A 37-year-old woman's colon cancer symptom was dismissed as part of pregnancy. Months later, she was diagnosed with stage 4.

Gabby Zappia, 37, experienced blood in her stool during her third pregnancy. Months after giving birth, she learned she had ...
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5 signs of colon cancer every woman should know

Colon cancer symptoms in women are similar to those in men, but they can be confused with gynecological issues, like cramping ...

A 27-year-old woman with extreme cramping lied about having a common colon cancer symptom to get screened sooner. She was later diagnosed at stage 4

Sydney Stoner was dismissed by doctors despite having signs of colon cancer. She lied and said she had blood in her stool to get a colonoscopy.

A woman's colon cancer symptom was dismissed as pregnancy-related. Years later, at 32, the military spouse was diagnosed with stage 3.

A woman was experiencing a common symptom of colon cancer for years, but doctors dismissed it as pregnancy-related. She was diagnosed with stage 3c.
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A 20-year-old woman had waves of stomach pain for months. She was eventually diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer.

Katie Davis lived the typical life of a busy college student when she first started feeling stomach pain. Then, a 20-year-old junior and marketing major at Westchester University in Pennsylvania, ...
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Woman Survives Colon Cancer at 17 and 25: ‘I Had a Cancer Everyone Thought Old People Get'

At 36, Danielle Ripley-Burgess has already survived colon cancer twice. She was first diagnosed at 17 and then again at 25. A member of the SurvivorNet patient community, a resource for people with ...
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Doctors told a woman she was too young for colon cancer and dismissed her symptoms for years. At 22, she was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer.

For years, Kirsten Scheller was told the same thing by her doctors: she was too young and too active for colon cancer. In 2010, when she was a 19-year-old college sophomore in Saint Paul, Minnesota, ...

A Texas woman thought her new diet was causing digestive issues. Doctors found cancer: "I couldn't believe it"

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Doctors told a woman she was too young for colon cancer and dismissed her symptoms for years. At 22, she was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer.

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. For years, Kirsten Scheller was told the same thing by her doctors: she was too young and too active ...