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Colorectal cancer health and wellbeing events and resources

One of our biggest ambitions in cancer services is to look at ways to improve the follow-up and ongoing support for people who have either completed treatment for cancer or are living with their disease.

This is the purpose of our health and wellbeing event – to provide you with additional education and information on how to manage and improve your own health in a way that suits you, and to give you the knowledge of what to look out for, who to contact if you have any concerns, and other support available should you want or need it.

Event topics

Welcome & Living Well

Sarah Lowry – Macmillan Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist

 

Patient Representative 

Aisling

Managing fatigue 

Aileen Murphy – Occupational therapist

Cancer and your emotions

Kelly Truesdale – Cancer Focus Counsellor

What can I eat now?

Kerri Stewart – Macmillan GI dietitian

Exercise and colorectal cancers

Maeve McGillian – Oncology Physiotherapist

Useful resources

We have included health and wellbeing videos aimed at giving you information and support to help you move forward following a bowel cancer diagnosis. This includes:

Moving forward after a bowel cancer diagnosis

Investigation and diagnosis of bowel cancer

What to expect when attending for Chemotherapy at Laurel House

Follow up and support after surgery

What can I eat now?

Exercise and the pelvic floor

Looking after yourself and moving on

Looking After Yourself And Moving On Transcript

Being fit for surgery (Prehabilitation)

Colorectal Health and Wellbeing Event 2023

Event topics

Colorectal Cancer – What’s next?
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

Living Well
Macmillan Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist

My colorectal cancer journey
Patient Story

Looking after yourself
Cancer Focus NI Counsellor

Managing fatigue
Occupational Therapist

Eating well
Oncology Dietitian

Exercise after colorectal cancer
Specialist Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynae Physiotherapist

Lets move more!
Macmillan Move More Coordinator