Real Life Stories
Read more Tom Hague's story“It was so distressing and a very anxious time for me.”
Read more Helen Setterfield's story“When I was diagnosed, we were all numb.”
*** Health Feature for Karen Ireland story *** France Hill from Carryduff talks about recovering from oesophageal cancer. Pic by Peter Morrison Read more Frances Hill's story“Early detection really does save lives, I am proof of that.”
Read more Stewart Dickson's story“I was thrown in at the deep end of emotions not knowing what was going to come next.”
Read more Christine's story“Hope After Cancer”
Read more Lorraine Pinkerton's story“My persistence led to me being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer.”
Read more Noeleen McMorris's story“I could so easily have ignored it and not done anything for months.”
Read more Kevin's story“I was aware of the symptoms, that’s why I caught it early!”
Read more Leanne's story“I’m so thankful for being given a second chance. It’s been a hell of a roller coaster, but I’ve had more good days than bad days.”
Read more Adrian's story“I was 51 years old and I had just completed a job for the Scout association in Crawfordsburn. After this I found myself having some discomfort when eating and thought I had pushed myself too far and developed a hiatus hernia.”
- Read more Jean Frecknall's story
“Back in the summer of 2020, a routine blood test showed that I was very anaemic. Thankfully, my GP noted that I shouldn’t typically be anaemic at my stage of life and referred me for investigations.”
- Read more Jacqui Hale's story
“I had been suffering from quite a lot of heartburn towards the end of 2021. I got increasingly more uncomfortable and remember saying to my husband Andrew that I felt like something was burning a hole inside me.”
- Read more Caroline & Paddy Ellison's story
“Paddy had been suffering from acid reflux for quite some time. It wasn’t anything major but he was finding it hard to swallow some foods like bread, so we thought something mustn’t be quite right and went to get it checked out.”
- Read more Sean Greer's story
“In 2020, I was diagnosed with oesophageal gastric junction cancer. The journey to my diagnosis was long and the symptoms I experienced weren’t initially recognisable.”