Never Take a Moment for GrantedYou never know when something will trigger your gratitude for the simple things in life. The things around you. The people around you who mean the most, life itself even...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Coming Up for Air - Coping with Bladder Cancer Treatment"I've done this before," I have always said. Intravesical chemotherapy for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer is nothing new to me. I have survived TURBTS with mitomycin, and even a couple...Reactions0reactionsComments39 comments
Child Bladder CancerAs a kid, I always had bladder infections. When I was 13 years old, they found a bladder cyst inside my bladder, it was cancer. I was left in the...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Summertime Ostomy ManagementSummer has arrived in the southern United States, and the weather is sweltering. It's not unusual for the heat indexes here to reach the triple digits and this brings along...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Radical Cystectomy: the Mental and Emotional RecoverySuppose you are reading this article and considering a radical cystectomy (RC) surgery or have the surgery already scheduled. In that case, I hope this article will help you emotionally...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
Questions I Get Asked Most About Bladder Cancer: Part 2This 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...Reactions0reactionsComments62 comments
Who Should I Tell?You are unwell. You are in a position where you see your own doctor and are told you must see a specialist doctor. What now? You are probably in shock...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
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 to come to terms with it. I knew...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
MarkersMarkers - the milestones we use to measure our progression through life. Cancer is a big one. The diagnosis, the treatment discussions, and the weighing of the options. Even the...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Life changes in a blink of an eyeIn June, I thought life was good, only four years to retirement, I had built up my maximum of 12 weeks sick time, four weeks vacations, health OK. July 2...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
I never expected to hear the words "You have bladder cancer."For almost 10 months I was prescribed on again/off again antibiotics for what was thought to be a recurring UTI. I had never been one to suffer from UTI's and...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Community Views: The Struggles of a Bladder Cancer DiagnosisBladder cancer is a type of cancer that not many people discuss or even know much about. As such, there is a lot of misunderstanding and a general lack of...Reactions0reactionsComments10 comments
Should You Name Your OstomyMy name is Laura and I live in Scotland with my husband, Jack, and Victor. You may understandably assume that Jack and Victor are our two sons. We don't have...Reactions0reactionsComments9 comments
My Life With Cancer Number 3 and Its ComplicationsI was diagnosed in late 2013 with Ureter Cancer after a year of severe pain, multiple tests to rule out all other possibilities and a terrifying day of bleeding and...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
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, California, I was showing signs of an illness...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Top Questions I Get Asked About Bladder Cancer: Part 1I 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...Reactions0reactionsComments9 comments
Takes my breath awayMy name is Michelle and I like most people get up and go to work everyday looking forward to the day I can retire and just enjoy the simple things...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Bladder Preservation Therapy for Muscle-Invasive Bladder CancerBladder cancer is the ninth most common cancer worldwide. About two-thirds of people with bladder cancer have non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The remaining third are people with muscle-invasive bladder...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Ostomates Have a Voice: Learning How to Use ItWhat is an ostomy? The chances are if you asked 100 people this question you would, in my opinion, be lucky to find 5 people who could truly describe in...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Medicinal Cannabis: The Science and Project Twenty21I would like to share the science bit, just briefly, and describe what the two main chemical cannabinoids in cannabis do as well as inform you about Project Twenty21. Cannabis...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
