Celeste's story
![Celeste](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Celeste-Photo-.jpg)
Celeste's story
“When I was first diagnosed with colon cancer it was quite complicated because I did not know what I had…”
“When I was first diagnosed with colon cancer it was quite complicated because I did not know what I had…”
Listen to Celeste’s story.
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Claire
Two and a half years ago, I started having trouble swallowing bread and chicken; it felt like the food was getting stuck in my food pipe and wouldn...
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Harry
Update 10 March 2024 A lot has changed since my first diagnosis on 27 May 2021. As mentioned in earlier updates, I was first diagnosed with ‘...
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Kjell
Pancreatic Cancer Reflections: Between Hope and Despair Kjell Olof was born in 1942 in Sweden. During the summer of 2021, he began experiencing per...
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Claudia
My story, like all of ours, is “unique.” I have always been labelled as “health-conscious,” sometimes with gentle irony and...
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Teodora
I’m Teodora, and I’m from Romania. My story is born from grief and longing for the life I was just beginning to build with someone when...
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Georgiana
To everyone reading this story, my name is Georgiana. A few months into my 34th year, I was diagnosed with mixed gastric adenocarcinoma, or, more s...
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Helen
Hello, I am Helen Canning. I live in Suffolk, England, with my husband Vincent and our two daughters, Erika (6) and Marla (4). I used to have a b...
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Richard
In the second half of 2016, I started experiencing symptoms such as a feeling of acid reflux and a burning in my oesophagus, some difficulty in swa...
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Katell
Katell Maguet is a 43-year-old French woman who lives in The Netherlands. She shared her emotional story with colorectal cancer to give a voice to ...
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Isabelle
Isabelle Chabrier is 56 years old, and lives in Paris, France. She shares her successful journey with pancreatic cancer. Cancer is a common ...
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Sven
Sven Tägil is a retired professor of history who will turn 93 this autumn, possibly making him Sweden’s longest pancreatic cancer survivor. ...
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Ida
My name is Ida Verbunt, and I am Harry Verbunt’s wife and carer. I am 56 years old, and I’ve known Harry since childhood. We grew up in...
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Helena
My name is Helena D’Arcy. I live in Sweden and am a full-time working mother of seven who has always been super-healthy and active. Sh...
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Ceri
Ceri Steele – diagnosed in October 2019 My name is Ceri Steele, I was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer on 17 October 2019, three days before my ...
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Mia
Hello, my name is Mia, I am 57 years old and live in Finland. I am a mother to two boys and a girl, and twenty years ago, I was diagnosed with Lync...
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Mark
My wife, Barbara, was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer in November 2006. I became a carer very suddenly! Maybe I shouldn’t have been so...
![Anders Bovin](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/3.Fishing-1.jpg)
Anders
My Journey with Pancreatic Cancer, five years later… Hello, my name is Anders Bovin, I am 80 years old, and these days I spend my time between Sw...
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George
It is with great sadness that we recognize the passing of George in January 2023. George was a remarkable young man whose strength and kindness rad...
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Laure
I am the caregiver of my husband, Guillaume, who was diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer in January 2021 at 43. We have two children who are now...
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Stephen
I am a colorectal cancer survivor. My local hospital asked me to set up a peer support group. We planned a launch in spring 2020, but so did COVI...
![Mike and Partner](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/MikeandPartner-1024x768.jpg)
Mike
Hi, my name’s Mike and I live outside of Paris, France. I’m originally from the UK but have lived in and around Paris for the last 25 years. I ...
![Andi Carlan](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Andi_Carlan-1024x1024.jpg)
Andi
My name is Andi and I’m a 39 years old Romanian, husband and father of two wonderful daughters. I’ve been working in the Pensions &...
![Angelica Selander Oesophageal Cancer](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Picture1-1024x768.png)
Angelica
Angelica is a survivor and patient advocate who does not take no for an answer! She lives in Sweden and volunteers closely and personally with canc...
![Hilde Lynch Syndrome patient](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Hilde.jpg)
Hilde
I am Hilde, a mother of two, partner, medical doctor, and a Lynch patient. I am the first in my family with this diagnosis. When I was diagnosed wi...
![Leon from the Netherlands](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Leon.jpg)
Leon
Hello, my name is Leon. I’m 45 and I live in Tilburg in the Netherlands close to the Belgian border. I work for Stichting Darmkanker (Colon Cance...
![Samo from Slovenia](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Samo.jpg)
Samo
Hello I’m Samo. I’m pleased to be able to share my story with you as I want it to be an inspiration for everybody who turns 50 and consequently...
![Radek](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Radek-1024x769.jpg)
Radek
Hello, my name is Radek. I would like to share my story with you about living with pancreatic cancer. It began with the onset of jaundice that made...
![Eva Backman](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/EvaBackman.jpg)
Eva
Eva shares her experiences with pancreatic cancer and the importance of staying physically fit throughout the process – from diagnosis throug...
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Patrycja
Patrysza spoke about her journey with pancreatic cancer at our Masterclass 2021 – she shared the importance of mental health for her life with th...
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Vincent
Hi, I’m Vincent, I’m from Gouda in the Netherlands and I was diagnosed in 2015 at 42 years old with stage IV colorectal cancer and a low-grade ...
![Anikó - Living with Liver Cancer](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/aniko.png)
Anikó
Anikó from Hungary was diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in 2015. HCC is the most common type of liver cancer accounting for approxima...
![Ireneusz](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Ireneusz.png)
Ireneusz
It is with great sadness that we recognize the passing of Ireneusz in December 2021. He leaves behind his wife Beata. Ireneusz was very active and ...
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Daksha
Dr Daksha Trivedi is a Senior Researcher in Public Health at the University of Hertfordshire in England. Daksha was diagnosed with oesophageal canc...
![Milan Djordjevic](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Milan-Djordjevic.png)
Milan
By the end of 2000 I felt very tired. Urges of going to the bathroom were sudden and harder to control. I also often felt very sleepy during the da...
![Dave Chuter](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Dave-C-copy-1024x998.jpg)
Dave
Dave Chuter, active patient advocate was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2006. Following successful treatment, he returned to work and alongsi...
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Stefan
I’m Stefan. I’m a co-founder of Digestive Cancers Europe and was the organisation’s CEO from 2019 to the beginning of 2021. I would like ...
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Robyn
I first realised something was wrong when – at 28 years old – I collapsed. It was 2005, and I was taken to hospital for several tests after it ...
![Celeste](https://digestivecancers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Celeste-Photo-.jpg)
Celeste
“When I was first diagnosed with colon cancer it was quite complicated because I did not know what I had…” Listen to Celeste̵...
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Marta
“Have you had a colonoscopy?” I was asked this question by my new doctor the first time that I saw him after I retired. I had been a he...
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Barbara
No-one expects to get cancer. No matter what the statistics show, very few people relate the figures to themselves and, I must admit, it was the sa...
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Heidi
Until April 29th, 1999, when I was 45, I was absolutely convinced I had the lease of eternal life. I had a sweet daughter , a careful husband and a...