Anita Brown
Anita was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine small cell bladder tumour at age 46. Small cell bladder cancer is rare and highly aggressive; by the time she was diagnosed, it had already spread to the lymph nodes, liver, hip and arm bones.
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I became a Nana this year to the gorgeous Jackson James, but I have been a step-Nana for over a …
For those of you who don’t know me or my journey, my name is Anita, and at the grand old age …
As a bladder cancer advocate, I spend a lot of time on Twitter, and I had made “friends” with a …
It was recently the 2nd year of my ‘stomaversary’ – two whole years of living with “Sally” (my stoma), and …
We all know that bladder cancer is evil. We know how it wears us down to our breaking points and …
Editor’s note: Anita lives in the UK, so some of the terms and laws referenced in this article are not …
“Survivor’s guilt” is defined as “when someone doesn’t believe that they should be alive after surviving a traumatic event when …
Editor’s note: Anita lives in the UK, so some of the terms used in this article are not necessarily identical …
I want to talk about “Death.” Terminal bladder cancer and dying It is one of those subjects that we don’t …
We all feel “down” from time to time, but how do you know when it is getting a bit more …
This year, it will be two years since having my bladder removed and although at the time I thought I …
Looking back, I realize that I was so underprepared for what this journey would bring me and how to cope …
For those of you who don’t know me, Hello, my name is Anita and in 2016, I had the worst …
See Part 1: Lessons I Have Learned to read about some more of the takeaways Anita shares from her experiences …
It has been around four weeks (this is the 4th week, although it feels longer) since I addressed my diet …
Eating healthy with the Mediterranean Diet The Mediterranean diet has all the basic components of “healthy eating.” It even …
I have been living with terminal bladder cancer for nearly three years now. I feel so incredibly fortunate to have …
Read Part 1 of Anita’s journey with menopause after a radical cystectomy and hysterectomy, and how she and her doctor …
Over the last three years, I think I have heard every kind of reaction to my “I have terminal bladder …
It has been nearly 3 years since I was first diagnosed with small cell bladder cancer. Wow, what a ride! …
