magazine. “I wanted to move on with my career and my life. But, as I was going through it, I read repeatedly about people who were ashamed, who were hiding, who were lying about their diagnosis. And on the other side, how doctors were not comfortable talking about it. And women were not given the follow-up care they needed.”
Cross was diagnosed with anal cancer in November 2017 after a routine gynecological checkup. During a digital rectal exam, her doctor felt that something wasn’t right and recommended another examination. After two biopsies and a colonoscopy, Cross received her cancer diagnosis. Fortunately, her doctor caught the disease early and her prognosis was good. She underwent 28 radiation treatments and two weeks of chemotherapy before her cancer went into remission in 2018.
For Cross, cancer treatment wasn’t what you would call a breeze. “The side effects are so gnarly,” she said of her experience with chemotherapy. “I thought I was doing great. And then out of nowhere, I felt this sting in my lip; it was excruciating. It was from the chemo…. I had gastric problems, mouth sores, all the terrible things that can happen with chemotherapy.”
Anal cancer, like other cancers, forms when healthy cells are mutated into abnormal cells and multiply to form tumors. The largest risk factor anal cancer is
If the article is trying to lessen stigma, why use this sensational headline? Her symptoms were the same as any chemo patient. Emphasizing “gnarly” undermines her whole point.
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