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...
UCAN is delighted to be part of TechFest Festival 2021. Chair Justine Royle outlines how the ground breaking charity UCAN has developed from its inception in 2005, what it has successfully delivered to date and what the vision is moving forward and what is required now for that vision to become a reality and maintain...
Despite lockdown and all the restrictions in place, UCAN has been very lucky to continue to receive donations and has had supporters undertaking either virtual or small events depending on the level of restrictions in place over the last 18 months. On behalf of everyone at UCAN we would like to thank everyone who has...
Our friends at Action Bladder Cancer UK have produced a short film to help spread awareness of the key facts about bladder cancer, although not a rare cancer many people still lack awareness of it.
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary has received a massive boost with the announcement that three additional Robotic Assisted Surgical Systems have been funded by local government. With two already delivered and the third due later this year, urology, knee and hip replacement and general surgery are in a much stronger position to provide leading edge surgery looking...
Sarah is a health psychology PhD student investigating the role thinking styles may have in the quality of life of those diagnosed with cancer. The project aims to gain a better understanding of factors that influence how people view their health after a diagnosis of cancer and develop ways in which we can better support...