I am a 49 year old male just reporting for the first time on this site. Maybe some of this information will help others. I had been experiencing an urgency to go, some burning and passing blood clots during urination for about 6 months prior to diagnosis on 12-19-05.
I had surgery on 1-19-06, Dr. discovered a T1 aggressive cancer. I had a catheter in for 4 days after surgery. Pulled it out myself at home. (Ouch)
Started BCG treatments on 2-24-06. Just finished my 4th treatment.
Observations;
1. After surgery it took a good two months for the pain to go away during urination.
2. Medication used, Oxibytinn for bladder muscle relaxer and pain reliever. Paridium for urinary tract irritation relief.
3. BCG treatments only side effect is feeling a little tired 1-2 days after treatment. Mild discomfort during insertion of catheter.
4. No problems with urgency or leakage.
5. Feeling back to normal this week.
I have a good medical team and urologist, Kaiser Hospital Northern California.
Future plan;
Cystoscope and biopsy planed 30 days after end of BCG treatments.
Then set course of action from results.
Best to all.