South Eastern Health Trust treats 1000th regional red flag endoscopy patient at the Lagan Valley

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00:00 My first experience here was two years ago where the bowel screening service had found something

00:08 untoward and wanted to find out a few more sort of information what was going on. I was referred

00:14 to Leg and Valley, well I actually requested Leg and Valley. I come here and I got the camera

00:22 and it was through the camera then that I was diagnosed that day with bowel cancer.

00:28 I of course shocked the system but the staff were absolutely fantastic. They reassured me,

00:34 made everything nice and easy for me. I was here last Thursday for to get my yearly scope round,

00:41 the complete round of the bowel which was again the staff were absolutely brilliant. I got my tea

00:47 and my toast and all after it which was lovely. Well I was actually quite out of it and I didn't

00:54 know anything, I didn't feel a thing, not one thing at all until I was coming. I just was

00:59 waking up when the phone finished and brought it back up. It's great to be back home again

01:04 and then that cup of tea after and biscuits and that and then we headed off. It's all very quick.

01:10 I think this is an amazing milestone. It's really been such a huge effort. We have a fantastic team

01:18 right through from the booking teams to the clinical teams to all the staff that work in

01:23 the background and I can't thank them enough. It definitely is the future going forward.

01:28 This is the way that regional services have to improve and move. The respect I have for the

01:34 staff in here is absolutely fantastic. You couldn't ask for better and apart from that I am still on

01:40 my feet and thanks to the hospital here and just the scope I don't think I'd have been here today.