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Sunday 18 December 2022
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Without treatment, the most important weapon in the fight against cancer is early diagnosis. Identifying the warning signs can help you recognize the condition early and improve your prognosis.
A British patient recovering from bowel cancer revealed early symptoms prompting her to seek medical attention, according to the British Express website.
The location of bowel cancer tumors means that symptoms often appear in the stomach or when going to the toilet, while stomach problems such as diarrhea and abdominal pain can also indicate a variety of non-cancerous conditions such as food intolerances. be bowel cancer.
“My symptoms started with loose stools that I had nonstop for months,” Jackie said. “I also had rectal bleedings twice a year. I was tired.”
She added: ‘Basically, it was the fact that I hadn’t had a strong stool over the days that prompted me to go to the doctor. I had a bowel cancer checkup, so that was what I thought of when I thought about my symptoms.’
“However, I was reassured by the suggestion that in most cases my symptoms would not lead to a diagnosis of bowel cancer – and also that most people with bowel cancer are older than me.”
Jackie was diagnosed with stage III bowel cancer in October 2015 when she was 53 years old.
Symptoms like loose stools and rectal bleeding are some of the telltale signs of bowel cancer.
The NHS explains that blood lingering in the stool with ‘no apparent cause’ or associated with a change in bowel habits can be a serious warning sign.
Other warning signs of bowel cancer can include:
Persistent lower abdominal pain
Bloating or discomfort that is always caused by eating
Loss of appetite or unintentional weight loss.
The NHS recommends seeing a doctor if you have bowel cancer symptoms for three weeks or more.
After a procedure in which a trained medical professional examined the lower colon and rectum using a narrow tube with a camera, Jackie underwent a bowel resection.
She said: “It was open stomach surgery and recovery took some time. I wasn’t worried about my physical appearance, but it took a long time to get through the surgery and rebuild my strength, especially after undergoing chemotherapy”.
Chemotherapy started in February 2016 and ended in August 2016. Jackie now lives “in the moment” and is “actively” involved in the things she enjoys.
Jackie added: ‘I sometimes suffer from the effects of bowel cancer. I think that once you have a disease like bowel cancer, it always lives by your side. For me, the possibility of it coming back is always on my mind. , that feeling has diminished — or maybe I’ve become more adept at managing and balancing that anxiety.”
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