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I am about to turn 80 and was diagnosed with high grade bladder cancer about three...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1276376/

Discussion: Bladder Cancer Group: Introduce yourself and connect with others

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Apr 7, 2025

I had the TURBT and the recovery went smoothly. Rest and a lot of liquids were...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1231636/

Discussion: Bladder Surgery to remove and determine stage, type, etc..

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Feb 7, 2025

You and I are basically in the same place except I already have my results. Once...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1216821/

Discussion: CT scan showed 2.9 cm mass and maybe an enlarged lymph node

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Jan 19, 2025

I had RC 8 wks ago. So far training my neo-bladder is going ok. I don’t...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1376268/

Discussion: What is Life like after Bladder Removal?

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

I receive the Gem-Doce infusions while in a hospital bed at the infusion center. Those receiving...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1239814/

Discussion: Aggressive Bladder Cancer: Tips to help hold meds in bladder?

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Feb 18, 2025

Hi @blazermaniac. My husband started out that way and tired of it quickly. Also his first...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1158956/

Discussion: Bladder Cancer Group: Introduce yourself and connect with others

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Oct 18, 2024

I had my bladder scraped twice and was treated with BCG. The cancer reoccurred one and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1147759/

Discussion: Anyone have treatment of BCG with Keytruda?

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Sep 26, 2024

I’m so sorry, I too had the pain that radiated upwards through my whole body. Every...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1393397/

Discussion: Anyone have pain after BCG Treatments, especially with urination?

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Sep 14, 2025

Yes I started out with bladder cancer about 6 or 7 years ago and did real...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/854081/

Discussion: Anybody had port installed into kidney to treat ureter/bladder cancer?

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: May 4, 2023

Hello @quahog. My husband chose RC with neobladder after a partial cystectomy ( diverticulum containing initial...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1311687/

Discussion: Does getting a proactive radical cystectomy (RC) make sense?

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: May 24, 2025

Hello, I was diagnosed low grade NIMBC in December 2023, had TURBT, Mitomycin and a course...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1303978/

Discussion: Cretastimogene Grenadenorepvec: Anyone in the PIVOT-006 Study?

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: May 14, 2025

Hi, @jackc. Welcome to Mayo Connect where you and a lot of my new friends exchange...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/338045/

Discussion: Anyone dealing with ckd and bladder cancer.

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Mar 31, 2021

I'm 75 and completed the 6th BCG instillation on November 18th, (one week off between 1st...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1462134/

Discussion: Followup for Noninvasive High-Grade: Anyone chosen no more treatment?

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Dec 16, 2025

I'm a 75 year old male. My journey started with hematuria for about 10 days in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1402884/

Discussion: My journey with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) treatment

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Sep 27, 2025

You are doing the right thing seeing your urologist. What you are experiencing is common with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1330949/

Discussion: Blood in urine post urine.

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

Hello @kirsten210. My husband had a highly aggressive muscle invasive urothelial cell carcinoma. At Mayo Clinic...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1418048/

Discussion: Anyone have recurrence after the initial 6 BCG induction treatments?

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Oct 18, 2025

Hi tc72, I’m sorry to hear about your husband. I was diagnosed FEB 24 with Small...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1481852/

Discussion: Bladder Cancer Group: Introduce yourself and connect with others

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Jan 14 6:33am

Hi Sue, I have just completed a Gemcitabine treatment comprising 6 infusion via the Urethra, This...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/290929/

Discussion: Stage 1 Bladder Cancer: Anyone had treatment with Gemcitabine?

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Jan 22, 2020

Thank you @jaxfl for your response. My NIMBC is low-grade, however I see what you are...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1509857/

Discussion: Blue light cystoscopy & standard cystoscopy

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Feb 19 2:51pm

Hi, I am on my 5th Gemstone/ Docetaxel. The first two were fine. The 3rd, 4th...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1311100/

Discussion: Anyone had gemcitabine and docetaxel for Bladder Cancer?

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: May 23, 2025

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