Would anyone refuse BCG treatments?

Not taking the BCG gives somewhere from an 80-90% chance of recurrence according to my uro. Doing BCG changes it almost the other way-roughly 80% of the time it works. Would guess most of us have had "minor" complaints. I basically took just a day off on each treatment. Beats chemo option by a long shot in my opinion.

Moira,

For many BCG does not have that many side effects and for those it does reducing the amounts have worked well for them. There are also medications and ways to make the treatments easier if you have problems. There are other agents but none of the choices are not without some potential side effect and BCG is considered generally to be the first line for non invasive blc. The upside to doing BCG or another agent is that they are meant to reduce re-occurrence and progression. We have to keep our eye on the ball here none of us signed up but it is ours now and we have to find a way to get the results we need.

For me I had a little burning following BCG and may have been a little tired after for a few days, far from the fears I had it was not that bad. I have stated before that when dealing with blc there is plan a and that is to do nothing and plan b that is to seek treatment. For me plan a was always scarier than plan b so I went with the treatment. I am sure you will hear from others that have an opinion and I am happy you are here with us. Don’t be ashamed of the fact that this whole thing is overwhelming and terrifying we all have to deal with those feelings but we find that with time and communicating with others dealing with the same issues it does get better. Welcome to the family.