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
SadnessI lost my husband of 34 years on October 31st of this year, just over 2 years after him receiving a cancer...reactions13comments
Five Years No RecurrenceMy bladder cancer journey started five years ago. I'm an avid bicyclist riding my Trek road bike 40 miles a week. After...reactions22comments
Helena's Story: ChangesI was told in September 2016 I had cancer and started chemotherapy in October. I have to be truthful it was awful...reactions10comments
Cancer . . . Again . . .I read the story by SueB2703 about how her cancer has spread to a lymph gland. While her cancer history, treatment and...reactions3comments
