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Patient Stories & Blog

  • Tony's Story
    25/03/2025
    My bladder cancer journey...
  • Paul's Story
    25/03/2025
    My bladder cancer journey...
  • Tony's Story
    25/03/2025
    My bladder cancer journey...
  • Dan's Story
    30/01/2024
    Daniel Hawkins was diagnosed in 2019 with pT2 N1 urachal adenocarcinoma of the bladder - a rare form of bladder cancer, at the age of 31...
  • James's Story
    30/11/2023
    James was diagnosed at the age of 29 with CIS and multiple T1 tumours - following the initial TURBT, he underwent intravesical chemotherapy with Mitomycin C (electrically stimulated), he has had several recurrences and had a further round of chemotherapy in 2024...
  • Alan's Story
    18/08/2023
    My Journey with Bladder Cancer by Alan Smith My first encounter with bladder cancer occurred in the late 1970's when my mother was diagnosed with the disease...
  • Ian's Story
    27/01/2023
    Ian, 78, was diagnosed with G3T1 non muscle invasive cancer in 2021, and has undergone BCG treatment...
  • Graham's Story
    20/10/2022
    Graham was diagnosed in 2020 aged 68 with a non-invasive, but aggressive, form of Carcinoma in situ (CIS) I am 70 years old (born 1952) and a retired Chartered Building and Civil Engineering Surveyor...
  • Scott's story
    29/05/2020
    My Story, by Scott, aged 40 - NMIBC grade 3pTa later upgraded to NMIBC CIS If you are reading this I thank you for taking the time to have an interest in my story...
  • Phil's story
    17/03/2020
    PERSONAL STORY – PHIL KELLY Let’s start with the good news first – I have recently passed the important cancer survival timescale of 5 years post initial diagnosis...
  • Kate's Story
    05/03/2020
    Kate was 65 when she first spotted blood in her urine...
  • Nikki's Story
    11/09/2018
    Nikki was 50 years old when she was diagnosed with muscle invasive bladder cancer in 2017...
  • Diane's Story
    10/09/2018
    Diane was 59 when she was diagnosed with grade 2, pTa non muscle invasive bladder cancer...
  • Caroline's Story
    22/02/2018
    Caroline Raw, 51, was diagnosed with bladder cancer after noticing small amounts of blood in her urine...
  • Nick's Story
    06/07/2017
    Nick was diagnosed in 2015, at the age of 43, with Stage 1/grade 3 non-muscle invasive bladder cancer...
  • Danielle's Story
    22/03/2017
    Danielle discovered she had bladder cancer and had two tumours removed when she was 27 weeks pregnant...
  • Robin's Story
    22/03/2017
    Robin was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2013, and had a radical cystectomy and a neo bladder in early 2014...
  • Dick's story
    25/05/2016
    I am 71 years old, married and living in Wiltshire in the UK...
  • Russell's story
    17/03/2016
    I was diagnosed with cancer back in April 2011, but had signs of a problem about six months before that...
  • Allen's story
    17/03/2016
    I am a survivor...
  • John's story
    23/02/2016
    John wrote this online blog about his personal experience of bladder cancer...
  • David's story
    23/02/2016
    In my case I was first diagnosed with bladder cancer in April 2001...
  • Dino's story
    23/02/2016
    My story is a little bit different because I was diagnosed with bladder cancer at a younger age than most, just before my 41st birthday, but my problems began when I was only 15...
  • Neil's story
    23/02/2016
    My name is Neil and I am 40 years old, married with two fabulous kids...
  • Don's story
    23/02/2016
    My Story, by Don, aged 70...
  • Deb's story
    23/02/2016
    Deb was diagnosed with G2 pTa bladder cancer in 2012, and subsequently Carcinoma in Situ (CIS)...
  • Chris's story
    23/02/2016
    I have not found my condition easy to talk to about, mainly because I'm a private person and very conscious of other people knowing my business...
  • Tony's story
    23/02/2016
    ABC UK Trustee until 2014, Canterbury My home is near Canterbury and I am now in my 70s and can look back on a life full of interesting things, some good, some not so good...
  • Gareth's story
    30/11/1999
    Gareth Collett was diagnosed with High Risk, high grade, NMIBC in November 2023, at the age of 56...