article_snippet: Michael Pattemore believes a colonoscopy could have saved Lynda's life and urged viewers to get checked . '
article_snippet: You mustn’t be frightened to go an get colonoscopy,' Michael Pattemore told viewers and said Michael Pattemore believed the procedure to check for bowel cancer could have saved Lynda's life. '
article_snippet: But a colonoscopy could have saved Lynda,' Lynda said.
article_snippet: Lynda had terminal bowel cancer.
article_snippet: Lynda was in terrible pain and had ulcers in the mouth and all down Lynda throat.
article_snippet: The cancer was killing Lynda, but so was the chemo.
article_snippet: Michael added: ‘Lynda wanted to die with dignity with everyone remembering Lynda the way Lynda was, so Justin [oncologist, Professor Justin Stebbing] told us Michael would cut Lynda’s chemo by half to improve Lynda quality of life.
article_snippet: Within weeks, ulcers in the mouth and all down her throat had gone and Lynda was back.
article_snippet: I even thought that if Lynda quality of life improved, come November Lynda might want to continue with Lynda’s chemo.
article_snippet: But Lynda cancer was so aggressive, Lynda didn’t make it to the end of October.
article_snippet: A scan revealed Lynda had a mass in Lynda bowel.