MirletaLiz Musings

Single, liberal, childfree, bladder cancer survivor, and urostomate warrior living as an advocate, educator, writer, mentor, & life enthusiast in my 50s. Opinions are my own. https://linktr.ee/mirleta

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#Sponsored I am so honored and excited to partner with Johnson & Johnson to increase #BladderCancerAwareness and #EmpowerPatients to be their own best advocates. I'll continue sharing my personal journey - from diagnosis to advocate - on Health Union's BladderCancer.net. I truly believe that every voice can make a difference. I invite you to subscribe to BladderCancer.net so we can stay connected as I bring you along the paths I have been and am headed towards while we support the #BladderCancer community. Go to https://BladderCancer.net to subscribe. Click here to see the article --> https://health-union.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=576258b4a6dbcfc5b4839354868731d3.11391&s=59ddb7977a085f0c0742b69921155fd1 #LinksInBio also. #Like #Comment #Share

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Researchers Are Studying What Makes Friendships Satisfying to Help Fight the Loneliness Epidemic - Blue Zones https://www.bluezones.com/2026/02/researchers-are-studying-what-makes-friendships-satisfying-to-help-fight-the-loneliness-epidemic/

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Positive Relationships Can Strengthen Your Immune System https://www.bluezones.com/2023/06/relationships-strengthen-immune-system/

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#SponsoredPost I'm honored to be 1 of 5 featured survivors in Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine's latest blog post for #BladderCancerAwarenessMonth. Every story is unique and vitally important for the community. Please take time to learn about Michael, Heidi, John, James and me in what we dealt with through #BladderCancer and WHY we ADVOCATE! https://www.jnj.com/oncology/five-stories-one-fight-what-it-means-to-live-with-bladder-cancer

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Grateful for the support of United Ostomy Associations of America (UOAA) during #BladderCancerAwarenessMonth and ALWAYS! Also grateful for their support of the new Tigerlily Foundation #BladderCancer Awareness Campaign. I am fortunate to have collaborated with UOAA on a #NewBlogPost to help spread the word of the new campaign. Check it out!

Younger women are not the typical bladder cancer and urostomy patients, but a variety of support and resources do exist to help you By Liz H

#BCAM #BCAM26 #urostomy

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Exited and honored to share that I am part of a NEW #BladderCancerAwareness campaign that is launching next month in May, coinciding with #BladderCancerAwarenessMonth, in collaboration with @tigerlily_foundation ! Stay tuned for more details to come! #SomethingsComing #BladderCancer #OstomyAwareness

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To my #AYACancer MALE friends: Man Up to Cancer is hosting an AYA Zoom call, TOMORROW Tuesday, Dec 16 • 8:00 – 9:00 PM ET. Please contact me directly if you want the link!

#ManUpToCancer #MUTC #MU2C #CancerMen #AYACSM

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16 years ago my Dad passed away. Not a day goes by when I don't think about him still. The grief is lessened and occurs more infrequently, yet still comes in irregular waves. I'll always be a daddy's girl.

Share a Coke and a smile with the people you love today in honor of my dad, Michael Lee Hiles. If you actually knew him, please share a memory with me.

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Next week, I'll be attending the HealtheVoices conference. My trip is being sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Team. I'm honored to be among those chosen to attend through a vigorous application process.

For those of you interested in patient experience advocacy, you can attend virtual sessions of the conference FOR FREE! I highly recommend it!

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HealtheVoices 2025 Livestream Registration

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#HealtheVoices #HeV2025 #ThePowerOfUs #PatientAdvocacy

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I’m honored to be attending the HealtheVoices conference next week, sponsored by Johnson & Johnson’s Innovative Medicine Team. Healthcare advocates joining together to bring awareness & power to all patients of all diseases. Looking forward to making new connections & learning more about this type of advocacy!

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Me and my work partner in crime wearing our #orange for #UnityDay! #KindnessAcceptanceInclusion #BetterTogether #Spread Love

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Tomorrow (Oct 22, 2025): Go #Orange to support #AntiBullying and #Unity!

1 out of every 5 (19.2%) students report being bullied. (National Center for Education Statistics, 2022)

Tomorrow is #UnityDay, where people wear and share the color orange to show support for #kindness, #acceptance, & #inclusion.

#UnityEveryDay

Since October 2011, Unity Day has bee the signature event of National Bullying Prevention Month. A day to come together to send a visible message of building commUNITY through kindness, acceptance, & inclusion. #CallToAction: Wear & share the color ORANGE.

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It’s #InvisibileDisabilities Week!

Be kind to yourself. Ignore the haters. Be picky about what & who gets some of your spoons. Do what you can, when you can.

Always, honor your core while making others aware of their misconceptions & false information.

We are able, capable, creative and intelligent. We just tend to move differently through the world than others do. 🌻

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U.S. FDA approval of INLEXZO™ (gemcitabine intravesical system) set to transform how certain bladder cancers are treated

/PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved INLEXZO™ (gemcitabine intr

With very littel #innovation or #progress in #BladderCancer research over the last 40 years, it is exciting that Johnson & Johnson's Innovative Medicine team's latest treatment option finally hit the market last month!

People *this* is why funding is critical & necessary. *This* is why #CancerResearch is vital to humanity. *This* is why advocacy & personal storytelling is important!

Since I was diagnosed in 2016, bladder cancer has CONSISTENTLY been in the top 10 most common cancers in the WORLD (according to World Health Organization (WHO) data). There are not enough people talking about this disease, & it has needed research and new treatment options for decades.

Even my oncologist admitted publicly, while speaking on a panel with me, that if I had been diagnosed NOW, I would not have needed the treatment I received in 2016 & 2017!

Talk about this, learn about the symptoms of bladder cancer & interact with my bladder cancer posts (LIKE, COMMENT, *&* SHARE!)

#sponsored#SponsoredContent

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The school I work at is looking for donations. If you have it in your heart & budget, please contribute to the greatness, education, school spirit & success of Ethel M. Taylor Jr High School. Click below for the wishlists of our staff & school. #EthelMTaylor #EMTJHS https://tasksboard.com/app/?shareList=a25TaTlDeEZ4RGFlUTN4LQ&u=HNf8OnoOUPVbbMblMwN6P2VN3vq1

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Sometimes the timing is just too right... #StayTuned ... in the coming months, I'll be announcing and sharing a new #BladderCancer initiative I'll be getting involved with!

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t’s my #Remissionversary! NINE YEARS NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE (& counting!) and I’m not done yet. #NotDeadYet AYAs iykyk!