BCG: confused

Thanks for the positive news Joey. It's been about 9 months since my first BCG affair. Ready for Friday, if the infection is gone. I didn't ask if this time is considered "maintenance", since they did remove another tumor.

Congrats Joey!

After my initial 6 BCG treatments I waited 9 months before the maintenace treatment was started because my bladder I was told looked like a war zone and they wanted all the inflammation etc to subside. I too wanted to start on the maintence ASAP. I will now be going for my 29th tomorrow, 4.5 years later and no recurrence since BCG maintenance.

Joe

Thanks Mike for some more interesting facts. There always seems to be someone here with insight into various situations.

The delay will not decrease the efficacy of the BCG. Getting BCG while having an infection can be very hazardous. They will also delay if there is any blood present as it is critical the BCG not get into the bloodstream.

Mike