UCAN patient Darren Lawrie wanted to give something back for the care he received while undergoing treatment for Penile Cancer. Darren along with his wife Tina raised an amazing £6,500 for UCAN by holding an auction consisting of mainly sporting memorabilia. Huge thank you to them both for organising, to everyone who donated the prizes...
A huge thank you to Ronnie Stephen for choosing UCAN as the charity to benefit from his head and beard shave. Ronnie had been growing his hair and beard for 5 months and on Saturday 4 June at Hopeville Social Club “barber” for the afternoon Doddie Cook was let loose with the clippers and removed...
Thank you to Ali McQueen who raised £2,110.88 with his Loch Ness Etape bike ride on the 24 April 2022. Ali’s story “18 months ago I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Luckily it was confined to the prostate and identified as a slow growing type and therefore increase the likelihood of a successful outcome. Just...
To conclude Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, we remind you of the signs and symptoms to look out for: Bladder Cancer The main symptom of bladder cancer is the presence of blood in the urine – even just once. Urine could look red, pink or brown/rusty coloured. Sometimes blood might not be visible to the naked...
A huge thank you to Ringlink Scotland member Robert Keith for choosing UCAN as the charity to benefit from the BIG BALE COMPETITION. Ringlink organised a competition to see how quick 9 balers could complete a 90 acre field and how many bails were produced. The actual time was 28 mins & 45 seconds with...
May is Bladder Cancer Awareness month and we continue our personal insights with Martin’s story. “Having been a very sound and deep sleeper my whole life, I started questioning something may be wrong when I began waking up two to three times a night to empty my bladder. This condition progressed on to seeing blood...
May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month and we continue our series of personal insights with Chris’s story. “The journey for me started when, quite unexpectantly at work, there was blood in my urine. This came completely out of the blue with no other symptoms. In was crimson in colour and to say I was instantly...
This is BCA and each week during May we will bring you a patient story telling about their cancer journey, to start off we have some information from Kostas Dimitropoulos, Consultant Urological Surgeon and UCAN Board member and Anne’s story. Explaining the importance of the initiative, Consultant Urological Surgeon Kostas Dimitropoulos commented, “Bladder cancer is...
Tina and Darren Lawrie are holding a race night on April 9 to raise funds and awareness for UCAN and the Orchid Men’s Cancer Charity. In the run up to the event they are taking auction bids for this Scotland Football shirt signed by Archie Gemmell. They are also taking auction bids for this amazing...
Our friends at Action Bladder Cancer UK are running a Living Well with a Urostomy Zoom event on Friday 10 December at 2-3.30pm. It is relevant to anyone who has had a urostomy within the last 2 years. They will have a male and a female patient delivering on this as well as a stoma...