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Latest blog posts

• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 7 after Surgery, and start of the next phrase - Chemotherapy!

  Chemo is the scary period, it comes across as a blackhole of information because there are so many variations, and everybody deals with it in different ways! Unknown side-effects (2 pages of possible symptoms), fatigue, sickness, isolation. Basically...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 6 after Surgery!

  This was a week to take stock of all of the changes that have gone on in the last six weeks. Gym on Monday with Fit4Surgery felt good, something to do with blue skies and sun ... starting to push the numbers up, although these trips will be short liv...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 5 after surgery!

  Following the trend from previous weeks, mostly positive, but with a couple of challenges, and no tears (but there was one explosive outburst of anger!), and a resigning! Operation Debris (My nickname for it) continues and is becoming quite draining...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 4 after surgery!

  Most of this week has been positive, although there have been challenges and a few tears. Operation Debris (My nickname for it) started last weekend, which has been uncomfortable, yet honed my running skills. Basically (sparing the gruesome details) ...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 3 after surgery!

  This week has been a rollercoaster of emotions ... from a rather robust positive approach last weekend, to a midweek crash of positivity. Today I got to meet the man that will manage the Anaesthetics when the operation is done in 9 months time. Basic...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Update: Week 2 after surgery!

  Well today wasn't the answer I wanted, but it was the one I got. At the moment I am cancer free ... but we knew that, they removed the two tumours that were found in the TurBT! It will come back, and the options are fluid ... both tumours were ca...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  "Not enough people of colour are going onto that register"- Wilfred's Acute Myeloid Leukaemia diagnosis and treatment story

  Wilfred was born in Jamaica and is part of the Windrush generation. He came to the UK around the 1960s and settled in Birmingham. Wilfred was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and shares his reflections post-diagnosis, treatment, and the challenges a black person needing a stem cell transplant can face.

  Megan- Online Community Team over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  Week 1 after Surgery

  I am very extremely moved by the beautiful comments left on the announcement last Friday, and have slowly started to thank people. Life without the catheter is a whole lot better (those 3 days really were hell, probably more so than the Op!) One am...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
• My journey with Bladder Cancer

  As it began, and the moral to the story ...

  The moral to this story is if something doesn’t feel right ... Please, get it checked! When it comes to health and seeing GPs I am a typical man, it is only ever a flesh wound, so you just carry on! Well here is my last 36 days! May Bank ...

  kaspont over 3 years ago
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  Community News

  When good intentions hurt: Exploring Toxic positivity and conversations about cancer

  While receiving positive affirmations can be uplifting, is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Is ‘always positive’ always helpful? In this blog, we’ll be exploring a concept known as ‘toxic positivity’, and how it affects those facing cancer. We'll also offer guidance on how to engage in conversations about cancer.

  Dylan - Online Community Team over 3 years ago