When Ebony Gaylor was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 38 years old, she couldn't believe it was happening to her.
The fit, young executive-level Melburnian thought issues in her gut were most likely too much gluten or irritable bowel, so she put off getting tested.
"I'd try all the usual things like increasing exercise or less coffee, or getting rid of bread or whatever - it just wasn't working," she told AAP.
