Well that was good. A later appointment meant that I dosed myself up with Paracetamol and ibuprofen before heading off to the Hospital and used Arneka last night, this morning and just as I had the flexible cystoscope with another round of painkillers.
A little stinging and that's about all and an all clear again. 11 years or more now. Delighted with progress and hopefully a boost to all of those who might be starting out on the Bladder Cancer journey that there is life beyond it even though you have to carry on being checked out for the rest of your life. Very pleased with the result. Another 6 months until the next one.
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So happy to have read your blog from beginning to end. Congratulations! I am so happy for you and your new life. I am at the beginning of my journey. I was just diagnosed on January 2018. I've had two surgeries to remove the tumours and just started my first BCG last week. If I might ask...are you still taking the baking soda everyday? What other things are you doing religiously other than diet changes?
Thank you!
Sorry - I've somehow missed your comments. Thank you. I'm not taking the Baking Soda everyday but just occassionally. I am trying to keep my diet more towards the Low Carbohydrate, High Fat area and thus keep my body neutral as such.
I have done a couple of things:
1. I've settled down emotionally - I read a book by Eckhart Tolle called a New Earth - I mention it a bit in the blog. I finally got rid of the little voices in my head and the worrying and also the looking back on things and so I'm a lot more peaceful and calm these days. I think that is worth a lot - I am no longer the neurotic you see in my earlier blog posts.
2. I don't drink as much as I used to and I used to exercise a lot more - since I've moved my equipment is in the garage with a load of boxes and so that's something I will get back to but I live in the country and can walk a lot more than I used to.
3. Time - I'm semi retired so I am no longer running around, working hard etc.
4. Diet - I tend to steer towards the LCHF diet - see www.dietdoctor.com which has some very interesting videos and stories on it.
5. A new life, in the country, a new partner and bew challenges and a change in lifestyle.
6. I've stopped being faddy and so things that I did (possibly to escess) I don't do anymore. I think those things were all about trying to help myself but I'm not sure they did what I intended.
7. Staying well - I'm not damaging my body anymore - I used to work silly hours, do things excessively, rush around and so on.
8. Finally, Bladder Cancer isn't an everyday thing with me like it used to be. It's behind me now and I no longer worry about it, fret about it and I've moved on to live my second life with relish for what comes next and what life holds. I can see my time fighting the disease as a real series of ups and downs, mental troubles and so on and all of that is gone now. BC reminds you that you are mortal, surviing it means you can get on and enjoy life no matter what. I do highly recommend the Eckhart Tolle book or you can see quite a bit on line at Youtube.
Very best of luck with the BCG. I know that it is a challenge but it worked for me and whilst I look back every now and again at those challenges you find that you really move on and Cancer isn't everything (see point 8 above). It felt bad but there was always some light at the end of the tunnel.
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