Get Me Off This Rollercoaster - NOW!For those of you who don't know me or my journey, my name is Anita, and at the grand old age of 45...reactions3comments
A Letter to My Bladder Cancer FriendsDear Fellow Bladder Cancer... well, I’m stuck here. I don’t want to put “sufferers” or “patients,” so I’m going to put “Friends”.The...reactions22comments
A Simple Guide to the First Few Weeks During DiagnosisIn those first few weeks/month after your bladder cancer diagnosis, you will be sent off for scans and blood tests, and it...reactions4comments
What NOT to Say to Someone with Bladder Cancer!Over the last three years, I think I have heard every kind of reaction to my "I have terminal bladder cancer." Let's face...reactions8comments
More Lessons I Have LearnedSee Part 1: Lessons I Have Learned to read about some more of the takeaways Anita shares from her experiences with bladder...reactions8comments
Scary PET Scan Results: Is This the Start of the End?I am in disbelief! Let me explain why.I was diagnosed at 46 with small cell bladder cancer. The diagnosis was grim. I just...reactions10comments
Living with an Incurable CancerFor those of you who don't know me, Hello, my name is Anita and in 2016, I had the worst news ever. I...reactions4comments
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Thank Goodness It's Over!So, Christmas is over. The New Year has come and gone; we are all partied out and I have survived the festive...reactionscomments
Illness, Self Care, and Self Neglect!I should be the queen of self-care by now. You would think so, wouldn't you? But I'm not... I'm human and I...reactions13comments
Terminal Diagnosis: How Do You and Your Family and Friends Cope?How do you cope with a terminal diagnosis? What do you do when you hear those words, "It's terminal"? I'm sure it...reactionscomments
My Journey with Medicinal Cannabis: Symptom ManagementWhere do I start? I really don't know how to start this article however, I feel that I need to write a...reactions2comments
How a UTI Can Go Undetected With a UrostomyIn 2020-2021 alone, I have had 2 separate occasions of how a missed UTI can turn into one of the most life-threatening...reactions2comments
Menopause After Bladder Cancer Surgery: The Joys of Being a WomanI had my bladder removed and a hysterectomy on August 19, 2017. In March of 2018, I saw an endocrinologist who diagnosed...reactions1comment
Handling Awkward Questions from Children About an OstomyI became a Nana this year to the gorgeous Jackson James, but I have been a step-Nana for over a year, and...reactions6comments
A 5-Year Cancerversary: Resilience and Small Cell Bladder CancerFIVE YEARS, FÜNF JAHRE, CINQ ANNÉES. It doesn't matter how you write it. It is MY 5th-year anniversary of diagnosis, with this...reactions9comments
Life After Bladder Cancer?Are you surviving? Thriving? Or a bit of a 'hot mess' (like me)? I am not transitioning peacefully and calmly into living...reactions18comments
Medicinal Cannabis: My ConsultationThe consultation day had arrived. It was here, the day I hoped would be a life changer for me however, due to...reactionscomments
How I Handled Menopause and HRTHormone replacement therapy (HRT) isn't suitable for everyone, and there are some huge risks. One of them being that you may develop...reactions2comments
Dear Newly Diagnosed Bladder Cancer PatientsOk, so you have just found out you have bladder cancer. Just breathe. Hi, I am Anita and I just wanted to...reactions4comments
Chronic Pain and Living with it!Unless we are extremely fortunate, we all will have had to deal with various degrees of pain in our lives. Sometimes it...reactions2comments
