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Aggressive Bladder Cancer: Tips to help hold meds in bladder?
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@linda0234
My last of the weekly doses is this upcoming week. Each time has been a little worse than the last. Barely made it to 50 minutes! I believe the cumulative effects make each dose a little harder. I’ll be SO glad after this next session and then I have a break until mid-January when I’ll have a cystoscopy.
I honestly don’t think I can do the next protocol of maintenance chemo, but will have to wait and see.
I certainly hope that your scope in a few weeks shows good results!!! Please let us know.
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@ksmcandle yes I have to agree. Each treatment is worse than the one the week before. The last two I could not make it one hour. I am hopeful your cystoscope results show a clean bladder. Mine is December 17 . Thinking of you.
You mentioned that you don't think you can do the next protocol.
The cumulative effects are less when the treatment is only monthly, which seems to be the typical transition from weekly. You have much more time to recuperate in between, and in my experience, it is much easier with no escalation of symptoms.
Have you been prescribed the bicarbonate of soda, and in the new dosage of 5 days ahead, 2 x day? It also seems to help.
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@ksmcandle thank you. I too am hoping to not have to go through anymore of those urethra infusions. It’s awful in particular when it takes three tries to put catheter in the correct place.
Keep me posted on your cystoscope results.