Kevin's story
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2022
- "I'm trying to actually be as positive as I can be, but there are days, when I really do struggle. But that's been my journey. What I try and do now is try and actually raise awareness that if there's something different with your bowels, then you need to get it checked out."
Kevin Owen from Chester was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer in August 2021 at age 57. He shares his experience, in particular how it has impacted his mental health. Read more of Kevin's story: www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/how-...
Hope you’re still doing okay. Really enjoyed listening to your story. All the best Kevin.
Receiving a cancer diagnosis is terrifying! I wish you all the best of health and God bless you. ☺️
wow you have done amazing 👏 I was 56 when i was told i have bowl cancer and that was 7 years ago , but unfortunately i still have problems with my bowls but am carrying on regardless but i had a colanoscapy another ago and they found a large polyp so am going in to have it removed.
But am very pleased you are now cancer free 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing. I had similar back pains, like you said, difficult to explain. I said the same as you, lower back pain but not my spine. I haven't heard anyone else say they had that symptom. It makes me feel so much better that someone else has had the same symptom. Not that we both have cancer 😂 but that I'm not the only one with the symptoms.
Thanks so much Kevin, My journey so far seems to be almost a carbon copy of yours. I too was nearly 20st and lost nearly 6st on a Keto diet in about 8 months. Like you i chose to ignore the blood spots after straining through constipation, putting it down to skin tear or piles, how wrong was i, I had 5 weeks of 5 days (w/e off) tablet chemo, which i was also told was the lesser of the two evils, along with up to 20 minutes of Radiotherapy each time, Turned out to be the part of the treatment which caused the most damage ( burning & scaring ) to the inside of my lower bowel which didn't kill the B@s*%$?D, Now spread to where i need to have 3 months further chemo, Both kinds, and then the bag possibly.
I really enjoyed listening to your story.pleased for you ❤😢
Wow!!! I finally found someone who have the same symptoms, but I am a women been having constipation and lower back pain for the last couple of months. I am waiting on my GI Dr which is not until the end of January 31,2023.
Hey Kevin, you are doing as fine as could be expected. Beeing in exactly yore situation i know all about the uncertanty and fears that´s on your mind in the begining. Youre life is never going to be as it was, that´s a fact. So just take everything as it comes makes things easier. I´m on my way towards two years and it´s in the last months that i´m really fealing that´s i am in control, i have the experiance to handle whatewer comes up. So just give it time mate...
Thank you.
I can hear the way you talk , cancer changes you, you are so so strong and genuinely want to help people if you can.
I wish your journey goes well from now on , you are a survivor
Thanks for sharing your story Kevin, signs are so easy to ignore so spreading the word will certainly help others. Wish you all the best & hope you are doing well. Stay strong 💪
I wish you Good Luck. Thank you for your wise words and advice !!
Thank you so much for sharing your story, my husband had same diagnosis as you and completed chemo radiotherapy 6 weeks ago. He has an MRI and CT scan on Monday to see how well the treatment has done. I am praying his outcome is the same as yours and I will definitely ask him to listen to your story as it is a positive one and a very dark time in our lives. Wishing you continued health moving forwards 😊
Hope you're ok!
All the best 👍
Well done Kev,hope you're still doing well and things are improving for you,give up a thumbs up fella as i'm sure lots would like to know youre doing ok..
Lovely story I having one fitted in July because of cancer it's heart warming to hear story take care and thank you
sorry was ment to say a month ago*
It's werid you're not put to sleep for the colonoscopy
It's because it was a sigmoidoscopy, which only involves the rectum and the lower part of the colon....so, just a partial colonoscopy. This usually just requires a local anesthetic to numb the area so that no discomfort is felt during the insertion of the sigmoidoscope.