It took doctors five years to diagnose my colorectal cancer, and when they finally did it was already stage three and had started to impact my whole body.
When blood appeared in my stool after the birth of my first child in 2015, they told me it was just a side effect of child birth.
，但血液没有停止。它从我的凳子上的小斑点变成了厚实的丝带，然后将我涌出厕所。我的凳子变得蓬松，闻起来像腐烂的肉。
我从症状开始的那五年中拜访了数十次，只能一次又一次地告诉我的怀孕和出生（我在2017年和第三个孩子和第三个孩子和第三个孩子都与2020年费用有关）。 class =“ mol-para-fort”>知道我现在做什么，我敢倡导自己，他们会更早地抓住癌症 - 在我的肿瘤长到高尔夫球的大小并达到第三阶段的大小之前。
玛丽莎·彼得斯（Marisa Peters由我的新胃肠病学家下令 - 在年轻人的结直肠癌病例中增加。
现在，癌症是20至29岁的年轻人中生长最快的癌症之一，每年平均增长了2.4％。
来自美国癌症社会的Mol-Para-with-font”>，美国癌症协会的数字将在今年诊断出近18,000名50,000年的人。其中，估计有3,700人将死于该疾病。
治疗该疾病，我接受了六轮化学疗法，28轮放射治疗，每天两次口腔化学疗法，每天两次接受口腔化学疗法，每天进行了七个小时的直肠重建手术和六回合的化学疗法。一个回肠造口袋 - 肠道粪便中的一个袋子 - 连接到我的身体四个月，然后是另一个手术，以重新连接我的胃肠道。 The waves of surveillance fear and 'scan-xiety' is a continual burden.
Here's what I wish I had done to get my cancer diagnosed earlier.
Document your symptoms and show them to your doctor
It sounds embarrassing, but to get any complications you have diagnosed quickly you must photograph them and show the pictures to your doctor in a timeline - no matter how unpleasant they may be.
That goes for whether it's blood on your toilet paper, what's in the toilet bowl, or anything else that could be a warning符号。
我在手机中有一个照片日志，因为它在厕所里看到的东西是如此不同。我什至将它们放在手机上的一张专辑中，但是最初，我太尴尬了，无法向医生展示。
当我第一次向诊断前不久向胃肠者展示它们时，我会很明显，如果我早些时候透露了他们，我会直接发送给他们，我会被送去Colonoscopy。癌症是我的背面流血的。只是一点，但不正常。
然后，这血会间歇性地变成丝带，在我的粪便中，在我诊断出来之前一年半，我的凳子变化，颜色和气味。
蛋黄酱诊所清单上肠道习惯的变化和粪便中鲜红色的血液是结直肠癌的最常见症状之一。
发生这种情况是因为随着肿瘤的生长，它破坏了废物的通过，而越来越多的肿瘤也会损坏血管，导致出血。千字。
'如果患者认为这是将症状和发现带给医生的最佳方法，我们总是很乐意将其作为决策过程的一部分进行审查。
开始您的问题，您的担忧
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xmlns =“ http://www.w3.org/2000/svg” width =“ 9” height =“ 13” fill =“ none”> src =“ https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/04/25/25/25/16/97694197-0-Image-image-image-a-17_1745594268027.jpg class="mol-para-with-font">It's important to start every doctor's appointment clearly explaining why you're there and what you're worried about.Some doctors ask this at the start of a session, but many have their own agenda and their own opinion on your case when you arrive.
The result is that you wait and sit quietly, hoping they可能会问您要回答的问题。
这浪费了宝贵的时间，当您最终提出疑虑时，您的医生的思想转移到了下一个病人中。
我必须在这里度过多次约会，等待您的约会，以便您可以在此期间进行这些问题，我可以说这些问题，或者我已经呢？这是正常的吗？麦克法登博士说。我建议他们首先写下他们想谈论的一切，以免忘记任何事情。
![Marisa is pictured above with her husband, Josh. She urged people to keep confiding in one person with any symptoms they were concerned about and throughout their cancer battle]()
Marisa is pictured above with her husband, Josh. She urged people to keep confiding in one person with any symptoms they were concerned about and throughout their cancer battle
Ask your doctor for tests
It's essential to ask your doctor for any tests that might be available to help diagnose the problem you're experiencing.
