Maintenance BCG begins ... differences

Thanks for the info, Cynthia and Sara Anne! Turns out I had both "normal" BCG passing of clots and blood, but I also had some bleeding due to a traumatic catheterization, so I'm back on Cipro.

It's day 2 and I still don't have a lot of energy and feel hungover and headachey, but no fever and nothing that would have me running for the ER.

I was feeling a little self-pity this morning and told my husband I missed the "old me" who had energy and was raring to go. My husband pointed out that the "old me" is busy working with the BCG to keep me cancer-free. Sensible guy, that husband of mine ...

Hang in there, Mark! We will get through this!

I just finished my first round of maintance at full strenth yesterday. First treatment I only had some burning and the 2nd and 3rd had some blood thrown in for 6-12hrs after the treatment. The worst part for me is the treatments zap my energy. It hit me hard today for some reason.

The bright side is it's keeping my cancer at bay so far and now I've got a little over 2 months off until the next checkup. If I get another all clear in June I'm going to discuss decreasing the dose of the next maintance round with my Uro.