Diagnosis Battle
Kenny spent 18 months trying to convince his GP that something wasn’t right. Kenny even changed his GP in the hope to get a diagnosis for his ongoing symptoms that were starting to affected not only his life but his family’s life too. This short film highlights the difficulties that Kenny had in order to get his bowel cancer diagnosis.
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