The Firefighters Podcast #280 – A Firefighters Battle with Cancer with Steve “Robbie” Burns

Steven ‘Robbie’ Burns, Watch Manager in the UKFRS shares his very personal cancer journey with cancer. In January of 2012, he first noticed blood in his urine.

After a quick ‘Google’ he reassured himself that this was due to distance running. He ignored this first warning sign. Eight months on, Robbie experienced another episode. Upon consulting a different doctor, he was referred, on the same day where a Cystoscopy revealed a huge, coral-like growth attached to his bladder wall. He was told it was an aggressive cancer and that there would be a ‘journey’ ahead.

This is his story…

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