As we head into my birthday tomorrow, I feel it’s fitting to share that I have a featured article in the Ostomy Canada Society magazine’s #Fall2024 edition!
I was asked to share my #BladderCancer &#Urostomy experience with my fellow Canadian #ostomates. Without my #ostomy, I would not be alive to see 49. I might now have lived to see 41 even. ...
Great quality time with the girls and phenomenal start to my #surgiversary, #stomaversary, #remissionversary & #bariversary week.
Tomorrow, the 23rd, is 8 years since I had my life-saving #RadicalCystectomy with #RadicalHysterectomy to remove my #BladderCancer (including a grapefruit-sized primary tumor that had grown through my bladder wall and was attaching to my cervix), placed my #Stoma for my #urostomy and left me with #NoEvidenceOfDisease.
It took me more than 2 years to get a proper diagnosis because I did not tick any of the typical boxes!
#BladderCancerAwarenessMonth #urostomate #urostomy #AskMeAnything #AMA #LetsTalkAboutBladderCancer #BCAM24 #BladderCanAware #ostomylife #ostomatelife #urostomatelife #SpotTheDrop #UnsureIcon #BladderCancerMonth24
World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN)
We need to get people talking about this important statistic & we need them to #ShareThis fact. #WorldBladderCancerAwarenessMonth in May 2024 is a chance to do exactly that. So #LetsTalkAboutThis!
#BCAM24 #AskMeAnything #AMA #BladderCancerAwarenessMonth #urostomate #urostomy #ostomylife #ostomatelife #BladderCanAware #SpotTheDrop #UnsureIcon #BladderCancerMonth24 World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN)
Beyond honored to partner with The Gathering Place to bring this 2-part virtual program to life. I will be on the panel for Part I on Wednesday, February 28th at 6:30 pm to talk about my journey with #bladdercancer, having a #urostomy and answering questions from the virtual attendees. All are welcome! Come join us! Register by scanning the QR codes in the images or go to TGP's calendar at https://touchedbycancer.org/calendar. We hope to see you there.
I was honored to once again be asked by Girls With Guts to write an #ostomyawareness blog for October specifically about my experience with a #urostomy. Please read Getting an Ostomy Is One of the Best And Easiest Decisions I've Ever Made. Share if you're so inclined. #GirlsWithGuts #bladdercancer
*Link also in bio
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Liz Hiles