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In those first few weeks/month after your bladder cancer diagnosis, you will be sent off for scans and blood tests, and it will all be a whirlwind. I'm going to...

For those of us who are lucky enough to still have our bladders, our fear with upcoming cystoscopies can certainly raise our stress levels to brand new highs. You see...

Because cancer is caused by changes in DNA and genes, current cancer research is largely focused on understanding those changes. Scientists have found that there are certain gene changes that...

I didn’t sleep well Monday night, I was worried about my Tuesday morning meeting. It was scheduled for 10 and as usual, we had to wait about 30 minutes. Dr...

You have just had THE most awful news you could ever possibly imagine! You will be stunned, in shock, overwhelmed, fearful, anxious, where do you go from here? Your mind...

Summer can be a time of sunshine, beautiful weather, and outdoor parties and BBQs! However, if you’re battling bladder cancer, the heat and humidity may have you dreading the summer...

Is there much in life you can imagine that’s worse than receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis? Probably not. Somehow, we all know intellectually that we will die one day. That...

I've been living with bladder cancer for well over a year now. Just like all other sufferers, I would like nothing more than for my cancer to go away and...

How do you cope with a terminal diagnosis? What do you do when you hear those words, "It's terminal"? I'm sure it must be different for everyone, but one thing...

So I received my bladder cancer diagnosis in September of 2017, and by February 2018 I’d had a Radical Cystectomy. I now had my “bag for life” and a stoma...

In this article, let’s look again at something many women with bladder cancer experience, dyspareunia. Unfortunately, many women in general are experiencing pain from sex. Dyspareunia (dis-par-oo-nee-ah) is defined as...

People regularly talk about the “strength” of cancer patients. Many of my own friends said that they admired me, that I was a “strong” woman, a “force to be reckoned...

Let's chat about Mental Health and Cancer. They seem to go hand in hand; you can't fight this evil disease without it impacting on your mental health, or at least...

During the 11 very challenging months that my first husband, Ahmad, had metastatic bladder cancer, I ached for the lightness of the life that we had before cancer. Everything had...

Prior to my cancer diagnosis, me, my hubby and our boys loved to travel. We wanted to see as much of the world as we could. Taking every opportunity that...

As the title suggests, life does indeed go on... so here I am with No Evidence of Disease and yet still considered to be terminal, so what can I do?...

I thought I’d be ready to go back to work after my TURBT procedure. I was released from hospital on the Friday with instructions to return Monday to have the...

I remember that day: hearing the doctor explain my clinical trial options which involved immunotherapy. I was fearful and full of questions. I remember thinking: what medication will the doctor be giving...

We had already spoken to my Oncologist, in November 2016, about having the bladder removed; however, I had decided not to go ahead, as removing it wouldn’t really change my...

May is bladder cancer awareness month! We’ve all been shocked by reading some of the startling statistics like bladder cancer is now the 6th most common cancer, and unfortunately, that...