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Colon Cancer Survivor at 33

Post a new topicby livingwith on Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:48 pm

I have two small children (1 and 3) and early detection saved my life. After I was diagnosed with severe anemia and blood was found in stool samples, my doctor ordered a colonoscopy and endoscopy to see if there was a cause for internal bleeding. The gastrointestinologist found a tumor and that evening the surgery was scheduled.
Three days later, the pathology report confirmed that the tumor was malignant, but no lymph nodes were affected and the margins were clear (Type IIA). I am now canc...Read the full article
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