Great news Sara Anne! I know you were somewhat delayed n getting this round of treatments, and that you were concerned about the potential level of side effects, so this is good news indeed.
I, too, was pleased with the 1/3rd dose of BCG I recently had. I did have persistent (though mild and very bearable) symptoms after the third weekly dose -- some sense of urgency, burning, etc. -- that lasted well over a week. If that's as bad as it gets at the 1/3rd dose, I think I should be able to tolerate the whole series. The nurse doing the treatment told me that they'd changed the protocol from a total of 30 instillations down to 27, so I'll have one more set of 3 this year and two more next year (9 doses), and then I'll be done. the nurse also said that they now had quite a few people on BCG who were down to the 1/3rd dose, and so far they seemed to be doing well in terms of symptoms.
Again, congrats on getting through this round of treatments without too much difficulty.
Ann
Small TA Grade 1, May-06; recur (2 tiny), same, June-08; TURBTs both times. BCG begun July-08, dosage to 1/3rd May-10, completed treatment December-11. All clear since 2008.
