next morning. I then spent a long, long week awaiting my pathology results. My consultant being a very cautious man sent me for an IVU. Fortunately that showed no involvement with my kidneys or [...]

Story so far

claire.caulfield@btinternet.com — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:47:14 +0100

I hope this helps someone.
I am 41.
In May I thought I had my first ever dose of cystitis I congratulated myself on never having it before and being a pharmaceutical rep instead of going to my Gp or pharmacy for treatment pinched samples from a fellow rep to treat it.It didnt work and two weeks later I went to my Gp by now I was pretty uncomfortable with symptoms of retention and bladder fullness.He gave me antibiotics and sent me away.
This seemed to work we went on holiday disc [...]

IVP & Cystoscopy results...

rentanag@charter.net — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:49:10 +0100

Everything was A #1, completely clear! �Thanks to everyone for all the support since I first reported seeing blood in my urine on August 20th, I appreciate it very much. �I was fairly sure it was going to be from a UTI (the blood), but you all know there's always the possibility it could be a recurrence.
I'm breathing much easier again...

Lou

My Story

mildew@iinet.net.au — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:51:24 +0100

Latest Update

This is the review of my pathology from the cystoscopy and biopsies taken on 14 July:

The slides have been reviewed in conjunction with Dr R Cohen. he agrees that the urothelium shows atypia which is focally full thickness with scattered mitotic activity. There is not the typical marked nuclear enlargement and hyperchromasia usually associated with carcinoma in-situ, however, the features in the current biopsy represent at least low grade dysplasia and follow [...]

My Story

peter.savage5@ntlworld.com — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:20:02 +0100

Hi,

Here is my Story(BTW im from the UK)
I passed a blood clot out of the Blue with no other symptoms whatsoever on may 17th this year (My 42nd Birthday) late in the evening. In panic I went to the emergency room in my town and the next morning I had a cystoscopy(is that how you spell it?) and they said I had cancer or an Infection and put me on antibiotics.
10 days later the bleeding stopped(wahoo im cured?), 4 days later I go into hospital to have the 'thing' removed. �The [...]

TaG3 - 6 of one, how much of the other?

jhs@bosporusconsulting.com — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 05:54:41 +0100

(continued)

So now it has been time to try to get a grip on the nature of my peculiar visitation of the disease. It presents a bit of a quandary. If it had been TaG1, no dilemma: keep the bladder, pursue a disciplined maintenance program, and outlive the disease. If it had been a T2G3, say, also no dilemma: the result, probably sooner rather than later, is going to be a bladder removal and reconstruction in order to defeat the cancer before it can progress beyond the bladder and becom [...]

My Story

mildew@iinet.net.au — Mon, 22 May 2006 11:12:14 +0100

I am newly diagnosed with Bladder CA albeit low grade although I don't know much about the grading. I have learned heaps already by reading tales from the trenches and lots of background info on this site. I had bowel CA 10 years ago which was cured by surgery and chemo with no recurrences to date (touch wood). I have a gene mutation which predisposes me to bowel CA so hoping this does not reoccur. Every year I have a whole series of tests to make sure any recurrence is detected early and treate [...]

43 Diagnosed with a TA Grade 2

andrewgeorgia@yahoo.com — Thu, 04 May 2006 17:02:36 +0100

Hi My name is Todd and I am 43 years old. I was Diagnosed with Bladder Cancer December of 2005.
I had a Stage TA Superficial Non Invasive but was a Grade 2. This was removed and I then went through 6 weeks of BCG treatments. I was lucky that I did not have any side affects from the BCG besides a little Burning when urinating after 2 hours.
March 6 I went in for my 1st 3 month check up and the DR found a little growth which he biopsied part of and burned off the rest. &nbs [...]

My long story on Noninvasive BC

alfe.duhamel@shaw.ca — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:16:43 +0100

am a new member of BC Web caf� and ACOR list�
My story: I am a 67-year-old male living in Canada. Approx. 5 or 6 years ago I started passing blood in my urine after strenuous exercise in hot weather while on vacation in Palm Springs. The blood went away after a couple of days. On my return home I reported this incident to my Doctor. He said it is probably Hematuria, which can occur from exercising in hot weather. The next year, same thing, blood for a cou [...]

My mom was diagnosed with stage 1 non-ivasive blad

smittyfan17@yahoo.com — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:25:05 +0100

My mom was diagnosed with stage 1 non-ivasive bladder cancer last year.

My mom was diagnosed early last year with the non-invasive stage 1 tumor on her bladder wall. She went 9 months with clean exams every three months. October 2005 she was diagnosed again with another tumor, that hadn't invaded the wall. The doctor removed that one and She did 6 weeks of BCG and went for a 6 week post treatment check-up yesterday. The doctor saw somthing on the cystoscopy and she has to go in for an [...]

Preliminary cystoscopy reveals 2 areas of cancer.B

bob@bobmyers.org — Wed, 18 May 2005 19:32:02 +0100

Preliminary cystoscopy reveals 2 areas of cancer.
Biopsy and scraping coming up on the 25th of May.

I had extreme back pain on left side. My primary physician diagnosed possible kidney stones. I had MRI, IVP and other Xrays. During my stay in the ER, I passed clots of blood. The pain subsided and I was released. I was referred to Urology, where I had a 3 day urine exam. This exam showed abnormal cells. A cystoscopy revealed 2 areas of cancer growing.
I will be having biop [...]