Living

I hadn't been thinking about bladder cancer a lot until recently. During treatment, that's all I thought about. I thought about it for the next several months every time I'd...

While there are several different treatments for bladder cancer available, many patients with high-risk or muscle-invasive cancer will undergo a procedure known as a radical cystectomy - total removal of...

I became a Nana this year to the gorgeous Jackson James, but I have been a step-Nana for over a year, and in that time, there have been a few...

For those of you who don't know me or my journey, my name is Anita, and at the grand old age of 45, I was diagnosed with terminal small cell bladder...

Cancer has been an incredible teacher, a constant companion, and a challenge on so many fronts. The one area I have often struggled with and failed at is keeping in...

Service to others may well be the greatest treatment for nearly any ailment. When we serve others, we can immerse ourselves in the needs and life and struggles of another...

As a bladder cancer advocate, I spend a lot of time on Twitter, and I had made "friends" with a few cancer nurse specialists. These nurses are the backbone of...

Having gone through a number of cystoscopies, TURBTs, and ultimately, a radical cystectomy (complete bladder removal), I began to think of all the people that have been involved in my...

Before a trip, when my children were young, my wife Sharon and I would ask them if they needed to go to the bathroom. Of course, being young children, they...

Cancer can often lead people to double down on their lifestyle choices and commit to changing their diet or exercising more. Some changes may stick while others may not -...

It was recently the 2nd year of my 'stomaversary' - two whole years of living with "Sally" (my stoma), and I guess in that time I have become a little...

If you have been diagnosed with bladder cancer and you are reading this, you are a survivor. This is an important milestone. Find a way to celebrate and embrace your...

I am a truck driver. I drive a local run with a tanker. The sites where we unload did not have any washrooms. We did not have access to any facilities after an...

We all know that bladder cancer is evil. We know how it wears us down to our breaking points and takes away from our inner calm. But I have learned...

Physical health is celebrated. Every corner has a gym. Every celebrity is pushing someone’s weight-loss products. Our phones are set to count steps and make suggestions on how to get...

In my job as an oncology social worker, I have the privilege of being part of a palliative care team but find that many people do not really know what...

Flash is a Basset. A 12-year-old, spoiled rotten, rescue Basset. I think he started in Arizona. I am not sure how he got to Indiana, but he did. In Indiana...

I’ve never been good at lying to my beautiful wife Sharon. Looking back, I recognize that changed a little with the diagnosis of bladder cancer. There were times during that...

There are two words I would have never associated with each other had it not been for a conversation with a bladder cancer fighter’s wife: "cancer" and "enough." We went...

Given today's scary statistics that 1 in 2 of us are expected to get cancer at some point in our lifetime, it comes as no surprise that we are all...