My Cancer Journey

Well, it looks like I have another infection. I have been struggling with pain since my last cystoscopy and it’s been more than a week now. I visited my GP today and a dipstick test indicates that I have another
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On November 15th, 2022, I was back at the pre-admissions department of the hospital, preparing for another Rigid Cystoscopy. As I had been through the process before, it was pretty straight forward. On November 25th, 2022 I arrived at the
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The next step on the journey was to start BCG treatment as quickly as possible.BCG is the same live culture used to treat Tuberculosis.The culture is injected directly into the bladder via a catheter. It sits in the bladder for
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In early September I had my first Rigid Cystoscopy which was performed under anaesthetic, so I had no knowledge of the procedure itself, thank goodness.While in there, they biopsied some suspicious polyps and sent them off to the lab for
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Around 3 years ago, I began getting a recurring UTI (urinary tract infection) I made numbers of appointments for treatment, but the problem just kept recurring.Eventually my doctor suggested that he put me on the hospital waiting list for a
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On September 30th 2022, after undergoing a number of tests and procedures, I was diagnosed with high grade, non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer!At that point in time, my world suddenly came crashing down and everything stopped!The Urologist told me my condition was
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Now that I look back on it, my issues with my bladder started a long time ago. As far back as when I was living in Japan, I was having continence problems and even visited a urologist in Japan. He
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