was bowel cancer? thea;r lumps and bumps they didn t think it was bowel cancer? lumps and bumps they didn t think it was bowel cancer? they were thinking other thin . s was bowel cancer? they were thinking other things that was bowel cancer? they were thinking other things that you was bowel cancer? they were thinking other things that you should was bowel cancer? they were thinking other things that you should have i other things that you should have gone for a colonoscopy, but no, wasn t tested for bowel cancer. the december was when she had the operation to remove the cysts on her ovaries and that is when the surgeon found something. even at all than she wasn t tested for it. so december 2020, she got told, she had the operation, she went home, she went back because she was well, they kept her in and that is when they told her she had cancer. on 23 december we went back to see the consultant, which have been a colonoscopy appointment, but we saw the consultant and that s when
was taken that week at the end of july was taken that week at the end of july and she looked amazing. aha, july and she looked amazing. a couple of things are occurring to me. what is your courage in speaking about it the way you do and anyone listening to you now will think that, the other is it is so important how graphic you are being, how straight you are about the symptoms, about what they are like, because if you get comfort from anything, i assume you get comfort from the thought that somebody listening now might hear what you have said and go eye and hearing it, i am hearing something that i am thinking myself. thinking myself. yes. and what millie wanted thinking myself. yes. and what millie wanted was thinking myself. yes. and what millie wanted was for thinking myself. yes. and what millie wanted was for people i thinking myself. yes. and whatj millie wanted was for people to thinking myself. yes. and what i millie wanted was for people to be assertive and if they are
let s talk to genevieve as well. genevieve, it is brilliant at seeing the awareness, the awareness that dame deborahjames and her campaigning, and the podcast, adele roberts also radio one extra talking about her bowel cancer. can we make it clear that there are reasons that millie was told this is very unlikely to happen in a young person, 20 odd years old, but, still, if you are in doubt you should push for more of a diagnosis? eye completely agree with us. in 2013 we eye completely agree with us. in 2013 we launched a campaign called never 2013 we launched a campaign called never to 2013 we launched a campaign called never to young really to tackle this issue never to young really to tackle this issue. because the majority of people issue. because the majority of people diagnosed with bowel cancer i over a people diagnosed with bowel cancer i overa certain age. people diagnosed with bowel cancer i over a certain age. there people diagnosed with bowel cancer i overa certain
younger adults get tested for bowel cancer every year, which is approximately seven day, seven young people a day, that is not read, is huge. people a day, that is not read, is hue. ~ , , . , ., people a day, that is not read, is hue. , ,. huge. we re seeing pictures of you and millie, huge. we re seeing pictures of you and millie, when huge. we re seeing pictures of you and millie, when with huge. we re seeing pictures of you and millie, when with these i huge. we re seeing pictures of you| and millie, when with these taken? injuly, she had 12 rounds of chemotherapy from january 2020, in january 2020 she was well again and had emergency operation to save her life, she was dying in front of myers in the hospital, the tumour was 18 centimetres in her colon, that was blocking her bowl bowel, she had have a stoma fitted. that that was blocking her bowl bowel, she had have a stoma fitted.- she had have a stoma fitted. that is the elex food she had have a stoma fitted. tha