https://blog.planethawleywood.com/tags/cancer/Recent content in Cancer on Planet HawleywoodHugoen-usWed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.planethawleywood.com/posts/the-sequel-nobody-asked-for-the-c-word-part-ii/Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.planethawleywood.com/posts/the-sequel-nobody-asked-for-the-c-word-part-ii/<p>I have a recurrence of my bladder cancer (see <a href="https://blog.planethawleywood.com/the-c-word/">The ‘C’ Word</a>) and once again I am documenting my experience.</p> <p>On September 10, I went for my routine follow-up cystoscopy. Normally, you go every 3 months, then every 6, then once a year as long as the scans are clean. I was clean for two years as of last year, so this was my first yearly visit. This was my log entry when I got home.</p>https://blog.planethawleywood.com/posts/the-c-word/Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.planethawleywood.com/posts/the-c-word/<h2 id="the-first-symptoms">The First Symptoms</h2> <p>In July 2022, I was on day two of a weekend party at the lake about an hour from home. We had lodging accommodations, so I&rsquo;d been drinking. Not to the point of inebriation, but enough that I was glad I didn&rsquo;t have to drive all the way home. I&rsquo;d spent the previous evening drinking beer and the entire day drinking Corona Seltzers. I had probably 9 seltzers in as many hours. Again, not inebriated (not even buzzed), but I&rsquo;d had nothing else to drink all day. The weather went from stifling hot overcast with no moving air to sunny and very windy all day long.</p>