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Three weeks later, I began <a href=\"https:\/\/fightcolorectalcancer.org\/patient-caregivers\/education-resources\/treatment-choices\/chemotherapy\/\">chemotherapy<\/a>. Since then, my journey has included major <a href=\"https:\/\/fightcolorectalcancer.org\/patient-caregivers\/education-resources\/surgery-ostomy\/\">surgeries<\/a>, liver-directed treatments, and ongoing chemotherapy&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/fightcolorectalcancer.org\/story\/monica-mendoza\/\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;font-size:15px\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 44, one unexpected night of back and flank pain led  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":224178,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"ambassador-team-category":[806],"class_list":["post-225424","ambassador-team","type-ambassador-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ambassador-team-category-member"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monica Mendoza - Fight Colorectal Cancer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At 44, a surprise CT scan revealed stage IV colorectal cancer with liver metastases. 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