My journey with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) treatment

Posted by ggarrepy @ggarrepy, Nov 9, 2022

I’m a 77 year old female. I just started the first of six BCG treatments for T1 high grade bladder cancer. I was so worried that I would not be able to hold it for the two hours but I did it with no problem at all. Turned over every 15 minutes and felt fine. I’ve been back home now for a few hours and feel perfectly normal. So grateful!

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jlp27 | @jlp27 | Sep 27 2:17pm

I'm a 75 year old male. My journey started with hematuria for about 10 days in April. Thinking it to be an anomaly, I waited until my annual physical in early July to mention it to my PCP. She immediately ordered a urological CT scan where a mass the size of a golf ball was seen in my bladder. I was scheduled for a cystoscopy & TURBT August 19th, where my urologist thought it to be a benign tumor. It turned out to be a T1 non-invasive high-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma. A second cystoscopy & TURBT was scheduled for September 8th. No further cancer was found and the non-invasive nature was confirmed. I'm now scheduled to start 30% BCG immunotherapy treatment on October 21st, with a followup cystoscopy to check on results December 30th. All of your stories and experiences have been somewhat reassuring as I start on this uncertain path and future

chrisrcolbert1066 | @chrisrcolbert1066 | Sep 28 9:36am

In reply to @ggarrepy "Yup we have to just get through it. I’m sure the reaction is different for each..." + (show)

@ggarrepy
I couldn't hold my BCG Treatment for 2 hrs , Felt like Bursting .,

erobert | @erobert | Sep 28 2:31pm

I'm a 75 yr old male. My journey started in 2019 with melanoma cancer, skin cancer and lung cancer which all have been cured. But now I've got cancer of the bladder, finished BCG treatments after 6 weeks, 2 cystoscopy with blue dye TRBTP retrograde and now I had a hi grade papillary urothelial carcinoma, in situ invasive into lamina propria, and muscular is propria present and uninvolved. I want the bladder reserved. I also had a stroke last December, which left me with disabilities on my right side. I'm going to Mayo clinic for a second opinion. I'm having bladder spasms, and pain during urination presently. Looks for opinions.