Craft Market day #2 at Minchinbury Fruit Market today 8am-4pm
Butcher / Chopping / Cutting Boards
Serving / Charcuterie/ Cheese Boards
14/11/2025
Ready for another big day at Craft Market Greystanes today 8am-2pm
Arts & Crafts
Butcher / Chopping / Cutting Boards
Serving / Charcuterie/ Cheese Boards
Various Wooden Items
3D Printed Vases and Pots
03/06/2025
June is Bowel Cancer awareness month.
As most of you know, Robbie was diagnosed with Stage 3 Bowel Cancer at the young age of 37 in May 2022 when a 61mm tumour was found during his first ever colonoscopy.
After completing 6 weeks of high strength radiotherapy and 3 months of triple dose chemotherapy Robbie had his first major surgery - which involved an Ultra Low Anterior Resection with the creation of an Ileostomy in November 2022.
Everything that could go wrong did go wrong while recovering at home so Robbie was rushed to hospital which resulted in an emergency Proctectomy surgery where severe necrosis was discovered – affecting all his vital organs and abdominal walls.
Robbie had additional bowel removal along with complete removal of rectum/anus aka “Barbie Butt” plus the installation of a permanent Colostomy - all of which began a 73 day stay in hospital where Robbie nearly died four times.
During these 73 days in hospital Robbie dropped 41kgs as his stomach and remaining bowel stopped working in sync so he was tube fed TPN via a PICC line for seven weeks plus he had to learn to walk again as both of his legs stopped working.
When he was initially diagnosed the team at Bowel Cancer Australia provided Robbie with extensive educational material and they continued to provide support and guidance during his treatments and ongoing recovery.
Robbie is an Advocate for Bowel Cancer Australia and is an active member of Bowel Cancer Australia’s community group “The Movement – Wellness Beyond Diagnosis” on Facebook.
Please help us to raise much needed funds for Bowel Cancer Australia so they can continue to support others and to push for greater research into the causes and treatments of Bowel Cancer.
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