Be Loud, Be Clear on bowel cancer
Sixteen years ago, my best friend, Julie, died from bowel cancer. Her husband was devastated and so were her children; a son aged 11 years and a daughter aged 5 years. The day after she died it was being reported in the press that a ‘potential’ cure had been found for bowel cancer. Sadly, it seems that although huge strides have been made in the treatment of bowel cancer since then, not everyone can be cured.
It was too late for Dorothy Lewis who tragically died of this terrible, distressing disease, after a two year battle, last week. Dot was the mother of one of my best friends, Cllr Ian Lewis, and I’ve known her for many years. She was a lovely lady. RIP.
Yesterday was the start of ‘Be loud, Be Clear Week’ – organised by Beating Bowel Cancer. Ian is ‘doing his bit’ to raise awareness of this terrible disease (go to his blog to find out more). In the meantime;
Visit the Be Loud, Be Clear page on the Beating Bowel Cancer website or the page on the Department for Health site. Next Monday also sees the start of the Government’s first-ever national advertising campaign on bowel cancer.
