This story has been provided by Bill Seavey. It has been edited for brevity. How does an active tennis playing and hiking/biking early 70 year old white male–who never had any bad health habits–get diagnosed with a particularly virulent form of cancer about which medical professionals can’t very often definitively
Stories: Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
Darrell Is Proactive And Prepared
I am a busy guy: a telecom business owner and house flipper. Being busy, oftentimes we neglect to take of ourselves. Ask a single mom or a surgeon and they will likely tell you the same story! However, I had two episodes of bleeding when urinating about three months apart
Father and Daughter are Unlikely BCG Buddies
While older men are the most likely to be diagnosed with bladder cancer, imagine our surprise when BCAN met Mike Bartlett and his daughter Kristin Hoisington at the 2018 Houston Walk to End Bladder Cancer. Fifty-seven-year-old Mike was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2016, after his primary care physician sent him to a urologist to determine the cause of the
Couple Roger & Karen – both battle the disease
Karen and Roger live and work in the Washington, DC metro area. Karen’s bladder cancer diagnosis came in 2010; Roger’s in 2016. Before that, they were both blessed with good health and have always been very busy with family and friends. They raised two sons and had always enjoyed intimate
Daphne
Diagnosed at age 53 in 2011 with non-invasive bladder cancer I was diagnosed with minimally invasive bladder cancer in March, 2011. I was completely shocked by the diagnosis! I had been having some symptoms such as pain and dark colored urine for several months, but I thought they were connected
