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Anybody get their diagnosis graded by way of a bladder wash?

Posted by tacoma @tacoma, Aug 20 4:01pm

Anybody get a high grade diagnosis or low grade diagnosis by way of a bladder wash. Then had bladder wash sent in for microscopic look to determine grade of cancer?

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Sue | @swh | Sep 4 11:32am

63 year old female, initial diagnosis was low grade non-invasive. 2nd opinion at Mayo HGT1. I'm in the middle of my induction BCG treatments which are going well. I have to do an 8 hour round trip for a 15 min treatment due to BCG shortages, but thankful Rochester is within driving distance.

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Sue | @swh | Sep 4 5:58pm
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@deb2024

I was diagnosed with T1HG over a year ago. I had TURBT & began BCG but had rejection so I went to Mayo & they started me on the gemcitabine/docetaxel instillation treatment last September. There doesn’t seem to be many women with bladder cancer and would like to connect with other women with this form of cancer.

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Was your BCG rejection due to reoccurrence after treatment or due to side effects? Thanks for the info as I do my first 3 BCG treatments. How are the gem/doc treatments?

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deb2024 | @deb2024 | Sep 4 6:53pm
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@swh

Was your BCG rejection due to reoccurrence after treatment or due to side effects? Thanks for the info as I do my first 3 BCG treatments. How are the gem/doc treatments?

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It was due to side effects. I’ve been able to tolerate the gem/doc treatments so far. I hope that you do well on BCG!

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talltxlady | @talltxlady | Sep 5 7:08am

Hi guys, just giving you a quick update on my cystoscopy yesterday. She said it looked good. Sending off cytology and will have that back soon. Three more rounds of BCG for me. God Bless all of us with this ugly cancer we are fighting. Peace Love and Prayers for All

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Sue | @swh | Sep 7 10:33am
In reply to @talltxlady "Hi guys, just giving you a quick update on my cystoscopy yesterday. She said it looked..." + (show)
@talltxlady

Hi guys, just giving you a quick update on my cystoscopy yesterday. She said it looked good. Sending off cytology and will have that back soon. Three more rounds of BCG for me. God Bless all of us with this ugly cancer we are fighting. Peace Love and Prayers for All

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Thanks so much for your posts. I'm on the same path just a couple of months behind. It's encouraging to read of others journey. Praying for your continued good news.

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msvjv | @msvjv | Sep 15 3:32pm

Update. Urogram last Thursday showed 8.4 cm malignant mass on right kidney. Seeing a urologist Tuesday but know from report that this is not good. This tumor not connected in any way with the bladder cancer 43 years ago.

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