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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...

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...

When my first husband Ahmad was diagnosed with metastatic bladder cancer, I started to read and learn everything I could about the disease. At that time, in 2013, there weren’t...

The morning of my radical cystectomy came, although I swear that night felt like it would never end. I said goodbye to my husband Tim and to my son Ash...

When life is good and we and our family are healthy, we often take for granted many small daily activities. We perform them with such ease that we don’t even...

In an interview with BladderCancer.net, Shirley describes a phone call with her doctor during which he explained the two choices she had to treat her bladder cancer: BCG treatments or...

Walking into an operating room for the first time can be an intimidating experience. The “theater” I entered at Mt. Sinai was small, someone might even describe it as intimate...

While I was prepping to write an article for BladderCancer.net, I came across an article that really opened my eyes to the impact of Bladder Cancer (BC) on female sexuality...

I was allowed to go home on day 5 after my radical cystectomy. I was eating, only little bits, mostly yogurts and jelly, and my bowels had opened, although I...

You just got the call. You have cancer. For some it will be a low number; Stage 1. For others the number is higher, 3 or 4. While some of...

This week I read a very disturbing report regarding urological cancers and suicide. The statistics that I read I found very distressing. It got me thinking about my own situation...