EXCLUSIVEI was 診断するd with 行う／開催する／段階 3 結腸 癌 老年の 34 にもかかわらず 存在 in best 形態／調整 of my life - don't ignore the embarrassing symptom I did

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A mother was 診断するd with colorectal?癌 after thinking her foul-smelling gas was from her probiotics.??

Jelena Tompkins, from Colorado, was just 34 years old in 2016 when she noticed that her gas smelled more foul than it used to.?

The mother-of-one had just run a half マラソン and kept a healthy diet, though she thought it could have been from something she ate.

Ms Tompkins started taking probiotics to balance her gut bacteria, but the smell did not 改善する. Soon after, she noticed 血 in her stool.?

Jelena Tompkins was just 34 years old in 2016 when she noticed her gas smelled more potent than normal. She was 診断するd with 行う／開催する／段階 three rectal 癌

Ms Tompkins had just run a half マラソン before her diagnosis and ate a healthy diet.?'I was in some of the best 形態／調整 of my life,' she told The 患者 Story. 'I ate healthy and didn’t ever think that 癌 would strike me at such a young age'

She せいにするd the symptoms to the probiotics, and at her 年次の physical a few months later, her doctor said the bleeding was just from dietary changes.?

However, three months later, when Ms Tompkins wasn't taking the probiotics, doctors ran アレルギー 実験（する）s to see if food intolerances had upset her digestive system.?

Finally, she underwent a colonoscopy, which 明らかにする／漏らすd 行う／開催する／段階 three rectal 癌 that had spread to her lymph nodes.?

'I was in some of the best 形態／調整 of my life,' Ms Tompkins told The 患者 Story. 'I ate healthy and didn’t ever think that 癌 would strike me at such a young age.'

Colorectal 癌 率s are on the rise 世界的な, 原因（となる）ing an?疫病／流行性の in young people.?

率s are 推定する／予想するd to 二塁打 in young people by 2030, and colorectal 癌 is also 推定する／予想するd to become the 主要な 原因（となる） of 癌 deaths in people under 50 by the end of the １０年間.?

癌s of the 結腸 and rectum are the third most ありふれた type in the US and the third 主要な 原因（となる） of death in both men and women.

The American 癌 Society (ACS) 見積（る）s about 153,000 colorectal 癌 事例／患者s were （悪事，秘密などを）発見するd in 2023, 含むing 19,500 の中で those under 50 years old.

Some 53,000 people are 推定する／予想するd to die from the 病気 this year.

専門家s are still working to unravel the 原因（となる） of this 破滅的な 疫病／流行性の.?They have 一般的に 非難するd unhealthy diets, alcohol 消費, and sedentary lifestyles on this 転換.

Data from JAMA 外科 showed that 結腸 癌 is 推定する／予想するd to rise by 90 パーセント in people ages 20 to 34 by the year 2030. Doctors are not sure what is 運動ing the mystery rise

Ms Tompkins underwent 放射（能） and chemotherapy, with breaks to …に出席する her sister's wedding and run in a 地元の race

Ms Tompkins had 12 インチs of her 結腸 and rectum, 同様に as 17 lymph nodes, 除去するd and was given an ileostomy 捕らえる、獲得する

Ms Tompkins underwent 28 days of 放射（能） and the chemotherapy pill Xeloda, also known as capecitabine, which is designed for late-行う／開催する／段階 colorectal 癌.

After another two months of 残り／休憩（する）, her tumor started to 縮む, though she still 要求するd 外科.?

Doctors 除去するd 12 インチs of 結腸 and rectum, 同様に as 17 lymph nodes, leaving five cancerous nodes remaining.?

Scientists 暴露する 行方不明の link between junk food and 癌 - which could explain 爆発 of tumors in young people?

Scientists believe they have 暴露するd a 行方不明の link between how eating junk food 増加するs the 危険 of 癌.?

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Ms Tompkins was had an ileostomy, which is when 外科医s make an 開始 in the abdomen and bring a piece of the ileum, the lowest part of the small intestine, outside of the 復部の 塀で囲む to create a stoma.?

Digested food then passes through the stoma into an 外部の pouch instead of through the rectum and anus.

Six weeks after 外科, she started on the combination chemotherapy FOLFOX, finishing in May 2017, just in time to run in a 地元の race.?

Ms Tompkins is now in remission and を受けるing 維持／整備 chemotherapy, along with ざっと目を通すs once a year.?

Part of what makes colorectal 癌 difficult to 診断する is its symptoms, which can often be せいにするd to other 条件s. However, some stand out more than others.?

A 熟考する／考慮する published last year in the 定期刊行物 of the 国家の 癌 学校／設ける 設立する that the most 報告（する）／憶測d symptoms were 復部の 苦痛, 血 in the stool, diarrhea, and アイロンをかける-欠陥／不足 anemia.?

Additionally, in a 2020 調査する by Colorectal 癌 同盟, 68 パーセント of 関係者s said they experienced 血 in their stool. The 普通の／平均（する） 関係者 age was 42.?

The same 調査する also 設立する that many 患者s with colorectal 癌 symptoms were 最初 misdiagnosed or 解任するd.?

More than half of 答える／応じる ents said they were misdiagnosed with 条件s such as hemorrhoids, irritable bowel syndrome, anemia, and mental health 問題／発行するs. And 患者s ages 19 to 39 were more likely to feel 解任するd by their provider.

In one 熟考する／考慮する, with just one symptom took an 普通の／平均（する） of 10 months to receive a colorectal 癌 diagnosis. Those with at least three symptoms were 診断するd after five months on 普通の／平均（する）.?

Ms Tompkins is now in remission and takes 維持／整備 chemotherapy, along with ざっと目を通すs every year to look for recurrance

A 2020 調査する from Colorectal 癌 同盟 設立する that?many 患者s with colorectal 癌 symptoms were 最初 misdiagnosed or 解任するd

基準 colonoscopy 審査 begins at age 45, and Ms Tompkins 定評のある that she was lucky her doctor did not resist ordering one for her.?

'If they 辞退する a colonoscopy, tell them that they need to put in your とじ込み／提出する that you （機の）カム to them with symptoms and that they 辞退するd to give you a colonoscopy,' she said.?

'That may also make them think twice about 否定するing it.'?

Since 癌 does not run in her family, Ms Tompkins sought support from online communities of other 患者s.?

'We could vent to each other when we were really tired or ask, “Hey, is this bothering your system?” Or, “Oh my gosh, is your ileostomy going crazy too? What can you do to slow this 負かす／撃墜する? What do you drink when you’re going through FOLFOX and you’ve got that 冷淡な sensitivity and everything has to be hot?"' she said.

'Those are some of the things you don’t やむを得ず bother your oncologist about, but having a friend there to support you through can help bounce ideas off of you and help you feel like you’ve got a support group that’s there for you and that you can reach out to if you’re having a bad day.'