Well hello :-)

So I've never blogged before which is probably going to become pretty apparent.

Anyway I'm Leyanne I'm 31 and currently in remission from Rectal/Bowel cancer.... Again.... As you'd probably guessed from the title this isn't my first fight with Bowel cancer I also had it in 1998 when I was just 18 I will probably reference back to that at times but this blog is about my current fight mainly as I don't remember enough from that first battle to really help anyone.

I was diagnosed this 2nd time around in September of 2010. I'd been having pain for around 6 months and I was pretty sure it was cancer, I know I was stupid to leave it so long but because I knew what was coming I needed to be in the right place mentally to be able to handle it... However I DO NOT recommend it to anyone to ignore it "DON'T SIT ON YOUR SYMPTOMS!". It turned out that I had a very low down Rectal carcinoma I then went on on to have the CT scan MRI scan and the ever delightful Colonoscopy. It showed on my CT scan that there was also another mass in my colon (I had already had a right hemiectomy in 1998) which had some how been missed in my Colonoscopy but never the less there it was so with that and the fact that my Retal carcinoma was so low the decision was made to remove the lot.... And I mean THE LOT rectum and all! I can't say I was over joyed at the thought of having a permenent ileostomy but the no more Colonoscopies prospect sofened the blow. The good news was that the scans had shown no sign of it in my lymph nodes so Ileostomy aside it all seemed pretty positive considering how long I'd ignored my symptoms.

So in November 2010 I had my operation and from there things got pretty messy including lymph nodes, vomiting feaces and bursting wounds but I will tell you more next time.

Thanks for reading :-) hope you come back for the next installment. I'm also currently doing a weight loss fundraiser for the charity Beating Bowel cancer so feel free to visit my fund raising page http://bit.ly/zuEzUf or Text RLFP74 £1 to 70070 to sponsor me today.

Leyanne Bunting.