Tag Archives: bowel cancer

Lost For Words

So for those that know me well, the title of this blog is really not me, rarely do I find myself “Lost For Words”. Tomorrow however I have a consultation with my Surgeon Mr Steve Pandey of NHS Worcester Royal Hospital, in 2016 he confirmed my diagnosis of Bowel Cancer, on the day of myContinueContinue reading “Lost For Words”

Bowel Cancer Awareness 2018

https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/bowel-cancer-awareness-month/ June 2018 will mark 2 years since my Bowel Cancer Diagnosis and July 2016 the anniversary of my new life going forward with a Stoma and no arse (not least as I knew it). On Sunday I will meet again with my consultant he for a photo shoot, ok perhaps not the kind IContinueContinue reading “Bowel Cancer Awareness 2018”

An NHS Worth Fighting For

An NHS worth fighting for? A little over a year ago I was successfully diagnosed and underwent surgery for bowel cancer, due to the location of my cancer my eight and a half hour operation involved removal of my rectum some re routing of pipe work and a new hole being created in my tummyContinueContinue reading “An NHS Worth Fighting For”

Bowel Cancer-It’s OK to cry.

So tonight some six months on, it’s hard to share the hidden side, but whilst being Cancer free, in the late side of the evening, having had a lovely day, it is difficult to recognise the hard reality of this recovery. Whilst irrigation affords for the most part freedom and independence from a colostomy bag,ContinueContinue reading “Bowel Cancer-It’s OK to cry.”

An NHS to be proud of

 While good news stories rarely make the headlines, Oaks Barn Farm’s Wayne Smith as a follow on from his recent article in the Farmers Guardian, Wayne was video interviewed on Wednesday by Susan Kirkpatrick Senior Researcher from The University of Oxford as part of the Inquire Research Project.   INQUIRE (Improving NHS quality usingContinueContinue reading “An NHS to be proud of”

Traveling Post Bowel Cancer

Traveling post Bowel Cancer: Different to my previous posts, although this not my first time traveling abroad it has certainly been the longest time spent away therefore requiring considerably more planning.For most holidays are complicated enough remembering everything required And trying to fit it all into your allowed baggage allowance whiteout going 1 kilo overContinueContinue reading “Traveling Post Bowel Cancer”

Feeling Alive and Lucky

It’s six months on from my operation to remove cancer from my bowel, at present I am poolside at Turtle Beach in Tobago. Last night by chance encounter, we met with a couple on their anniversary, not the celebratory kind but the anniversary of their son who died aged just 34, he had a swellingContinueContinue reading “Feeling Alive and Lucky”

Farmer Travelling Post Cancer

Pre Holiday Checks So with more personal care supplies than a new born baby, my first holiday outside of the U.K. post cancer began today. getting away from the farm has never been easy, generally it takes 2 weeks of planning and organising hastily remembering all of the things you are likely to forget. CoupleContinueContinue reading “Farmer Travelling Post Cancer”

Farming with a bag

Welcome and thanks for dropping by and reading, as the title suggests, I’m a farmer my name is Wayne 47 and now a bowel cancer survivor with a bag.  My surgery involved removal of the cancer with the loss of my rectum, re routing my bowel through my stomach and the creation of a stomaContinueContinue reading “Farming with a bag”

Winning my fight with bowel cancer

Insight Working on our family farm really was the perfect life, spending my days in the countryside working with the seasons, growing our own fruit and veg and rearing our own meat was the perfect blend for fitness and a healthy balanced diet with a rural lifestyle I was proud to be part of. OverContinueContinue reading “Winning my fight with bowel cancer”