Sherri Rollins describes how she became her own advocate, paid attention to her gut feeling and stayed positive.
Colorectal cancer can be a devastating diagnosis. Sherri Rollins has now been through it twice, but was determined to get the right treatment and stay positive. She had a gut feeling something was wrong each time, even though doctors initially told her she was fine. The stay-at-home mom, who asked that her age be described as “approaching 50” and lives in Salisbury, North Carolina, shares her symptoms, story of resilience and advice for other patients with TODAY.com.
But I was thinking that may be wrong, and I always go by what my gut is telling me. I went to another doctor who said, “Let’s just go and do an MRI.” It turned out to be stage 4My father had colon cancer and passed away in his early 50s. I probably should have had a, but I didn’t believe it would happen like that to me. I was a healthy person and I’d always done checkups.
In March 2022, they called me back and said, “Upon further looking, you’re right. There is a lesion in your rectum. It was farther down than the original cancer. That’s why we didn’t see it because we weren’t looking for it there.”Rollins shares a happy moment with her sons and husband.The tumor was larger than expected, and it had gone outside the colon and spread into the pelvic floor. I saw several doctors about what to do next. One wanted to take the whole colon out.
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