Patient perspective blog

Patient perspective blog: Myth busted - I cannot do a fitness competition, I've had cancer! Caroline Mattinson, colorectal patient representative, shares her experience of fitness after cancer. I have always had a great interest in sport and keeping fit, eaten healthily, not drunk to excess and never smoked so you can imagine my shock when I was diagnosed with rectal cancer. I did not fit the bill – I was too young, I was too healthy, I had no family history. But there it was, a tumour. So, I got on with making sure this cancer went away [...]