This April marks Bowel Cancer Awareness Month in a bid to spread awareness of the signs and symptoms of the disease.
Bowel cancer is the third most common diagnosed cancer in both men and women in Scotland, according to Public Health Scotland.
Nearly 43,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year in the UK and there are currently around 268,000 people living with the diagnosis in the UK today, according to Bowel Cancer UK.
