UTI and Bladder Cancer Diagnosis

9 years 2 months ago #47918 by sara.anne
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Welcome!!

I moved your post into its own apace, so that more people would see it.

I think that your comment is very important....When women have burning and urgency symptoms doctors always seem to think "UTI." Which is probably usually correct. I had "UTI's" repeatedly over a year-long period. My primary care doc would just prescribe antibiotics over the phone. I went in for a long-overdue pelvic and pap smear at a gynocolgy practice and happened to mention the "UTI's." The nurse practitioner told me that if you have more than three episodes in a year you go to a urologist immediately.

Guess what? No bacteria in the urine (my gp had never tested.) The rest is history....I am now six years cancer-free after a diagnosis of CIS!!

Sara Anne

Diagnosis 2-08 Small papillary TCC; CIS
BCG; BCG maintenance
Vice-President, American Bladder Cancer Society
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9 years 2 months ago - 9 years 2 months ago #47908 by zong333
UTI and Bladder Cancer Diagnosis was created by zong333
UTI symptoms are very common in women, as you know. I fought them for over a year before someone figured out that I did NOT have a UTI! Now 6 years out from my diagnosis and doing well.

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