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Chemo drug CYCLOPHOSPHAMINE and bladder cancer
Hi folks, I'm back to share my current experience. I have bladder cancer. The tumour is being removed on Wednesday.
There's a list of potential causes. Apart from "old age", the only other one that fits me is having had cyclophosphamide; I had eight doses of it over 20 weeks during chemo after my mastectomy in 2018.
Histology report will take two weeks. I'll be nail-biting of course, waiting to see if I need further treatment.
Concerned of course that it might be a secondary from the breast cancer.
The urologist is also going to refer me for a full-abdomen CT scan after my recovery. That will be welcome, to see if there's anything else.
There's a list of potential causes. Apart from "old age", the only other one that fits me is having had cyclophosphamide; I had eight doses of it over 20 weeks during chemo after my mastectomy in 2018.
Histology report will take two weeks. I'll be nail-biting of course, waiting to see if I need further treatment.
Concerned of course that it might be a secondary from the breast cancer.
The urologist is also going to refer me for a full-abdomen CT scan after my recovery. That will be welcome, to see if there's anything else.
17 Replies
- Hi @Flaneuse
So sorry to hear this news - sending virtual hugs.🌺 - So sorry to hear this news, @Flaneuse xx Wishing you all the best for your surgery and for good results and recovery xx. Take care xx
- Dear @Flaneuse,
from jennyss in Western NSW - Hi @Flaneuse, I am so upset to hear that this has happened to you, especially after all you have been through. One never knows where the beast will show its ugly head over time. I hope all goes well for you and that things are not as bad as we all think at the time and that no further treatment is required. The mind is a powerful thing but not always kind to ourselves. Thinking of you. 💖
- @Flaneuse Sorry to see you need to be back here but lovely to hear from you again. I hope the surgery goes well and that is the end of it. Sending massive hugs
- Sorry to hear this @Flaneuse , it is awful what some treatments can do further down the track. I had AC also and Paclitaxel, so I can understand your angst with this latest diagnosis. Take care and keep connecting here. xx
- Actually it's cyclophosphamide.
