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14/09/04 - Publicans Urged to Join Colon Cancer Fight

Publicans were urged today to play their part in raising awareness of bowel cancer.
A new campaign will bombard more than 30,000 pubs nationwide with posters and beer mats in an effort to get the public to recognise the warning signs earlier.
Former Bond girl Honor Blackman and Emmerdale actress Elizabeth Estensen today joined with charity Colon Cancer Concern (CCC) to launch the 18-month campaign.
Around 35,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year, and around 16,000 will die.
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03/09/04 - Battling pain, confronting the diagnosis

I spent five days in the hospital, quite long enough as I quickly ran out of hallways to walk. I was outfitted with a morphine pump that I activated when the pain got too intense. A friend took a picture of me a day into the hospital stay, and I have a silly grin that I attribute to the morphine.

I got good advice from several people who know about pain. Don't let pain get out of control. Don't be macho and try to "handle it." The nurses tell you to rate your pain on a scale of 1 to 10 and not to let it get over 3 or 4 on the scale. I could dose myself with morphine a maximum of every 15 minutes, and then the pump would lock out.
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03/09/04 - Conquered colonic disease

Yachtsman Simon Rogers tells Christine Doyle how he conquered a colonic disease that many are too embarrassed to mention

In his teens, Simon Rogers was super-fit. He skied and sailed competitively at international level, always aspiring to better performances.

Winning races and smashing sailing records remain his passion. Last year, he helped to design Britain's 2003 entry for the America's Cup, and when we meet at his farmhouse in Lymington, Hampshire, he cannot resist turning on the television to see how his cousin Nick is faring in the Olympic two-man dinghy event.
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