![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/my-healthy-brother-died-just-4-days-after-being-diagnosed-with-bowel-cancer-as-he-didnt-recognise-the-signs/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/newspress-collage-24056862-1695293173412.jpg&description='DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE' My 'healthy' brother died just 4 days after being diagnosed with bowel cancer as he didn't recognise the signs A "HEALTHY" actor died just four days after being diagnosed with bowel cancer. Nick Baldev had been suffering from symptoms for several months, but he didn't clock they could be connected to the disease. 7 Nick Baldev (right), who died of bowel cancer, with his mum Latika (left) Credit: Collect/PA Real Life 7 The salesman, 40, was diagnosed in June 2023 Credit: Collect/PA Real Life Doctors say his condition likely went undetected for five years. Nick's family now want to use his story to raise awareness of the potential red flags of bowel cancer, which kills almost 17,000 people in the UK every year. His sister Sheena said: "We don't want Nick to have died in vain. "He was special, and for us it's so sad that somebody who loved life so much, and who was so young, has gone so quickly. "We want to raise awareness and for people to be aware of the symptoms." Nick had lived with ulcerative colitis – an inflammatory bowel disease – for most of his adult life, but he managed his symptoms well and reached remission in 2011. When he started experiencing a flare-up in early 2023 (the symptoms of which usually include diarrhoea, stomach pain and sore joints), the salesman and budding actor assumed it was linked - but continued to play golf, see friends and visit his favourite bars. The 40-year-old sought advice from a GP and was prescribed steroids, but these did little to improve his condition so he pushed for a private referral in March. On June 19, he underwent a colonoscopy, which identified a large tumour in his bowel, and was sent for an urgent MRI and CT scan. Nick was then sent for an urgent MRI and CT scan. 'They had found abnormal cells, which they seemed to think were cancerous, but they couldn't say for sure as they needed confirmation from the biopsy results,' Sheena, 38, said. 'I went to see him the following day because he){kind=link}
A “HEALTHY” actor died just four days after being diagnosed with bowel cancer.
Nick Baldev had been suffering from symptoms for several months, but he didn’t clock they could be connected to the disease.
Doctors say his condition likely went undetected for five years.
Nick’s family now want to use his story to raise awareness of the potential red flags of bowel cancer, which kills almost 17,000 people in the UK every year.
His sister Sheena said: “We don’t want Nick to have died in vain.