Jo explains her motivation for making this podcast, recalls becoming fast friends with Colleen and shares the first part of her cancer story. The aspiring ultra-marathon runner discusses the gradual deterioration of her health, her fight for a colonoscopy and the life-changing moment she was told she had a tumour in her bowel.

A range of organisations, including the Cancer Society and Bowel Cancer NZ, offer support services and information to cancer patients and their whanau. For a longer list, visit Health Navigator.