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Just wanted to thank Bladder Cancer Canada for the pretty blanket I received in the mail yesterday. When I received the package, I was puzzled because I couldn’t remember ordering anything off ebay that was from Alberta. While recooping at home, I have done a little retail therapy by shopping online for my son and I. What a nice surprise! I will certainly make good use this blanket while reading a book or watching T.V.
As you may or may not know, previously I had posted about having my bladder removed at an early stage. I had one papillary tumour that invaded the lamina propria and many areas of CIS. Anyhoo, I finished my BCG treatments the first week of June while waiting for my surgery date. My symptoms from the BCG treatments subsided at about 2 weeks after. Curiously, the other symptoms that I had suffered with for the past 2 1/2 years, urinary frequency and urgency, returned near the end of June or so. I had a sneaky feeling that maybe the BCG didn’t work and that the cancer was still there. Turns out my final pathology after surgery showed that I had many areas of CIS and Von Brunn’s nests in my bladder. Nothing found outside of the bladder and hopefully it remains that way. My urologist said CIS is very aggressive and it was a good thing we took that out! I really don’t think of it as losing my bladder but rather having a chance to be on this earth for awhile longer. Adjusting to the outside pouch has been easy for me. I feel a little guilty that I didn’t have complications or more problems that I have heard others speak of. I am new to this and right now I can say so far so good!
Hi Molly
Good hear that your recovery is going so well.
I believe the blanket you received from our angels is a reminder that you will never be alone in your journey recovering from bladder cancer. Anytime you are feeling a little down just give the blanket a hug, amazing how much better you will feel.
All the best,
JackWe have special angels (not me) among us that do the amazing work of making blankets. Glad to know that your recovery is going well. Keep on truckin’. ((((BIG HUGS)))) as well 🙂
I know of what you speak! That same angel sent me a ‘blankie’ that I still use and see every day! It truly is a reminder that we never have to walk this path alone and that we can also shout out some of our great successes and hear the roar of the BCC cheering section!
Cheers to you — and our ‘blankie Angel’!
BCC has some wonderful artisans who are so loving and caring as is everyone at BCC, that’s what makes this site different. The knowledge, the availability and the love and true caring. And I got a “blankie” also and It has never been off my bed except one to wash it. I cover up with it every night regardless of how hot it gets. It is so much more than a quilt, it is pure love. I know the fine ladies who do this for us do it from the very bottom of their hearts, and god will reward them handsomely. I’m sure they will get around to sending me that new Corvette i have been waiting for. I promise I will sleep in it with my blankie. Now if only I could find my bottle. Reminds me. Once at a rescue call, and a rather serious and difficult one, I was asked by the chief if i, as Captain, needed anything before taking my crew out if I needed anything. I said “I need my blankie and my bottle and my teddy”. They didn’t think it was funny. But my crew did.
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