I hope this forum is still active. I have had a kidney transplant and I am 77 years old. I now have superficial bladder cancer. I have had two TURBT's and am now starting treatments. Because of the transplant, I am being given Gemcitabine and Docetaxel. I have a very large prostate and last year I had prostate artery embolization which incidently discovered the small tumor but did very little to reduce the size of my prostate.
This week I had my first treatment. I was only able to maintain both medications for a limited amount of time which I was told s/b 1 hour a piece. My next treatment I will be taking Oxybutynin 5mg prior to treatment to help with retention. I am getting vague responses regarding what the implications are if I cannot maintain the dosages longer.
Can you tell me if the treatments are adequately effective if I am unable to maintain the dosages longer?
Can you advise if there is an alternative treatment?
Any further suggestions?
Thank you
Joel Ratzker
I hope this forum is still active. I have had a kidney transplant and I am 77 years old. I now have superficial bladder cancer. I have had two TURBT's and am now starting treatments. Because of the transplant, I am being given Gemcitabine and Docetaxel. I have a very large prostate and last year I had prostate artery embolization which incidently discovered the small tumor but did very little to reduce the size of my prostate.
This week I had my first treatment. I was only able to maintain both medications for a limited amount of time which I was told s/b 1 hour a piece. My next treatment I will be taking Oxybutynin 5mg prior to treatment to help with retention. I am getting vague responses regarding what the implications are if I cannot maintain the dosages longer.
Can you tell me if the treatments are adequately effective if I am unable to maintain the dosages longer?
Can you advise if there is an alternative treatment?
Any further suggestions?
Thank you
Joel Ratzker
I am 77 and have fought bladder cancer 11 years with same treatment of Gem/Dox. My doc asked that I do the best I could, and as infusions continued, it got easier to keep drugs in. My cancer was “in situ”, but after a decade, moved to prostate. Now about to do MVAC chemo and have both organs removed. Unknown how my 77-year-old self will tolerate this next journey. Hang in there!
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I hope this forum is still active. I have had a kidney transplant and I am 77 years old. I now have superficial bladder cancer. I have had two TURBT's and am now starting treatments. Because of the transplant, I am being given Gemcitabine and Docetaxel. I have a very large prostate and last year I had prostate artery embolization which incidently discovered the small tumor but did very little to reduce the size of my prostate.
This week I had my first treatment. I was only able to maintain both medications for a limited amount of time which I was told s/b 1 hour a piece. My next treatment I will be taking Oxybutynin 5mg prior to treatment to help with retention. I am getting vague responses regarding what the implications are if I cannot maintain the dosages longer.
Can you tell me if the treatments are adequately effective if I am unable to maintain the dosages longer?
Can you advise if there is an alternative treatment?
Any further suggestions?
Thank you
Joel Ratzker
I am 77 and have fought bladder cancer 11 years with same treatment of Gem/Dox. My doc asked that I do the best I could, and as infusions continued, it got easier to keep drugs in. My cancer was “in situ”, but after a decade, moved to prostate. Now about to do MVAC chemo and have both organs removed. Unknown how my 77-year-old self will tolerate this next journey. Hang in there!
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