When it comes to grieving it never gets any easier, you just have to live with that pain. I miss my brother every single day and wonder what life would have been like for him now. It’s scary to think in seven months it will be four years since Rob lost his battle to bowel cancer at the age of 44.  It feels like time has stopped on us, when in reality life has continued on. Everyday I get ready for work by slapping on my concealer to hide them secret early morning tears, and paint on a happy go luck persona, blocking out the sadness I feel underneath the surface. It's the only way I can face the world and keep going.

I just think its tragic in this day and age bowel cancer screening isn’t available to all ages. I would like to see 40’s and over receiving bowel cancer screening every two years before the end of this decade. You can’t put a price on human life, the impact of losing a love one that slipped through the screening net is immense. Not only does it impact on the family, friends and colleagues, but it leaves a huge whole in our family. Every family occasion is slightly dimmer. Someone important is missing around the table.

Here is a photo posted above of my nephew Danny, my Dad and Rob together, taken around eleven years ago on my dad’s 60th birthday. It was a time when Rob was on holiday leave from work and decided to come up to Sutton on sea to spent it with our family. His mischievous nature is captured in this photo, he had a fantastic sense of humour and if you were having a bad day, he would make light of it with his humour, which would melt away your stresses.

I know our campaign won’t ever bring my brother back, but it will highlight the cause for more age groups to be screened for bowel cancer.  Saving more young people’s lives by receiving treatment earlier, rather then it being too late. Seeing my Rob suffering in his final days have left me heartbroken and sad.  I will never forget that moment he passed away in front of me, it will always remain the unfairness. Instead of feeling angry at how he was left down. I have decided to turn this pain into energy. To bring change and fight for it. I am just one person, with one voice, the thousands out there signing our petition is allowing my voice to be heard a lot louder.

Please do continue to support our campaign and write to your local MP, even to the health secretary. Mention this campaign and hopefully we can continue our march for change. To save lives. Thank you for sharing, please continue to share. Thank you.