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@Courtney_J Hi, thanks for getting this started! I've been feeling a bit alone on this site. I was diagnosed with stage 1 bladder cancer in late 2018 after having a few weeks of blood in my urine and constantly needing to urinate. My doctor gave me a full range of tests to eliminate other things and boom, turns out it was cancer! I'm glad I went in when I did and that my doctor was proactive, because we caught it at a good time. I had a TURBT procedure to get the tumor and see if it had spread, and then BCG a few hours later. It was all relatively easy and worthwhile because I'm still cancer free today!
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I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.
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I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.
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Hello everyone,
How are you today?
I thought I would create this discussion so we can all get to know one another better!
So, what is your bladder cancer story? What was your diagnosis experience like? How old were you when you were diagnosed? What symptoms were you having that let you know something was wrong? What treatments have you undergone? How are you doing today?
@Saralynd @Lakobe1 @Cam69connell @tdenuszek @Biancaa9 @sirrick @marge44dog @Jeter2009 @Diannebudzinski @Dongirl @Terri324 @JerryL. @mcrupple @Lamaria @Fishydu @Deedles12 @Lucinda @Fjaustin
Feel free to introduce yourself and share you story here!
Take care,
Courtney