My original dx was TaG1 and it gradually crept up over the years, first to a TaG2 and ultimately I ended up two years ago with TaG3 with CIS. I tried BCG for a couple of years but both the tumour and the CIS kept coming back so I went with an elective cystectomy/neobladder exactly a year ago to this very day!I'm 44 now. I have been generally really really pleased with my neo and, apart from some nighttime leakage its been a million times better than I expected. the recovery was tough but it has been worth it and the frequency of checkups has now dropped back to the extent where I can plan my life properly once again. During the BCG years I took the green tea extract on the back of some promising data from UCLA that suggested it increased the efficacy of BCG. but I think this was over a period. aged garlic was my other tipple. other than that I took a good multivitamin, an ester C and ate organic. also avoided too much meat and smokey, salty or densely flavoured foods. It clearly didn't do much for the BCG but I felt fantastic which, to me, is the whole point of taking this stuff. in the back of my mind i obviously I wanted a cure but its more about ongoing quality of life and I've never felt or looked better. of course now Ive taken the "curative" route I'm back to a more "modern" diet but still try to be sensible.
Mentally, I took counselling at the Bristol Cancer Help Centre (now Penny Brohn Cancer Care) here in Bristol. Im not sure how much I really needed it but it was great to know there was a resource that I could draw on with lots of expertise. they have a helpline and can offer all sorts of sensible advice on the issues you are enquiring about. They offer a holistic approach which seems to be the route you are naturally following. give them a call or checkout their website. I don't have the details to hand but you can google them. they offer a donation scale and also have a starter pack which they will send you full of advice and a mail order catalogue for their shop. not sure where you are but being in bristol it was especially useful for me.
my post-op day-to-day life is exactly as it was before. the only real difference is that I wake twice in the night to empty the neo. apart from that, I work hard, socialise and use alcohol and just get on with things. I try not to dwell. I want to resolve the nighttime continence at the moment but it doesn't get me down I just make sure Im prepared. I got married last week and have my aussie wife and her boy to think of now and that, along with my job, fills my mental space aplenty!! I haven't too much time to dwell on my cancer. this site is my guilty pleasure in that department and reading peoples experiences and communicating with the good people here going through their battles gives me some focus.
Your dx sounds pretty encouraging. I think I was unlucky. keep an eye on it but there's every chance that the ta g1 will stay just that.
all the best
tim