Third Round Of Three

I had a dose of BCG this morning.  For this round, it was the third.  I'm happy that this round is done and grateful I don't have 6 rounds as I had in the past. As my body reminds me, this is cumulative, meaning the side effects get exponential with each subsequent dose.  For my first two rounds (other than having to deal with vertigo during number one) up until today, the side effects and recovery time had been quite manageable. However, the side effects have been quite pronounced today.  

After having an uneventful commute and in-office instillation by Jenna, I proceeded to do my two hour marination.  First hour was tolerable, but the second hour what quite uncomfortable.  Despite my preparations and 'eating light' yesterday, Mother Nature had a large deposit that needed to be released.  I tried to soldier through, but the pain of my colon pressing on my inflamed (and full) bladder was too much.  I barely made it to the 1 hr 35 minute mark.  In quite a bit of internal pain, I made it to the throne and did my business.  I took some UTI medicine immediately in hopes that it would start providing relief for the burning. I did note that I got home and 9 and by the time I gave up, it had been 11.  Two hours there, but shy of the last two roll arounds. The pain was just too much.

Since 11, I've not been far from the toilet.  Pretty much every 10 minutes, I had the urge and yielded very little (thimble full).  This time I could feel all my lymph nodes screaming and providing my body with what felt like electrical shocks. As visits transpired, I began to notice my passing clots (expected and normal reaction).  I was still waiting for the urine to start changing color (fluorescent orange) to indicate that the medicine (relief) was kicking in.  3 hours and very little orange tinge, but lots of clots, but at this point no blood.

I'm hoping the UTI meds begin to kick in and the clots clear up.  I have been drinking lots of water to flush out the system.

Other than these symptoms, I'm feeling pretty blah, the weather is really nice, so I haven't had any chills.  I hope things begin to calm down so I can take my walk.  We'll see.

So, my next step is to heal.  Then on July 31st, I'm scheduled to have an in-office cystoscopy.  Fingers crossed.

More to come!