通常，我觉得有忽视女性的担忧，这些女性会比男人更常见，'哦，你反应过度。'
要完成测试的一种方法。症状出现。我不知道您可以，我只是知道我希望自己的症状消失。
，但是在我被转介给胃肠病学家后，她开始担心并转介我进行粪便测试。 This revealed the blood in my feces, which led me to have a colonoscopy - the gold standard for diagnosing colon cancer - that came back positive.
I could have had that stool test earlier, had I known to ask.
'It is advantageous for all patients to be their own advocates, and that means requesting things that your doctor may have提到，麦克法登博士说。
'有时候，您必须对自己需要获得的东西更加持久。”
Marisa is pictured above with her family at home. Also shown clearly is her Whoop, which kept saying she was healthy until just after the diagnosis
Confide in your loved ones
Another mistake I made was not consistently confiding in those close to me.
I would sporadically tell people about my concerns, telling my husband about one symptom or casually raising a concern while visiting with my mother.
The result was people kept trying to reassure me, and tell me that there was nothing wrong and I shouldn't be worried.
It also meant that no one had a whole picture of my symptoms and how they were changing, which could have been对于有人说我需要检查的至关重要的链接。
我很幸运能现在没有癌症，但我觉得我归功于其他人以提高对疾病的认识。因此，我启动了自己的组织，即“被看到的基础”来做到这一点。
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xmlns =“ http://www.w3.org/2000/svg” width =“ 9” height =“ 13” fill =“ none”> src =“ https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/04/25/25/25/16/97694197-0-Image-image-image-a-17_1745594268027.jpg class="mol-para-with-font">It's important to start every doctor's appointment clearly explaining why you're there and what you're worried about.Some doctors ask this at the start of a session, but many have their own agenda and their own opinion on your case when you arrive.
The result is that you wait and sit quietly, hoping they可能会问您要回答的问题。
这浪费了宝贵的时间，当您最终提出疑虑时，您的医生的思想转移到了下一个病人中。
我必须在这里度过多次约会，等待您的约会，以便您可以在此期间进行这些问题，我可以说这些问题，或者我已经呢？这是正常的吗？麦克法登博士说。我建议他们首先写下他们想谈论的一切，以免忘记任何事情。
![Marisa is pictured above with her husband, Josh. She urged people to keep confiding in one person with any symptoms they were concerned about and throughout their cancer battle]()
Marisa is pictured above with her husband, Josh. She urged people to keep confiding in one person with any symptoms they were concerned about and throughout their cancer battle
Ask your doctor for tests
It's essential to ask your doctor for any tests that might be available to help diagnose the problem you're experiencing.
通常，我觉得有忽视女性的担忧，这些女性会比男人更常见，'哦，你反应过度。'
要完成测试的一种方法。症状出现。我不知道您可以，我只是知道我希望自己的症状消失。
，但是在我被转介给胃肠病学家后，她开始担心并转介我进行粪便测试。 This revealed the blood in my feces, which led me to have a colonoscopy - the gold standard for diagnosing colon cancer - that came back positive.
I could have had that stool test earlier, had I known to ask.
'It is advantageous for all patients to be their own advocates, and that means requesting things that your doctor may have提到，麦克法登博士说。
'有时候，您必须对自己需要获得的东西更加持久。”
Marisa is pictured above with her family at home. Also shown clearly is her Whoop, which kept saying she was healthy until just after the diagnosis
Confide in your loved ones
Another mistake I made was not consistently confiding in those close to me.
I would sporadically tell people about my concerns, telling my husband about one symptom or casually raising a concern while visiting with my mother.
The result was people kept trying to reassure me, and tell me that there was nothing wrong and I shouldn't be worried.
It also meant that no one had a whole picture of my symptoms and how they were changing, which could have been对于有人说我需要检查的至关重要的链接。
我很幸运能现在没有癌症，但我觉得我归功于其他人以提高对疾病的认识。因此，我启动了自己的组织，即“被看到的基础”来做到这一点。
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xmlns =“ http://www.w3.org/2000/svg” width =“ 9” height =“ 13” fill =“ none”> src =“ https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/04/25/25/25/16/97694197-0-Image-image-image-a-17_1745594268027.jpg class="mol-para-with-font">It's important to start every doctor's appointment clearly explaining why you're there and what you're worried about.Some doctors ask this at the start of a session, but many have their own agenda and their own opinion on your case when you arrive.
