Jim Van Horne

You came through surgery okay. Your recovery has been smooth, no major complications. You’re back to your daily routine, working, teaching, taking care of the kids or enjoying your retirement...

Let’s talk about sex. That’s right, sex. Before my bladder surgery, one of the biggest fears I had was that I would emerge an old man. I was 66 years...

Once I had the staples and all the drainage paraphernalia removed, I was ready to start living my “new” life again. I had a bladder that thought it was still...

When it comes to surgery and recovery, there can be complications. And guess what? I couldn’t dodge the bullet. Discharged after seven days and sent home with three drainage bags...

The hardest part about recovering from surgery, for me, was allowing my body to heal. I wanted to be better yesterday; I don’t have a lot of patience. But the...

The hospital wants to get you home as soon as possible following surgery. The first 24 hours was a blur, I was aware that a nurse was in the room...

It’s been said the once someone gets cancer, the whole family gets it. Truer words were never spoken. I guess in my case, I was fortunate enough to be diagnosed...

March 30th couldn’t get here fast enough; I just wanted to get my cystectomy done. Eight years of losing battles were over, and I was hopefully about to win the...

I didn’t have a lot of time to think about the surgery because March 17 was approaching fast. I tried to stay as active as possible leading up to the...

The thought of surgery had always terrified me. What scared me the most was the recovery and the pain I would have to endure - it’s called a very low...

I naively thought that after going through BCG, “the gold standard treatment” for bladder cancer, that I’d get the green light that the tumors were gone and I could start...

I thought I’d take a break from my journey to give you a little information about what my life has been like since being diagnosed. I consider myself to be...

I didn’t sleep well Monday night, I was worried about my Tuesday morning meeting. It was scheduled for 10 and as usual, we had to wait about 30 minutes. Dr...

I thought I’d be ready to go back to work after my TURBT procedure. I was released from hospital on the Friday with instructions to return Monday to have the...

Walking into an operating room for the first time can be an intimidating experience. The “theater” I entered at Mt. Sinai was small, someone might even describe it as intimate...

There’s nothing more shocking than to be told you have cancer. My wife Melanie and I drove home in silence that morning, afraid to speak for fear of realizing this...

Bladder cancer doesn’t care about boundaries. Doesn’t matter what street, town, city, state or country you live in. It doesn’t care about trade agreements or political persuasion. It will attack...