Barnsley men ‘take action to live longer’ by showing up for bowel cancer tests
Around a third of people who get sent a bowel cancer test kit fail to complete it when they could be turning down a lifesaving procedure that takes just minutes to do at home.
That’s the message from two Barnsley residents who were both diagnosed with bowel cancer that was detected early and treated successfully thanks to them ‘showing up’ and taking the test.
David and John talk candidly in a new video about their experiences and urge people not to discard the home test kit when it comes through the letterbox.
John said his first thought was to throw it in the bin but coincidentally he’d noticed some bleeding so decided to do the test. After being diagnosed and treated quickly he was back at work within six weeks and said he feels better now than he ever did before.