Not been posting much recently

[Simondi]

Some of you may have noticed I've not been particularly active of late ( or maybe you haven't)
Long story short I turned 50 last year and one of the joys of being a Scottish citizen is that once the glorious 50 is reached NHS Scotland send you a bowel screening test to screen for bowel cancer. I got mine late March.
Now although carrying excess timber I am fit and healthy so I was surprised when the letter arrived in April to say I was to travel to Glasgow and have a colonoscopy. Again I wasn't worried, but the procedure showed a tumor which was indeed cancerous.
Two weeks ago I had a colonic resection ( basically they cut out the part of my colon with the tumour).
On Tuesday I got the call to say the operation was a complete success and that I am cancer free
My gratitude to the workers in NHS Ayrshire and Arran has no limit

My reason for posting this is not to garner sympathy or such like but to ask, beg, plead and implore you to make sure you carry out the screening if you receive it. ( I believe in England it's from age 60). If you have a change in your bowel movements which doesn't feel right, speak to your doctor.

The wake up call was I almost didn't do it but after Mrs Simondi nagging me I did it to keep the peace. If I hadn't, the cancer would have continued to grow, I would have felt fine right up to the point that I wasn't.

All of us have an opportunity to save a life,our own. Please, please do it.