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Bladder cancer and cancer treatments can damage the nerves and muscles that help control the urine flow from your bladder. This can cause problems with urination (urinary dysfunction) and leaking...

The pandemic, without a doubt, has affected almost all of us in some way or another. For me, as someone who was deemed "clinically, extremely vulnerable" at the start of...

Four and a half years after my bladder cancer surgery, I have started to reflect a lot on all I have gone through in the last few years. I feel...

The BladderCancer.net editorial team published an article on the community's views regarding a bladder cancer diagnosis and the struggles therein. The first point was that it (cancer) is always on...

I found several products that would work and began sampling them. It has really helped me to gain some control and consistency with my hydration, which, in turn, helps me...

Ostomy surgery is a major life change. Initially, people rightly focus on recovering from the surgery. It is important you take things easy and listen to your body. Everyone recovers...

There is no question that a bladder cancer diagnosis changes many aspects of daily life. To learn more about bladder cancer's effect on life, we reached out on the BladderCancer.net...

I have always been a hydrating person. Since my college days, at least, it was rare that you did not see me with a water bottle nearby. Even when I...

The scan, the scope, the test, the X-ray. Each and every one of us on our bladder cancer journey has waited for a test or investigation of some sort. Each...

So after writing my last article about how I had lost and was now slowly regaining confidence in my stoma. I decided that it was time to start doing all...

As I write this, I am 4 months away from my 5th "stomaversary," the anniversary of my stomas and a key milestone in my prognosis. As I reach this milestone...

I'm almost six years into this journey now, and I cannot count the number of times that I see people post online how much they hate the "bag" and their...

I am a very positive person and like to think for the most part - I cope with living with life after bladder cancer and living with two ostomies. When...

The consultation day had arrived. It was here, the day I hoped would be a life changer for me however, due to the coronavirus, my consultation was to be held...

The last two years have been really hard. We, as a people worldwide, have faced challenges we have never faced before. For those of us on the cancer spectrum, this...

You may have noticed a pattern if you have read some of my articles. I write about the mental health side of cancer and survival. I focus on well-being far...

Dear Loved One, I don't know how to tell you this. But I have been diagnosed with cancer... Again. I know how deeply painful it is to hear. We have...

So, what is life like with two ostomies? Well, it is often double the work. They both need caring for and looking after - both in different ways. My ileal...

After all the years I've been around and all the times I've cautioned others, I recently didn't follow my own advice and very nearly got taken for $100! I know...

How do you break the news of your diagnosis to your adult children? That question is hard enough to answer when your children live locally. But if your children live...