I felt I needed to maintain a medical history once discovering that bladder cancer would most likely be a long journey. While pulling together my information, I stumbled across a medical journal on the side effects of cyclophosphamide – a drug I was prescribed when treated for Kidney disease (Membranous Glomerulonephritis) 15 years ago. The insight for me is to periodically research medications you have been prescribed in your past and see if there is new information. This would have signalled me to talk with my GP when my symptoms started and request an appointment with a Urologist or Nephrologist. Cyclophosphamide has several side effects, including bladder cancer that may not show itself for 15-17 years. Many of us have beeen treated with Mitomycin C after TURBT. I will be following the side effects into the future – “just in case”.
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