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Hi @deidre77
I too am in your same predicament. I had a TURBT (removal of 3 tumors( in January. I started BCG in February and after 6 BCG treatments I was diagnosed with "reactive arthritis" which ended up bring Polymyalgia Rheumatica (a very scary autoimmune disease). I'm now on prednisone and have been taken off of the BCG maintenance and now starting the Gem/Doce (chemo) 6 treatments this week. I'm really nervous about all this medication going into my system. BCG, prednisone and now chemo. Please keep us posted with your situation and I will also. Don't mess around with the Reactive Arthritis. I was in horrible shape and could hardly get out of bed in the morning.

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The advantage of GemDoce chemo instillation is that it does not enter the bloodstream, unlike chemo infusion..
I've had 9 GemDoce instillations with minimal discomfort or side effects. NED a month ago.