

Alan Morton endures prostate cancer | androgen deprivation therapy | decapeptyl | darolutamide
DESCRIPTION Alan Morton experienced symptoms associated with prostate cancer, but it was some time before he sought medical attention. Dating back to his teens, he had had a subpar urine flow, but in his sixties, he began to see blood in his urine. He thought it might be a urinary tract infection, but when nothing had changed six months later, he contacted his doctor. After various scans, a digital rectal exam and a biopsy, Alan was told he had Stage 3B prostate cancer. I
Jun 3012 min read


Michelle Reed survived bladder cancer | cystoscopy | gemcitabine | bcg immunotherapy | mitomychin
DESCRIPTION Michelle Reed is still with us after being diagnosed with NMI bladder cancer in 2018; but she will stop short of saying she has survived the disease. Since surgery to remove a 7mm mass, she has had ten recurrences. Post-treatment included a chemotherapy regimen of gemcitabine, which she says she will be taking for the rest of her life. Managing her cancer consists of making she comes in for her scheduled scans and listening to her body. Michelle does much to
May 1512 min read


Margo Wickersham survived bladder cancer | cystoscopy | radical cystectomy | plasmacytoid | stoma
DESCRIPTION In November 2019, Margo Wickersham noticed blood in her urine. Three months later, she was diagnosed with two types of bladder cancer. After an aggressive chemotherapy regimen, she underwent a radical cystectomy and a hysterectomy in June 2020, resulting in the removal of her bladder, uterus and cervix, all this during the quarantine phase of the COVID pandemic. Ever since, Margo has been cancer-free, but she had to get fitted with a stoma bag and had to le
Dec 4, 202513 min read


Sue Babbitt survived bladder cancer | ostomy bag | urinary tract infection | chemotherapy
DESCRIPTION Sue Babbitt was well past menopause when she noticed she was bleeding whenever going to the bathroom. Antibiotics and other...
May 7, 202013 min read
