Previously a taboo subject, stars including First Dates Merlin Griffiths have made it their mission to spread awareness of bowel cancer, encouraging people to act immediately if they notice anything out of the ordinary.
But, while bowel cancer is the nation's second biggest cancer killer, it's very treatable when it is caught early.
Using his TV familiarity as a platform, he's been frank about both his illness its treatments, the reality of which he's described in social media posts as"long, and often painful and ugly". He even admits he initially put off seeking treatment himself:"It's very easy for us to push stuff to the side, isn't it? You can rationalise it and you justify it. I rationalised it myself.
But Griffiths says searching symptoms randomly online can be unhelpful, labelling"medical Google" as"an absolute hellhole". He says websites including the main charity pages including Bowel Cancer UK and the NHS have been invaluable to him on his cancer journey.And he says he couldn't have got through it all without the help of his family - his wife and daughter - and of course his First Dates family too.
"Fred's Hilarious. He's a live one… What you see is what you get with Fred. And it's a wonderfully refreshing thing to find in someone. He's cheery, he's happy, he's honest and he's overwhelmingly positive about just about everything."
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