Hello.
My husband is 58 years old, and was diagnosed with CIS last October. (Sidenote - his bladder was all wrecked on the inside. The MD says probably from his very active lifestyle, and numerous hits to the groin/lower abdomen during sports and such) His MD completed a fulguration with his biopsies, and he underwent 6 BCGs. In January, he had another cystoscopy and then biopsy and the diagnosis of either left-over or new CIS. This time, the recovery from the biopsy took MUCH longer....almost 6 weeks.
He started the BCG again at the beginning of March, and it didn't go well. He had an abnormal amount of bleeding, with some large clots, and after treatment #2 was completely incontinent with severe urgency. He's been changed to Mytomycin, and that seems to be going well...though I worry about the success.
Last week, he was diagnosed with Type II diabetes. He's never had a problem with his blood sugar before, and has no family history of diabetes. His weight and BMI are within normal limits. He's now on Metformin, 500mg BID. He also has a super low level of Vit D. So...it looks like his pancreas is buggered up now, since the D and the insulin are both pancreas things.
The only other medication he takes is Lipitor. I found this website because it mentioned something about statins (Lipitor) and BCG, but I can't seem to find the information/article. His urologist says that the BCG can totally wreck the body systems, and may be responsible for the pancreatic problems. Now he's having some GI problems...bloating, constipation, heartburn...
I just...don't know where to go from here. I'm all the sudden feeling very overwhelmed...and very, very scared. Does anyone know if these things are connected? Or does anyone have a direct link to the BCG/statin article? Or maybe something I could break, or cry in to?
