Stories highlighting the importance of screening
Tracy
“If something doesn’t feel right, trust your instincts – keep pushing until you get answers.”
Tamsin
"I had no symptoms...How could this be so? I was carrying these nasty passengers without any awareness of illness"
Joseph
"There was so little time between diagnosis and surgery that I don’t believe I truly processed it..."
Bruce
"I'm telling my story to help others, and to encourage anyone who has the opportunity to get screened."
Colin
My story is a recollection of my cancer journey which is raw, thought provoking, distressing, educational and yet humorous.
Jemma
"I am 42 years old, with two kids (11 and 13) who very much still need their mum..."
Joanne
"If I had not done the FIT [the bowel screening] test in January I would not have realised I had cancer..."
Thomas
[The Doctor] said I was so anemic she was surprised I was conscious and able to function... So began Bowel Cancer Act I...
Stacey
As I stood there at the edge of the lake with my toes in the freezing cold water, I was scared, excited and grateful...
Anika
I was diagnosed with Bowel Cancer back in 2016 when I was 36 years old. I'd been having mild symptoms for...