I am a 59 year old male with Bladder Cancer, I was diagnosed in March 2024 after visiting the doctors with blood in my urine. First I had a Cystoscopy which is a camera inserted into your water pipe, this is uncomfortable but it's soon over. I was then offered a cystectomy which is bladder removal or BCG treatment, I opted for the BCG treatment had one of those at school and got tuberculosis but that's another story.

I have just completed or will the end of this week my induction course of 6 sessions where this is not pleasant but each session is over in a few minutes so it's nothing to fear, side effects differ from person to person, I generally have had flu like symptoms that have left me in bed for 24/48 hours then subsides and back to normal, some people have no side effects I am not that lucky.

Where anyone getting diagnosed with any cancer is not good news we are very fortunate in this country to have the NHS we take our health for granted but we are lucky we have their expertise when we are sick.

I am very grateful for the support I have had.

Try to stay positive with any diagnosis even though it not the news we want to hear we are in good hands with the NHS.

I hope this reassures some people.