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Jay's Story- Bowel cancer sufferers, survivors protest lowering screening age at Parliament

Bowel cancer sufferers, survivors and their supporters gathered at Parliament on Tuesday to call on the Government to lower the age of eligibility for free bowel cancer screening tests.

Several dozen protesters met with ministers to raise awareness of the growing problem and to call for change in how the disease is diagnosed in Aotearoa.

The group was calling on the Government to lower the age for free screening by 13 years to match Australia’s age range of 45- to 74-year-olds.

‘I didn’t fit into the box’

Mother of three Jay Findlater was living with stage four bowel cancer.

She said it took eight months of appointments and several hospital admissions before she was diagnosed with the advanced cancer.

“Because of my age – being 38 – I didn’t fit into the box and they didn’t test and, yeah, and then it turns out stage four,” Findlater said.

Findlater said the time since her diagnosis had been “a hell of a year” and she was determined that other young families should not face a similar struggle.

Read the full story here: 
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/bowel-cancer-sufferers-survivors-protest-lowering-screening-age-at-parliament/ZQIUSI3FONFZ5C7W4GA4WGU7XE/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=nad_fb&utm_source=Facebook&sfnsn=mo&fbclid=IwY2xjawKq1ppleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFVc0gyNnhhdUpjTmE1TjZDAR69AoZrqolKLCl6bpj1Jsq8FEcfOGn7SSaj71uEevUvyM4r81l-ecgP_cvh0Q_aem_clZnMr9dpOn_bg335AUPqQ#Echobox=1747780945

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