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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<\/a> revealed an obstructing mass: Stage III colon cancer<\/a>. My greatest fear wasn\u2019t chemo<\/a> or surgery<\/a> it was leaving my 6-year-old daughter without her mom…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":225446,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"ambassador-team-category":[806],"class_list":["post-225445","ambassador-team","type-ambassador-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ambassador-team-category-member"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMel (Carmel) Justilien - Fight Colorectal Cancer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At 42, an ER nurse and mom was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer after being told she was constipated. 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