second set of bcg treatment and lots of pain

Rich,

Yes, it is normal for the treatments to have more of a reaction as you go. It's a good news bad news kind of the thing. The reaction indicates it is doing its job. But it is not fun.

Talk to your uro about pyridium.That can help but I don't recall if it is OK to take while taking BCG. I think so but I am not a doc.

The other thing to talk to your doc about is the dose strength. It can be reduced significantly according to Dr. Lamm (pretty much the world expert and has done more testing than anyone else on BCG). He says even 1/10 strength has not been shown to have lower efficacy and there is less problem with patient severe reaction. You need a reaction but it doesn't need to be terrible to be working.

Google "Dr. Lamm" and BCG and you will find lots of info.

One link is: www.bcgoncology.com/treatment/bcgInst.html
Read everything about BCG on that site that you can find.

Mike

Rich, I have had 30 BCG treatments and had some of the same side effects for each however some were different. sometimes the burning was not as bad, temperature not as high, sometimes I would get a rash ( which for me was a sign my immune system was being triggered). But all only lasted no more than 2 days and then I was feeling pretty good.

Joey

Hi everyone, it has been awhile and i need some input. i did 6 bcg treatments in aug. had a scope done in oct. and things looked good. now i started a set of 3 more bcg treatments and this first one was worse than any of the other six last time, i had lots of bleeding and bladder spasms that lasted well into the night. Is it normal for it to get worse the more treatments i do. i am still having pain when going but i think the blood has stopped. is there any thing you can take to make it a not so painful.

thank you Rich