Louisa answers your frequently asked questions

Watch Louisa, one of the Beating Bowel Cancer nurses, answering your most frequently asked questions.

• I've received a screening test in the post. What do you think about bowel cancer screening?
• What are the symptoms of bowel cancer?
• I am having symptoms, what should I do?
• What will happen when I go to my GP?
• I have been recently diagnosed with bowel cancer, can you tell me what happens next?
• What will my treatment for bowel cancer be?
• I am worried that I will have lots of side-effects and won't be able to cope
• What does it mean if my cancer has returned?
• Can I ask for a second opinion?
• My main treatment is over, what now?
• Does bowel cancer run in families?

I've received a screening test in the post. What do you think about bowel cancer screening?

Further information on bowel cancer screening

What are the symptoms of bowel cancer?

Further information on the symptoms of bowel cancer

I am having symptoms, what should I do?

Further information on the symptoms of bowel cancer

What will happen when I go to my GP?

Further information about visiting your GP

I have been recently diagnosed with bowel cancer, can you tell me what happens next?

Further information about what happens next

What will my treatment bowel cancer be?

Further information about bowel cancer treatment

I am worried that I'll have lots of side-effects and won't be able to cope

Further information about side-effects

What does it mean if my cancer has returned?

Further information about secondary bowel cancer

Can I ask for a second opinion?

Further information about asking for a second opinion

My main treatment is over - what now?

Further information about treatment for bowel cancer

Does bowel cancer run in families?

Further information about a family history of bowel cancer