Back in 2022, Dr Lauren Juyia felt "a little tired" within the afternoons. "As a mum with two little kids," she started. "I didn't think anything of saying, 'Oh, I think I need a tea in the afternoon'." She had lately been nursing her youngsters, who had been nonetheless waking up throughout the evening, and labored full time.

After two months of fatigue, which she attributed to the calls for of regular life, Dr Juyia skilled "pelvic heaviness".

Talking on Good Morning America, the gynaecologist, 38, recognised that she wanted to be checked over.

Booking herself in for an ultrasound, the physician seen a startling mass.

"Having a background in obstetrics," stated Dr Juyia. "We describe size by weeks of pregnancy and, so, I was like, 'Oh, my God. I have a 16-week-size mass'."

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From her skilled expertise, Dr Juyia may inform that the mass was on her ovary, main her to suppose that it might be ovarian cancer.

As her mass grew from 8cm to 24cm in two weeks, she was booked in for surgical procedure to take away the mass.

Yet, the tumour had unfold to the ovaries, uterus omentum, appendix, and stomach space.

At 37, the mum from Florida, US, was identified with stage 4 colon cancer.

Having gone by means of six months of chemotherapy, in March of this yr, Dr Juyia's most up-to-date check-up concerned eradicating an inactive tumour.

So far, checks have proven "no [further] evidence of disease" so, now, the physician desires to lift consciousness in regards to the signs of colon most cancers.

While older adults "would be much more tired from stage four tumours", youthful folks would possibly really feel extra "resilient".

Dr Juyia defined: "We might not have any symptoms because we are young, our bodies are more resilient. We can tolerate more symptoms."

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In England, everybody aged 60 to 74 (who's registered with a GP) is invited for colon (i.e. bowel) most cancers screening each two years.

The NHS says: "The programme is expanding to make it available to everyone aged 50 to 59 years. This is happening gradually over four years and started in April 2021."

Dr Juyia stated: "People that are younger than the screening age should still be paying attention to symptoms.

"And if you're within the vary that you need to be screened, make the most of that. Don't squander that chance."