“The GP, Dr Kevin Fitzgerald in Breamor Family Practice, noticed when I was walking the site every Friday at our site meetings I had my finger in my right side as I had a pain, and it was easier to walk that way,” Keith recalls.

“He suggested I go get a scan which he kindly arranged and I never went, which I regret. I spoke to him again a couple of weeks later and made another appointment to get a scan. That morning I found out I had tumours in my bladder.

“I’m a keen gym-goer and I initially thought the pain in my side was a muscle injury. Only for working in the doctor’s surgery and him noticing, the tumours would have grown too deep and it would have been too late. I can never ever be thankful enough, and to me he has been my life-saver.

"I eventually had an operation to remove the tumours.”

Unfortunately Keith’s cancer journey was not to end there, and he has since received the difficult news that the cancer had returned.

Following surgery earlier this month he is currently going through chemotherapy, but in spite of his own challenges Keith is keen to spread a positive message that life can and does go on after a diagnosis.

“People will tell you I'm the most energetic, happy, positive person going. I ran a company, built my own house as well as others, married with three kids. I got through it all and I’m still going. I’ve talked to other patients to try help them through their situation.