Status -
TURBT in January 2019 to remove CIS
BCG Induction phase February thru April 5
Cystoscopy - yesterday 21 May.
ALL CLEAR !! Scare tissue healing nice, and no new Tumor growth.
Typically I would go on to the Maintenance portion of BCG, but the BCG shortage has hit Southern California and Kaiser Permanente. I will forego Maintenance for the moment, while Kaiser comes up with a bigger plan to treat while the world continues to experience the BCG Shortage.
The treatment that is probably 2-3 months away from reality is: Gemcitabine Chemo Therapy, injected just like BCG, directly into the Bladder. Oh, and the Maintenance treatment using Gemcitabine would be once a month, not 3 treatments 3 weeks in a row every 3 months.
Meanwhile, since I have a few free months, the Urologist and I decided we would do Shockwave to remove my Kidney Stone.