After I was diagnosed with stage IV bladder cancer in September 2014, I experienced many of the stages of grief.

My doctor initially thought I was suffering from prostatitis. But the biopsy results from a tissue sample taken from my groin area came back positive for bladder cancer. To say I was in shock is an understatement. I was in disbelief. I never really drank or smoked, so I couldn’t really understand why this was happening...