Adult Poop Costume

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On 10th May 2022, Dame Deborah James spoke on BBC Radio 5 Live for her final episode of You, Me and the Big C, the podcast she'd co-hosted since 2018, telling producer Mike Holt that she had stopped active treatment for stage 4 bowel cancer.

Chris Probert, pictured on the right, is a professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Liverpool. This is just one of the many devastating yet awe inspiring moments featured in Deborah James: Bowelbabe In Her Own Words – the BBC Two film following the journalist over half a decade as she dances, documents her treatment and raises cancer awareness up until her untimely death at the age of 40 in June last year. Whether she was telling her "eligible bachelor" husband that she'd do her "damned hardest to come and haunt him" if he dated specific women after her death, or facing her fear of flying by piloting a plane over Portsmouth and running marathons, James's approach to living teaches us all a valuable lesson – one that she shares in her last moments on You, Me and the Big C.

He has taken on quite a number of challenges for Guts UK over the years and is a proud supporter of Guts UK. Ben was a fantastic sport on the day, keeping the costume on the whole way round with our Guts UK logo on the back.

On Sunday 22nd August this year we had our small but mighty team of runners take on the famous half marathon route through London for Guts UK! Aside from her awareness efforts – that involve dressing up in a child's poo costume and working with ITV's Lorraine on the No Butts campaign – Bowelbabe In Her Own Words sees James become candid about her family life and the "nightmares" she has re-enacting the moment she told her two kids about her cancer diagnosis. On World Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Day every year (19th May), patient organisations come together.Cultivating a following on social media through her BowelBabe Instagram account, which currently boasts almost one million followers and numerous videos of James boogieing in hospital gowns, we watch as she speaks about "breaking down perceptions" about having an "old man's cancer" one sparkly dress at a time, whilst bringing dark humour to You, Me and the Big C with fellow cancer patients Lauren Mahon and Rachael Bland. We love meeting our community in person and are delighted when they want to support our fundraisers. Ultimately however, the BBC Two documentary shows just how bubbly, strong and hilarious the broadcaster was in the last few years of her life – and just how much she achieved. Gastroparesis awareness month has come around again… but how many people have ever heard of the condition, or know what symptoms to look for?