Anyone had gemcitabine and docetaxel for Bladder Cancer?

Had my Cystoscopy today. No visible signs of cancer! I start my monthly maintenance treatments this Friday.

I have completed 6 Gem/Doce treatments. Side effects varied but were tolerable. I go in March 12th for a Cystoscopy to see if the cancer is gone.

Hi. Yes. I have high grade ta0. Not cou ting initial scrape..bcg failure..I have had 3 Turbt surgeries. After each bcg. Then I went 6 months with no tx due to clinics error. Now I am starting gem doc…not sure what I will do if no response…my doc wanted to remove my bladder after bcg failure….

Thank you very much!

Have to hold them for 1.5 hrs then drain and put doce in and hold for 1-2 hrs but can go home to do it. Cath comes out after doc is in. Total time at hospital about 2.5 hrs.

Hi. How long are you at the facility for treatment? How long gem held…?once doc is in can u go home and hold for 2 hours?

Thank you

Did you go back to BCG treatments?
I also had hair thinning while on gem/doc treatments. I read on BCAN.org website that this can be a side effect and women notice this more than men. There’s a higher number of men than women on this treatment and hair thinning probably isn’t as noticeable in men…

Hope the cancer stays away! Good luck!

Good news, see my reply to vars57 I just posted for full news.

I also had High Grade/aggressive NMIBC. Finished chemo back in Nov 2024 then had cystoscopy Jan 7th. Dr was concerned about red inflamed areas in bladder so opted for another TURBT with Blue Dye to look for cancer cells and then do a biopsy. Had this done Feb 4th, little scraping necessary and all samples came back negative for cancer. Hurray! Now starting once a month chemo for 3 months then another cystoscopy to look inside and will go from there. May have to do chemo monthly for several years if continues to work. PS _ I had BCG treatments early last year which did not work. If I can keep the C away with monthly chemo I am fine with that! Good luck to you!