Paul Hebert

This is the second of two posts about the questions I get most when someone finds out I had bladder cancer and had a neobladder as my urinary diversion. To...

I was diagnosed with bladder cancer 10 years ago. I did chemotherapy and then had a radical cystectomy and prostatectomy. I will tell anyone who asks that I don't think...

Last we left our brave hero, he was checking into the hospital for a radical cystectomy, prostatectomy, and neobladder build with installation. He might have had his oil changed while...

I have been contributing to this site, BladderCancer.net, for a few years now. I have written many individual posts covering specific things I experienced over the past 9 years since...

This may be the hardest post I've had to write... It has to do with sex after bladder cancer, specifically after my cystectomy. I'm pretty sure I won't get through...

I know when I was first diagnosed 8 years ago with bladder cancer, I hit the interwebs like a piranha on the move in a horror movie. I consumed every bit of...

Fear of the future is the constant shadow of a cancer diagnosis. Once the doctor shines a light on your cancer the shadow of fear - of the future -...

It has been 8 years since my chemotherapy and surgery to remove my bladder and prostate, installing a neobladder. I'm pretty much back to normal. I say pretty much because...

I was reminded I have a CAT scan coming up in a few weeks. I am 8 years from my surgery and still need to get annual CAT scans. My...

Seven years ago, I was faced with the choice of which urinary diversion to have. IP? Neobladder? Pouch? Each option has different surgical complexities, different recovery issues, and different life-long...

If you have a neobladder, one of the new “normal” things the doctors will alert you to is “mucus” in your urine. My basic understanding is that because the neobladder...

One thing they tell you when you write for sites like this is to be really careful you don’t provide medical advice. I am not qualified to give advice, and...

COVID-19. As if you needed something else to worry about in addition to cancer. Especially if you’re currently in chemotherapy. I have friends in chemo now that I wish I...

Seven years ago, I got a call telling me I had cancer - bladder cancer. I was a smoker for years. I actually had quit about 12 months prior to...

6 years ago, I was told I had bladder cancer. Chemo and neobladder surgery followed. Then, I started taking my health seriously. See, I was your typical 50-year-old man. Invincible...

If you tell someone you’re a cancer survivor, they pat your back and say “good show!” Or they’ll congratulate you on your effort and perseverance. Some might say you’re a...

My rounds done and me wan' go home (Apologies to Harry Belafonte.) I had neoadjuvant chemotherapy before I had my cystectomy and prostatectomy. Neoadjuvant therapy means I had chemo administered...

Important background info: 6-year bladder cancer survivor, neobladder, no need to catheterize, continent during the day – pretty good at night with a 3.5-hour schedule. No other issues for all...

Trust me. This isn’t going where you think it is. I was a 53-year-old man who never cried. Well, maybe at the end of Old Yeller or Planes, Trains and...

BC. Before Cancer. I could pee standing up without really thinking about it. I knew when my bladder was full based on a feeling versus an alarm clock. I didn’t...