Hi Dan,

I am sorry to hear 2016 has brought you these unwanted guests.

I wanted to message you because I am proud of you for sharing your story and for opening up so soon about this experience.

I am Jen and I was diagnosed with stage 4 Bowel Ca at age 25. Basically without trying to make something sound simple when this is anything bar simple .. It's now 2016 and in July I will be 5 years post diagnosis. So I want to say keep the faith. I know it's hard and even now I have days where I go  stuff this and I can't believe I have had it etc but please keep at it and know the evidence in myself as one small person not known to many is here at age 30 to tell you my small tale.

I wish you all the best with your battle and I know you can beat this!! Take care and rest when possible after treatment. You can do this!! Jen

Thank you for your kind words - everyone had been so supportive, it's amazing actually.  Are you following my V-Log on YouTube? If not it would be great for other viewers (especially my family) to hear about your successes, especially during the darker days - thank you again, I'm sure I'll have questions myself in the coming months

Thank you for your kind words - everyone had been so supportive, it's amazing actually.  Are you following my V-Log on YouTube? If not it would be great for other viewers (especially my family) to hear about your successes, especially during the darker days - thank you again, I'm sure I'll have questions myself in the coming months

You are more than welcome to use my example in any of your upcoming posts/YouTube V-Log and anything I can share or help with then I am more than happy to do so.

I know this sounds a bit weird.. But in my situation I found it brought me a lot closer to some people again who I had maybe lost proper contact with for a while and it certainly brought me closer to my dad during my treatment. 

It can bring many positives. I think it's just hard to accept the support sometimes but please take it from all who offer because it's nice to have a group to help you battle.

If you are ok with sharing but if not there is no need to answe this question but how often is your treatment?

What order is your treatment plan eg chemo-radio-surgery?

Thanks for sharing your story. It seems to be sad to see that this cancer is coming in more in younger people like us and I would hope research will answer why do we can fight to prevent it in future generations. 

Keep up the laughter where possible as there are good days and the bad days call for sleep and rest and a good box set if your into tv or a book/games console.