I'm mostly a commenter here, not a diarist. I started with a few diaries and comments last summer, then took a hiatus starting in November. The reason was that I was diagnosed with bladder cancer. The symptoms started with more frequent urination, which I thought was just aging prostate. Then I started bleeding into the urine, and it was time to go to the doctor. My urologist scheduled a CAT scan and a systoscopy (a procedure I REALLY wasn't looking forward to). The day I showed up for the systoscopy, he cancelled it, took me over to a monitor and showed my CAT scan. My bladder was mostly filled with three large tumors, leaving little room for urine. He said he could fool around with biopsies, but if it was his bladder, he'd want to be at Ohio State University, under the care of Dr. Kamal Pohar.
The rest of the story is under the orange curlicue.