Today was my yearly trip to my urologist. I've had yearly visits for two years. Before that were more frequent visits for treatment of bladder cancer. I was diagnosed on February 2011, and had two biopsies/surgeries in the following month; March 2nd and 30th. The reason I had two was because of the location of the cancer. Anyhow, all of it was removed - it had just begun to adhere to the bladder wall and was not difficult to remove.
After that, I had a series of treatments via a catheter into my bladder for six weeks every three months. I would get a serum, BCG, which contained live tuberculosis germs (?). My white cells would then rush to the bladder to attack the TB and would attack the cancer as well.
I did this treatment for six years with longer and longer intervals between treatments after year three. In between my treatments I was scoped to see if the cancer was gone, and then I remained clear. That was what I had today.
Again I was clear. All in all, a good day.
