March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and a Phoenix area woman is telling the story of her battle with the disease, and advice she has for others.
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and these days, an alarming number of young adults are getting the devastating diagnosis.One Phoenix area woman who had no family history and maintained a healthy lifestyle got that diagnosis, and she is sharing her story."You don’t want to believe it, of course, but then, really worried. Scared," Lorena Gillen said.At just 34 years old and 24 weeks pregnant, Gillen got a devastating diagnosis: she had Stage Four colon cancer.
"At first, I didn’t think I would see my little one start kindergarten. Now she’s a first grader, I didn’t think I’d see my oldest graduate high school. Now she’s a college kid."Dr. Christina Wu with Mayo Clinic specializes in gastrointestinal cancer."I don’t think we fully understand," Dr. Wu said about younger people getting diagnosed with colon cancer. "I think there are likely environmental factors that are related to this.
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