# A thread for all the cancer survivors **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-all-the-cancer-survivors/1019535 "2025-06-12T17:39:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-all-the-cancer-survivors/1019535/20 "2025-06-13T20:22:33Z")
Bladder cancer twice, which I detailed here. > [@In Which Trep Goes To Hospital. A Lot. (Slight Return)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-trep-goes-to-hospital-a-lot-slight-return/1009888): > > Spoiler: I’m fine. Have a laff with me. God knows, we need it. Useful Advice: If you piss blood, see a doctor. Background: Nearly five years ago I posted [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-trep-goes-to-hospital-a-lot/846092) describing events leading up to surgery for bladder cancer on 13 December 2019 Intro: Five years cancer free is frequently taken as a “cure”. Ahem. Four years and 46 weeks later…… Read on. Friday 18 October 2024, in the evening: Pissed blood. Eh, here we go again. GP surgery closed for the weekend. Monday 21 October: Called th… First was just surgery, second also had chemo (but not systemic). The third, which was less than six months after the second, turned out to be a false alarm, but in many ways was the worst of the lot. You can’t help contemplating death on #3. Everyone who has had cancer is my brother or my sister (sibling if preferred). We are all changed by the experience. j --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-all-the-cancer-survivors/1019535)._