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Before my diagnosis and in the weeks after, my dog – an eight-year-old pug named Tang Tang – stuck pretty closely to my side. I didn't think anything of it...

Treatments for bladder cancer can look so different from treatments for other cancers that even close friends and family might not realize their impact. Side effects are usually invisible, like...

When I first heard the term “second cancer” about a year ago, it sounded like a bad joke. Unfortunately, it's something very real. Second cancer, I learned, is not the...

Despite how common it is, many people do not know much about bladder cancer! In addition to supporting those who live with bladder cancer, our aim at BladderCancer.net is to...

I suppose that the best place to start this would be the beginning. Towards the end of 2005 (or maybe it was just the beginning of 2006), I noticed blood...

Searching for a clinical trial for bladder cancer can feel stressful and overwhelming, but connecting to clinical trials is now easier than ever. Whether it’s your first time looking or...

When I noticed blood in my urine, my doctors sent me to get an ultrasound to rule out anything serious. Instead, what they found was a 4-cm mass on the...

I want to talk about “Death.” It is one of those subjects that we don’t often think about until it’s too late or until we are diagnosed with a life-limiting...

Stomas are surgically created openings made into a hollow organ, like the bladder, to connect to the outside of the body. A variety of factors can lead to the need...

Like many in my generation, I have “real” friends – people whom I've met in person -- and “Facebook” friends – people with whom I've only spoken online. At the...

The story in March that a Kaiser Permanente hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area used a telemedicine doctor to inform a patient and his granddaughter that there was nothing...

In this series, we discuss causes of anxiety for those facing physical health conditions. Phrases in quotes are the words of our community members across various conditions on what it’s...

Two years ago, I was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer. While it has been a rollercoaster on top of my Lung Cancer, it has been manageable. I initially had tumors on the wall...

Occasionally, there is some confusion within the bladder cancer community between two common treatments: Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) and Mitomycin. They are both intravesical therapies, meaning that they are treatments that...

We all feel "down" from time to time, but how do you know when it is getting a bit more serious than just 'being low'? Bladder cancer is one of...

When my first husband had metastatic bladder cancer, our needs for help and support shifted frequently. One week, pain management would be our primary challenge. The next week it would...

When I got my bladder cancer diagnosis I had no personal experience with cancer and I had just turned 29. Because I was relatively young, and because none of my...

May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month! This means it’s a great time to talk up bladder cancer to everyone you know! Despite being the sixth most common cancer, many people...

Bladder cancer is often considered a disease that strikes mainly men. This is because men are actually more likely to get it. But women, when diagnosed, tend to be diagnosed...

My friends joke that there's nothing too personal for me not to share on Facebook, and I have to agree. For some reason I don't understand, things just feel more...