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@neisie13 You are right, cancer certainly is life changing, but hopefully can be managed to control if not cure the cancer. My husband had a highly aggressive muscle invasive bladder cancer that was also missed by local doctors. At Mayo Clinic ha has had multiple Turbts and chemo and was a BCG failure once on maintenance. He had minimal issues with the BCG treatment tho. He ended up after two years of recurrences choosing radical cystectomy and neobladder formation. He has been cancer free, must self catheterize 3-4 times daily, and is happy with his choice. It was a massive surgery though, with multiple complications during the healing process. It sounds like your new urologist is on top of the diagnosis and treatment so you were wise to switch. Referrals and second opinions are valuable. Good luck in this journey.
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@neisie13 good luck on TURBT recovery. It takes a while. Also, good luck on the BCG treatments!