19 years after receiving a neo bladder

I dont have a question really, but interested in sharing and future research.
I am a 58 year old female, having had a diagnosis of late stage muscle invasive bladder cancer back in 2005. I had surgery at UCSF and received a neo bladder. Recovery was long and a few years of infections. Used a catheter for about a year before my urologist said the continuing infections would eventually kill me (due to a sulfur allergy,most antibiotics for bladder are sulfur based).
Back then there wasnt much info to tap into. I looked around the internet and found a group called The Bladder Web Cafe. I posted my dilemma and a kind nurse replied. She actually saved my life! She said the doc she worked for in Texas had developed a method of voiding without using a catheter. He coined it 'the Thompson method' (Dr Thompson). And Ive been using it ever since with rarely an infection.
I was only 38 when I was diagnosed. The youngest patient at UCSF to have the surgery. I was very healthy and active and a young mother. Im not sure why I got cancer, but it sure has taught me a lot.