What's next?Hi- I have been following your website for about six months and I am grateful that it exists. I have been a...reactions11comments
An Unexpected, Unwelcome SurpriseIn December 2021 I was diagnosed with possible bladder cancer after 2 episodes of blood in my urine, several months apart. I...reactions2comments
Complete SurpriseAlmost four years ago after a hard road bicycling ride, my urine looked like cherry kool-aid. I have had no other symptoms...reactions17comments
Ups and DownsHi, I had my TURBT on August 5th, and they put one dose of mitomycin in for an hour straight after surgery...reactions11comments
Fear or IgnoranceI come from a family on both sides that chose NOT to follow or obey their doctor's advice and medical instructions. NO...reactions2comments
SuccessBack in November 2020, I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. My doctor began explaining about the surgery and what should be expected...reactions1comment
For People New to Chemo TreatmentI just want to share that I had my first 6-hour Chemo treatment today, the first day of 4 cycles with 3...reactions7comments
We Are Not AloneMy mother had cancer. My father had cancer. A favorite aunt died at a young age of cancer. In fact, many of...reactions5comments
Just Because I Wear It Well...“Just because I wear it well.... ...doesn’t mean it’s not heavy.” This quote from a fellow stomate who frequently posts on Instagram...reactions2comments
Radical Cystectomy with Creation of a Neobladder via UreteralileostomyToward the end of my enlistment with the Air Force, all six years of which I spent at Travis Air Force Base...reactions2comments
It Isn't Kidney Stones!It was the 2020 holiday season, and I noticed blood in my urine. I just thought it was another stone, had them...reactions1comment
The Scariest Time of My LifeChristmas eve 2020. I went for a pee and it was red blood. I couldn’t tell my wife then as I had...reactions5comments
A long road to a diagnosis.In July 2021, I went to my doctor with UTI symptoms (burning when peeing) and for the next 6 months I had...reactions4comments
Son diagnosed at 38My son was just diagnosed with high grade stage 4 bladder cancer. The sad thing is that he had been referred to...reactions4comments
Bladder Cancer - Management of Fear through educationI have battled fear of recurrence for six full years. All of the tips from bladdercancer.net's A Guide for Navigating Recurrence Anxiety...reactions2comments
Histology results came back with cancer in one lymph nodeAfter 9 months of battling through the diagnosis of high-grade muscle invasive bladder cancer, we found out the tumour couldn’t all be...reactions8comments
Scar tissue in my ureters post cystectomyAfter chemotherapy, then cystectomy and ileal conduit, I wasn’t quite prepared for what I had read as a possible side effect of...reactions6comments
Radical Cystectomy in DecemberWow. This has happened so quickly. I'm a 67-year-old male, soon to be 68, healthy as a horse, a horse with arthritis...reactions5comments
Good Thing I LookedI have a 90-year-old friend that said she heard animals in her crawl space. She asked me to investigate, and reluctantly, I...reactions3comments
The BeginningJuly 1st: Seeing very dark urine one morning and went to the doctor's office to have it checked. They said they saw...reactions20comments