The result is that you wait and sit quietly, hoping they可能会问您要回答的问题。
这浪费了宝贵的时间，当您最终提出疑虑时，您的医生的思想转移到了下一个病人中。
我必须在这里度过多次约会，等待您的约会，以便您可以在此期间进行这些问题，我可以说这些问题，或者我已经呢？这是正常的吗？麦克法登博士说。我建议他们首先写下他们想谈论的一切，以免忘记任何事情。
![Marisa is pictured above with her husband, Josh. She urged people to keep confiding in one person with any symptoms they were concerned about and throughout their cancer battle]()
Marisa is pictured above with her husband, Josh. She urged people to keep confiding in one person with any symptoms they were concerned about and throughout their cancer battle
Ask your doctor for tests
It's essential to ask your doctor for any tests that might be available to help diagnose the problem you're experiencing.
通常，我觉得有忽视女性的担忧，这些女性会比男人更常见，'哦，你反应过度。'
要完成测试的一种方法。症状出现。我不知道您可以，我只是知道我希望自己的症状消失。
，但是在我被转介给胃肠病学家后，她开始担心并转介我进行粪便测试。 This revealed the blood in my feces, which led me to have a colonoscopy - the gold standard for diagnosing colon cancer - that came back positive.
I could have had that stool test earlier, had I known to ask.
'It is advantageous for all patients to be their own advocates, and that means requesting things that your doctor may have提到，麦克法登博士说。
'有时候，您必须对自己需要获得的东西更加持久。”
Marisa is pictured above with her family at home. Also shown clearly is her Whoop, which kept saying she was healthy until just after the diagnosis
Confide in your loved ones
Another mistake I made was not consistently confiding in those close to me.
I would sporadically tell people about my concerns, telling my husband about one symptom or casually raising a concern while visiting with my mother.
The result was people kept trying to reassure me, and tell me that there was nothing wrong and I shouldn't be worried.
It also meant that no one had a whole picture of my symptoms and how they were changing, which could have been对于有人说我需要检查的至关重要的链接。
我很幸运能现在没有癌症，但我觉得我归功于其他人以提高对疾病的认识。因此，我启动了自己的组织，即“被看到的基础”来做到这一点。
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Some doctors ask this at the start of a session, but many have their own agenda and their own opinion on your case when you arrive.
The result is that you wait and sit quietly, hoping they可能会问您要回答的问题。
这浪费了宝贵的时间，当您最终提出疑虑时，您的医生的思想转移到了下一个病人中。
我必须在这里度过多次约会，等待您的约会，以便您可以在此期间进行这些问题，我可以说这些问题，或者我已经呢？这是正常的吗？麦克法登博士说。我建议他们首先写下他们想谈论的一切，以免忘记任何事情。
Marisa is pictured above with her husband, Josh. She urged people to keep confiding in one person with any symptoms they were concerned about and throughout their cancer battle
Ask your doctor for tests
It's essential to ask your doctor for any tests that might be available to help diagnose the problem you're experiencing.
通常，我觉得有忽视女性的担忧，这些女性会比男人更常见，'哦，你反应过度。'
要完成测试的一种方法。症状出现。我不知道您可以，我只是知道我希望自己的症状消失。
，但是在我被转介给胃肠病学家后，她开始担心并转介我进行粪便测试。 This revealed the blood in my feces, which led me to have a colonoscopy - the gold standard for diagnosing colon cancer - that came back positive.
I could have had that stool test earlier, had I known to ask.
'It is advantageous for all patients to be their own advocates, and that means requesting things that your doctor may have提到，麦克法登博士说。
'有时候，您必须对自己需要获得的东西更加持久。”
Marisa is pictured above with her family at home. Also shown clearly is her Whoop, which kept saying she was healthy until just after the diagnosis
Confide in your loved ones
Another mistake I made was not consistently confiding in those close to me.
I would sporadically tell people about my concerns, telling my husband about one symptom or casually raising a concern while visiting with my mother.
The result was people kept trying to reassure me, and tell me that there was nothing wrong and I shouldn't be worried.
It also meant that no one had a whole picture of my symptoms and how they were changing, which could have been对于有人说我需要检查的至关重要的链接。
我很幸运能现在没有癌症，但我觉得我归功于其他人以提高对疾病的认识。因此，我启动了自己的组织，即“被看到的基础”来做到这一点。
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