Bowel cancer: Patient with no symptoms shares screening saved her – ‘It’s a bit odd’

She was told that the tumour was just starting to break through the outer side of her bowel and that she was lucky she hadn’t left it any longer as the cancer would have spread. 

Anne said: “I was shocked, it wasn’t until later on that suddenly the implications of that terrible word, the word nobody wants to hear, [sunk in].”

Following an operation that removed the part of her bowel where the cancer resided and chemotherapy, Anne recovered.

She explained that even though doing the kit wasn’t a “pleasant thing to do”, it saved her life so she encourages more people to do the tests.

“It’s not painful, you don’t have to go anywhere else to do it, it’s a simple thing and it will save lives,” Anne added.