Rory Kennedy, a 36-year-old with no cancer family history and a healthy lifestyle, was shocked by his stage 3C colon cancer diagnosis. His symptoms began with black, tarry stools, misdiagnosed as minor issues. After experiencing bloody stools and abdominal pain, he consulted a gastroenterologist, who emphasized the need for early colonoscopies for such symptoms. Unfortunately, Kennedy was later informed of a mass in his colon, illustrating the need for vigilance in recognizing symptoms of colorectal cancer regardless of lifestyle factors.
I don't have a single checkmark of colon cancer. No root cause. They said just something happened in your body that something mutated.
He told me right away that if I had black, tarry stools back then, I should have gotten a colonoscopy and endoscopy immediately.
That's why a colonoscopy is the best way to detect and treat it earlier.
That's when I was hit with the brick of news: 'You have a mass in your colon.'
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