My sister in law Becky is completing an inflatable 5k run to help raise
money & awareness of Bowel Cancer.

Here is a brief outline of my story & how I got to the stage I am at.

From June 2020 I had been experiencing extreme tiredness. After blood tests I was put on iron tablets for servere anaemia , I had started running in lock down and had lost a lot of weight, and along with working full time with 2 toddlers at home and a full on social life this sounded a reasonable explanation. However after 9 months on high dose of iron tablets and draistic change in bowel habits I was constantly back at the doctors asking why I wasn’t improving with the tablets and why was I going to the toilet 8-12 times a day! I then started having a really nasty pain in my coccyx but only when I was lay down in bed. The good old GP Again fobbed it off & asked if I wanted an X-ray , I dismissed this as I knew an X-ray would only show a break or fracture & it was pretty obvious this wasn’t the case. I then took it upon myself to go to the Chripractor for his advice ! Thank god he then sent me for an MRI scan on my pelvis. It was here that the radiologist discovered a huge tumour in my bowel. Turns out the pain I was having was due to the rugby ball sized tumour putting pressure on my spine when I was lay down.
After being called Into the doctors on May 5th my life drastically changed .
Within 24 hours I had biopsy’s booked & CT Scans to determine the diagnosis.
2 weeks later the Cancer was confirmed
Advanced Stage 4 Bowel Cancer , that has also spread to my lungs & lymph: I was then told My cancer was terminal and gave me 12:14 months to live .
I had two options - be positive and fight this or be a doom and gloom and let it take over my life . Mind set is key to getting over this & proving to everyone there is definitely going to be one very loud bell ringing soon!

3 months later and I have almost completed my first rollercoaster of hell - Chemotherapy! It has been an absolutely vile time ! For someone who usually recovers very quickly & gets on with everything I can hand on heart say this has floored me ! I have days where I can sleep for 18 hours at a time ! I’ve had the most irritating and horrible side effects.
I am also following the holistic route & taking THC oil to help shrink the tumour. I am doing anything possible to fight the hell out of this nightmare.

My life has changed dramatically, from running a business, being 100mph in every aspect of my life, a great social life , non stop planned activities with the kids & living life to the max! I have had all of my independence taken away & for the first time in my life I have zero control of the situation ! However thank you to my incredible family & friends who have made sure every aspect of my life is sorted & all I have to focus on is getting better !

In 2 weeks time I will have my first set of results , this will
Determine how much the tumour has shrank & whether I’m ready for surgery.

I will not let this beat Me, The bad days get you down and you hate the world but then the future is far more exciting than a few days with bad skin, being in pain or sat watching crap tv in a hospital bed.
I am so positive & I love proving people wrong so I have to get over this & come out even stronger . There’s no way I will be waking down the isle unless I look anything but the Princess that I am to marry Jake & I will make sure that happens very soon.


 I would really appreciate any donations to help people in need of care and treatment for this type of cancer & to help with the research into making the hardest of days easier for those suffering .

This is also living proof that you need to look out for yourself & don’t let the doctors fob you off - listen to your gut!

I hope to be giving you all fireworks of good news very soon and thank you to everyone who has supported myself and my family