Stories

June 2017.. I noticed pale pink after going to the bathroom. I made an appt with my Primary care physician. He did a urinalysis and said it was a UTI...

I was diagnosed last Oct. with Bladder Cancer. After two surgeries they were able to remove all tumors. I just finished 6 treatments of BCG and only had a reaction...

Had a non muscle wall invasive TA tumor. Was removed with TURBT. Had a biopsy after a month and no new cancer. However, because the tumor was high grade, I...

I cried all night long. Could not go to the bathroom. Next morning was seeing a new doctor. One drop of blood and that was it. She sent me 38...

In 2002, I had stage 2, radical c, prostate and a neobladder. 6 weeks back to work and have not looked back. At 68, I am first thankful but wonder...

At the end of 2016, I had just resigned from my job of 17 years due to severe scoliosis, back pain, and inability to stay on my feet for long...

In late May of 2018, I experienced copious blood in my toilet during a usual morning void. I learned quickly this was to be hematuria. An immediate call to my...

It was my mother-in-law's birthday, August 28, 2018, and we had plans for dinner that evening. However, at the start of the day I urinated blood, pretty heavily, and figured...

Cancer. Well what is it? I don’t really know. Is there anyone who truly knows what it actually is? A disease that kills you I guess. It’s something that takes...

I was seeing a GP for nearly 3 yrs before he referred me to a Urologist, had a scope into bladder to confirm cancer. Fell & fractured my hip days...

My cancer adventure started with prostate cancer 10 years ago. I went to Loma Linda for 45 proton radiation treatments which took about 3 months. I was cancer free after...

That's what my wife always said to me for years. Yup, I was sailing along, no problems, practically no health insurance claims over the years. Until over a month ago...

4 years ago I was sitting in my urologist's office at the WHVA, awaiting the results of all my cat scans, pet scans, blood tests, urine tests, and any other...

It is amazing that my High Grade T1/CIS diagnosis for bladder cancer was just over 3.5 years ago. After the initial TURBT and then another 6 months later, I continued...

The week before the day to go in for my first cystoscopy after BCG, the anxiety starts to get worse than normal.... But you gotta get on with your life...

I was 54 when I found out I had bladder cancer. I had been going to the same OBGYN office for 25 years. The last couple of years going to...

I was diagnosed with a very mean and aggressive bladder cancer in June of 2016. I was completely surprised when we found that my bladder was 95% full of tumors...

I don't know why I have been so hesitant to share my story with people, but I think this is a safe place to let it out...I am a typical...

I was diagnosed in October 2017. Have just completed 6-week BCG treatments. Most difficult has been tiredness, lack of energy, and often inability to do things I usually enjoy, reading...

I was being treated for a UTI and started bleeding heavily and went to ER. They did a ct scan and found a bulge on my bladder. After a lot...