In 2025, at 42, I was a mom, and a new ER nurse when my life changed. I had anemia, exhaustion, abdominal pain, pencil-thin stools and blood in my stool. After initially being told I was constipated, I returned to the ER knowing something was wrong. A colonoscopy revealed an obstructing mass: Stage III colon cancer. My greatest fear wasn’t chemo or surgery it was leaving my 6-year-old daughter without her mom...

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