Thanks to The Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, Carol Stott & A/Prof Richard Millard, their great booklet for patients facing a Urinary Diversion is now available as a free download Our charity receives no external funding. We rely on donations. You can donate easily to our Foundation here: https://www.bladdercancer.org.au/donations/
New Bladder Cancer booklet available for FREE download
New Bladder Cancer booklet available for FREE download:https://www.bladdercancer.org.au See the patient surveys here:https://www.bladdercancer.org.au/bladder-cancer-resources/bladder-cancer-patient-surveys/
Rod Sunderland
Survivor of 10 years.
Bladder Cancer Australia Charity Foundation on ABC Radio (Listen)
Bladder Cancer Australia Charity Foundation co-founders urological surgeon Professor Nathan Lawrentschuk and musician Tony Moore talk to Greg Bayliss on ABC Radio Canberra 27th February 2017 Listen here:
Bladder Cancer Australia Charity Founders on TV
Bladder Cancer Australia Charity founder Tony Moore featured on ABC TV NEWS 24 Excerpt from NEWS24 – ABC 28 Feb 2017 for educational purposes.
Bladder cancer survivor, surgeon team up for charity
An article featuring Bladder Cancer Australia Charity founders Tony Moore and urological surgeon Professor Nathan Lawrentschuk appeared on ABC News 27 February 2017 Bladder cancer survivor, surgeon team up for charity By Adrienne Francis A bladder cancer survivor has teamed up with his urologist to create a new charity and deliver free Australian education resource […]
Bladder Cancer Booklet Launched!
Hi Everyone, We’ve had an impact at the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand Convention in Canberra over the weekend with our new Bladder Cancer booklet. We’ve done ABC Radio interviews & ABC news posts. Professor Nathan Lawrentschuk and I have both done interviews for TV. We might be on ABC News tonight. We […]
In Memory of George Nelson
My husband George was a loving 56 year old father of two teenage sons when he was diagnosed with invasive bladder cancer in October 2014. We struggled with finding the “centre of excellence for bladder cancer treatment” in Australia, and his treatment was marred by miscommunication, delays and mishaps. The final being infection contracted during […]
Not just a smoker’s or a man’s disease.
I was only about 40 when I started to experience haematuria and severe pain when urinating. My GP prescribed course after course of antibiotics, none of which made any difference and when I pointed out the fact that my urine tests consistently identified blood she explained it away by the fact that I either had […]
NeoBladder for 5 years
Male. Surgery age 56. I have had my NeoBladder for 5 years. Complications with surgery resulted in a long stint in hospital, and a very long recovery. I also had a lot of trouble with diarrhoea and still medicate daily to keep this in check. As to continence, I wear pads to catch drips, but […]
Had prostate cancer treated previously with radiation
Previously had prostate cancer treated with radiation. Unfortunately due to side effects including the development of bladder cancer he had to have his bladder and prostate removed. A neobladder was not possible due to radiation damage to his urinary sphincter. The patient chose a pouch. He is very happy apart from the odd urinary infection. […]