Turbt - What to expect

6 years 11 months ago #53126 by Sean T
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I've had two TURBT procedures. The first was to actually remove as much as the tumor as possible (they got it all) and that one was about an hour. They knocked me out and I woke up and it was done. I had a catheter for a few days and I hated it. But once it was out everything was ok.

The second one was just to see if they got all the tumor from the first one (it was a second opinion procedure). That on was over in about 20 minutes. They knocked me out for that one too. No catheter after that one, thank goodness.

08/16/16 - TURBT - 1 tumor, T1HG, 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 1.8 cm, non-invasive papillary.
BCG treatments (15 doses total - last March, 2018). As of latest cysto, As of May 4, 2023 - cancer free!

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6 years 11 months ago #53122 by Hannah01
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Hello Teddys Mom,

Sorry to hear about case. It can roughly take an hour for the surgery, and sometimes follows second turb. Some questions are better answered by your Dr. and worth waiting for..

Good Luck
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6 years 11 months ago #53119 by Teddys Mom
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Lillian,
Thank you for the female point of view. I appreciate everyone's suggestions so much.

Teddy's Mom

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6 years 11 months ago #53118 by LillianG
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Suggestion on what to wear - as a female, I found it best to go commando and wear a long skirt. It's much easier to deal with the catheter and bag. Also, after the TURBT, I found it helpful to drink a lot of plain soothing drinks like water or warm green tea.

Keep us posted, and feel free to ask questions.

Take care of you,
LillianG

5/2015 4x2cm HG Ta Papillary TCC; 6 initial BCG followed by 3 sets of BCG maintenance. Ten scopes - all NED. Now at scope 1x year.

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6 years 11 months ago #53117 by dtat60
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One issue, other than what has already been mentioned already, that I wish I had known after my second TURBT which required a catheter is to ask how to "flush" the catheter if necessary. In my case the morning following my surgery I noticed I had very little drainage into the night bag but felt I needed to go bad. My cath had become plugged with clots/debris. Like normal this was on a weekend so I goggled it and was able to flush myself and "what a relief".

Don't worry about the TURBT. In my case my first one I didn't need a catheter but did on my second one. For me the catheter was the biggest issue - being male it is more of an issue I suspect.

08/16 Blood in Urine;09/16 CT Scan, RPG, Cysto;10/16 TURBT;12/08 BL TURBT;01/17 6X BCG;05/17 NED, 3X BCG, 9/17 NED, 3X BCG,1/18 NED, 3X BCG,7/18 NED, 3X BCG
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6 years 11 months ago #53110 by Teddys Mom
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Alan
Thank you for your input. Since I'm in this now, I'm happy I found this site. I so appreciate you and Jack helping me out.
I'll post after the surgery how everything went. I'm hoping for the best, but I'll be ready if it goes the other way too.
Teddy's Mom

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