We are taking part in this event to increase the awareness of bowel cancer and to highlight the
importance of early detection, especially in young people.

This is Ty's story:

I was diagnosed with high‐risk stage 3 bowel cancer at the age of 31 ‐ the Colorectal
surgeon suggested it may have been growing for as long as 7 years.

I had been told by different GPs at different times over multiple years that I had haemorrhoids or a
stomach infection or just a few to many drinks the night before I eventually had a GP push for me to
see a Gastroenterologist.

The initial diagnosis was Crohn's Disease, but a follow up Colonoscopy found that wasn't the case.

Never once did anyone suspect that it was bowel cancer ‐ I was apparently too young

The survival rate for Stage 3 colon cancer 5 years after diagnosis is 70%
For stage 4‐that drops to 10%

I was fortunate to be diagnosed when I was, another year longer and it could have been a very
different story.

I am now 33 years old and after 4 surgeries and 6 months of chemotherapy I have finished
treatment.