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Lynn Kilgore

Patients & Survivors Stage I Rectal Cancer Florida
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Guest Post by Lynn Kilgore • August 29, 2022

Story: I started having symptoms in early 2017. Finally, blood in my poop led me to a colonoscopy. I had stage I colorectal cancer, which was removed and tattooed and then removed via surgery with a wedge resection. All of my colonoscopies were normal, even two months ago. But last April, I started having severe abdominal pain, severe constipation, and pain when eating. One scan led to another, and two weeks ago I had a liver biopsy (due to spots seen). Ultimately, I have stage IV colorectal cancer (not the genetic kind), and I have mets to liver, lymph nodes, and possibly lung. I got a port last week, and I’m starting Folfox in a week. I was supposed to start today, but I put it off due to anxiety about the chemo. Anyway, my family, and I are now on a new journey I would have never imagined.

Advice: It’s treatable when caught early. Get a colonoscopy. That’s the east part. Even at an early stage, demand to see an oncologist for a plan.

Keep up the fight. Do what you are comfortable with. Stay busy. Ask for help. Enjoy the moments with the people and animals you love.

Topics: Treatments, Surgery
About the Author

Lynn Kilgore was diagnosed with stage I rectal cancer in 2017, and stage IV in April 2022. Lynn resides in Florida.

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  1. It is the night before my colonoscopy and upper endoscopy. ( severe abdominal pain with constipation and blood in my stools at times) I came upon your story while trying to find something online that would allow me to skip the second half of my prep which I’m due to start at 1 am in two hours. Of course as I knew I would, I found information that said NOT to skip the second half of prep.

    I am so sorry to read that you were first diagnosed at stage I and have now progressed to stage IV. At why stye did you begin chemo?

    Thank you for sharing your story.

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