Sep 14, 2026 · 57 min · 12 segments
This week, we’re talking about bums. Because apparently there are still some parts of cancer we’re all a bit too embarrassed to talk about. Ali joins me to share her experience of being diagnosed…
And on that note, Ali, talk to me about the symptoms then, because a lot of the symptoms that you're describing there, I think a lot of us would probably recognize them symptoms.
Like, I'm gonna be honest, you know, you go for a poo and you get, you know, a couple of, is it hemorrhoids? That what we call them?
I hope, my husband's gonna freak out when I say this, but he tells me all the time, you know-
...
if he has a poo then he gets them.
So I know there'll be people listening thinking, "Oh shit, well, I've got them."
Uh, sometimes if you go for a poo, I've wiped and there's been a bit of blood.
Sometimes I've got diarrhea and the, the texture of my poo has changed.
So what symptoms are we looking for?
You're looking for all those symptoms if they don't change over a two-week period or more.
Yeah
... you probably do want to start looking, having a conversation with your GP about that, 'cause they're not great.
Mm.
No.
So it might be that you're not, don't have enough fiber in your diet, or that you're not-
And on that note, Ali, talk to me about the symptoms then, because a lot of the symptoms that you're describing there, I think a lot of us would probably recognize them symptoms.
Like, I'm gonna be honest, you know, you go for a poo and you get, you know, a couple of, is it hemorrhoids? That what we call them?
I hope, my husband's gonna freak out when I say this, but he tells me all the time, you know-
...
if he has a poo then he gets them.
So I know there'll be people listening thinking, "Oh shit, well, I've got them."
Uh, sometimes if you go for a poo, I've wiped and there's been a bit of blood.
Sometimes I've got diarrhea and the, the texture of my poo has changed.
So what symptoms are we looking for?
You're looking for all those symptoms if they don't change over a two-week period or more.
Yeah
... you probably do want to start looking, having a conversation with your GP about that, 'cause they're not great.
Mm.
No.
So it might be that you're not, don't have enough fiber in your diet, or that you're not-
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