Only one treatment after 2 Turbt is it normal?
I was diagnosed in Dec. 2023 with ta high grade bladder cancer. On Jan 10 they did the 2nd Turbt. Non muscle invasive. My urologist did one treatment and I had to wait one hour afterwards before I could go home.
I was expecting that I would need several treatments but his PA said No just one. You're cancer free. It's like a skin cancer you remove it....it's gone. I go back the end of April for my cystoscopy.
I have been told this is not normal from others. I'm debating if I should get a second opinion.
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Hi Dap,
I am under bladder surveillance due to the removal of my kidney, ureter, adrenal gland and bladder cuff. First cytoscopy since surgery in August 2022 showed multiple areas of erythemia. My current urologist asked if I had the bladder washed in Metomycin after surgery. Then said something about BCG treatment which is a tuberculous virus that is injected into the bladder and stops surface cancer cells dead.
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/bladder-cancer/treating/intravesical-therapy.html
If your cancer cells were on the surface, perhaps this was what happened.
Remember it is your body, you need to know, so demand the complete information from the doctor.
Has anyone had a bladder diverticulum? Did you have surgery and how was the out come? Did the bladder get back to working after the surgery?
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Thank you for the link. I feel much better knowing my doctor did the right thing.