A mum-of-two was devastated to receive a life-threatening diagnosis after spending years blaming her bowel issues on irritable bowel syndrome.
Gemma Crossley, 41, from Golborne, had long believed she was suffering with irritable bowel syndrome.
But it wasn't until she saw a social media post by Dame Deborah James, who had battled bowel cancer for six years, that she went to her GP to get her painful symptoms, including worrying bleeding, checked out.
