Gillian
#auguts hard to talk about
I had been ignoring an intermittent pain/ache in my left-hand side for over a year. The pain became more permanent and I started to notice my bowel habits change. I was a one time a day in the morning regular as clockwork for all my life. It then went up to 3 times and urgent and painful. I went to my doctor expecting to be ignored but I wasn’t. She made me do a FIT test. Two weeks later I was having a colonoscopy and there I saw it as plain as day – cancer. It was in my rectum, 5cms. Two months later I had surgery to remove the cancer. I choose to have a permanent colostomy. It’s been a journey and I call her Gertrude. She has reacted to certain foods so I have learnt not to try anything new when out and about. But on the whole I have coped with mishaps and embarrassing moments. So have those around me. 🙂
