Here's my usual deluge of posts for #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth in one🧵: The key message is to ask your GP about screening every year, and at any age if you have sustained 💩 symptoms. Sadly, you will need to advocate & lobby for your own health: no-one else will do this for you.

RT @oncology_bg: I am saddened to learn about President Biden’s diagnosis of what seems to be metastatic prostate cancer. However, let’s pl….

The group of patients & survivors who first met in '23 have lost too many since then, especially to a cancer that can be screened, prevented or treated if caught early. With no urgency from @NSShse to lower the screening age, this will keep happening. So don't wait; get screened.

I also had the chance to waffle on my specialist subject on @wlrfm this week - thanks to them for having me on.

The teams at @IrishCancerSoc and especially @MarieKeating have done a great job this year, despite the news cycle repeatedly working against us. This moving interview with Jane's widowed husband, Johnjoe, was particularly powerful. (She was a fellow founder of @IEColonCancer )

RT @MarieKeating: We urge the public to get to know #bowelcancer signs, to speak to a GP if they notice a change, & avail of a free FIT tes….

RT @CarlowWeather:

Results about to be announced… 🤞🏼

We’re thrilled to have finished our competitive ring - but the favourites (St Patrick’s Cathedral) are ringing now… they’ll be hard to beat!

It’s big-game day today! What? No, not Six Nations… it's Lindoff Cup day - the Leinster Finals of bell ringing.😉 I’ll be doing occasional YouTube lives from 2pm when not ringing or chatting- keep an eye on Taney’s YouTube channel if you want to see those… link in next tweet.🏆

It's that time of year (in 🇺🇸🇪🇺 - it's April in 🇬🇧🇮🇪!) and I'm helping @IEColonCancer to prep some messaging about these preventable cancers. I need to find more Irish men who were diagnosed under 50 and are willing to talk about it. Can you message me if you're open to this?🙏

RT @ColoMARK_DN: 🔬 Colorectal cancer (CRC) is rising—especially in younger adults. ⚠️ 361,986 new CRC cases in the EU (2022).⚠️ 2nd leadin….

A two-week batch of #Luna pics for #Caturday (normal service last week disrupted by birthday and a dose of a cold. ) - she very much enjoyed the gift bags and flowers that a birthday & Valentine's week brings. #cat #blackcat #CatsOfTwitter 🐈‍⬛

A fab first night for @AlisonMoyet in @3olympiatheatre - great to hear so much of #Key in the chunky set list, and plenty of hits to keep everyone happy!

Huge thanks to @JavaRepublic for kindly sponsoring our Bellringing Coffee Morning at Taney this morning! The attendees were very happy with the upgrade to premium handroasted coffee. ☕️🔔

An accumulation of #cat pics from this week featuring #Luna for #caturday - she determined that today was a day of highly motivated napping, given the yucky weather. #CatsOfTwitter #blackcat 🐈‍⬛

For #WorldCancerDay - Irish people's risk of getting bowel cancer before age 50 has doubled over the past 25 years. Early detection can stop this cancer before it starts, so don’t wait. From age 45, ask your GP about screening every year, or at any age with prolonged 💩 symptoms.

A bank-holiday belated bundle of #Luna pics for #Caturday - including a pose at her favourite scratching tree… #cat #blackcat #CatsofTwittter 🐈‍⬛

A busy week with work & storms, so all indoor imagery of #luna for #Caturday - including a brief clip of her current favourite toy. (When she's in a sufficiently benevolent mood she even "fetches” the flying discs back to us for more chasing. ) #cat #blackcat #CatsofTwittter 🐈‍⬛