Personal – Ben Bland

Thanks Cancer. Now F*ck off.

It has been many months since completing my treatment for rectal cancer. My tumour is gone. I’m clear. I’m back. I have felt compelled to write about the experience yet lacked the motivation to do so. At the same time I am stuck between two approaches to this story. I could compress it into a [...]

Tags: bowel cancer, cancer, colon, colonoscopy, colorectal cancer, disease, health, medical, rectal cancer, rectum, resection, surgery|

Did You Hear the One About the Time I Got Bum Cancer?

A week after Valentine’s Day a man called Garth stuck his finger up my bum and I went from being somebody, to somebody who has cancer. Wait. Don’t jump to conclusions. The first thing you need to hear is that I’ll probably make a full recovery. It could be much worse. When I tell people [...]

Tags: bowel cancer, cancer, colorectal cancer, disease, health, medical, rectal cancer, tumour|