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We're highlighting people in the bladder cancer community. I talked to Leanne about her early symptoms and how she felt when she received her diagnosis of invasive high-grade bladder cancer...

Recap! Cue the melodic music. To recap, I was taking care of my mother who was very ill. We were having usually hot (and I mean roasting hot) weather, especially...

Grief tourist: someone who pretends to care about your chronic/serious illness on social media, but never offers their help in any real meaningful capacity. I was laying in my hospital...

In 1976, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) became known as an effective treatment for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Since then, BCG has been used throughout the world for preventing NIMBC. Tice®...

Limits, boundaries, managed access, call it what you wish. This is a touchy subject, but it is a vital idea as you move along with any illness or condition that...

My name is Brittney. I am 30 years old, and I have stage IV bladder cancer. Take another look at that sentence. I HAVE cancer, I am not my cancer...

In 2020-2021 alone, I have had 2 separate occasions of how a missed UTI can turn into one of the most life-threatening illnesses that there is: urosepsis! It all started...

When living with bladder cancer, every day can look different. If you are currently in treatment, you might be dealing with side effects or symptoms like fatigue or pain. You...

My mom has this quote she says whenever anyone in our family is just having a rotten, no good, awful day. “It's a bad day, not a bad life”. This is...

S.A.D. Seasonal affective disorder. The depression that comes with the seasonal changes of fall and winter. I feel it in my bones. The changing of the seasons when fall slides...

We're highlighting people in the bladder cancer community and sharing some of their experiences. I talked to Phil about his first bladder cancer symptoms, getting multiple medical opinions, and his...

While out of town working on a project in Denver, I was startled when I noticed blood in my urine one morning. So I did what most men I know...

The makers of TecentriqⓇ (atezolizumab) and ImfinziⓇ (durvalumab) have announced that they are voluntarily withdrawing both drugs as bladder cancer treatments in the United States.1,2 In 2016, the U.S. Food...

When I found out that I not only had cancer, but stage IV metastatic cancer, I knew that my life would not necessarily end grey-haired and old. Now, I have...

I first found out that I had bladder cancer in August of 2016. Most would have found it a shock, but for me, there was relief in that I had...

I have probably always needed therapy and medication for depression. However, it wasn't until I was deep in the midst of my bladder cancer diagnosis that I was given the...

My bladder cancer story started in the summer of 2016, though I was not diagnosed until November 2017. The first thing I noticed was blood in my urine. I went...

Milestones abound! This is my 50th article. When I was contacted to write for Health Union (the parent company of BladderCancer.net), I thought it was an internet scam (sorry to...

Many organizations and companies use this alliteration. But I remember hunting around for a cancer shirt on Etsy and I stumbled across a seller with this phrase on a shirt...

We're highlighting people in the bladder cancer community and sharing some of their experiences. I talked to Phil who hails from New York about what it was like to be...