Working for your health: Concerns over colorectal cancer

Working for your health: Concerns over colorectal cancer

FOR YEARS THE RECOMMENDATIONFROM DOCTORS WAS THAT YOUSHOULD START GETTING ACOLONOSCOPY, WHEN YOU REACHTHE AGE OF 50.

BUT NO━ MOREAND MORE*YOUNGER PEOPLE HAVEBEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COLORECTALCANCER... SO THERE'S A PUSHFOR MORE PEOPLE TO GET THATTEST*EARLIER..

THIS MORNINGWMA━2 NEWS ERIN MACPHERSONSHARES THE STORY OF A PATIENTAND A DOCTOR FROM MEDSTARFRANKLIN SQUARE CANCER CENTE*NA* (BOTH) 14:22 laugh, walkCHERYL MULLANEY IS CANCER FREEÃAFTER A LONG TWO YEARS.(SHOT IN ROOM4:30ISHH) (DOCTO PATIENT*NA*17:50 itdefinitely came out with thesurgery, itanymore SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITHRECTAL CANCER.

(PATIENT) 11:30think I may have suffered alittle bit longer than Ishould have just maybe out offear of going to the doctor.Its not an issue thatto talk about itembarrassing sometimes so Ithink people tend to not gofor those reasons.

SHE WASHAVING TROUBLE GOING TO THEBATHROOMÃTRIED SOME OVER THECOUNTER MEDICATIONS BUT THEYDIDNDOCTORSÃAND EVENTUALLY GOT ACOLONOSCPY.

(DOC) 21:08 wenever want to chalk somethingup to the standard benign runof the mill issues especiallywhen we know the incidents ofcolon and rectal cancer is theon the rise.

We have to makesure the more serious thingsfirst before treating the mocommon benign processes DR.DAVID LISLE SAYS A COLONOSCOPYIS TYPICALLY FOR SOMEONE OVER50 YEARS OLD BUT THAT AGE ISACTUALLY GOING DOWN BECAUSE OFTHE INCREASED CASES OFCOLORECTAL CANCER IN YOUNGERPATIENTS.

(DOC) 30:07 why wereseeing this increase trend?Theres probably someenvironmental component to itwhat were being exposed topotentially dietary but Ithink that still remains to beseen and that research isbeing done now IN THIS CASE &THE COLONOSCOPY SHOWED A TUMORÃWHICH DR. LISLE KNEW WASCANCER RIGHT AWAY.

SO HETALKED WITH MULLANEY AS SOONAS SHE WOKE UP.

(PATIENT) 6:05just remember being terrified6:27 the first thing I thoughtabout was my children and myhusband, had a lot riding ome getting better 6:10 myhusband and I cried together,now lets get at it THATEXACTLY WHAT SHE DID.

SHE HTO UNERGO WEEKS OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION━(PATIENT) 7:42 just weak andtired and groggy THEN SHE HADSURGERY━ (DOC)*NA* 16:32 westapled just below that and wetook the tumor but thisalright here is tumor WHICHWAS DONE ROBOTICALLY, AMINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE.(DOC)24:45 by doing it throughsmaller incisions it allowsfor less pain out of theoperation, faster recovery andfaster return for the patientto their regular life(PATIENT) 8:40 I had never hadany other surgery so I didnhave anything to compare itto.

Just knew it was an easierrecovery and it was, I didnreally& it was pretty smoothrecovery.

(CAN CUT) AFTERSURGERY SHE HAD MORE CHEMO ANDRADIATIONÃTHIS TIME FORMONTHS.

NOWÃSHEOCCASIONAL CHECK UPS TO MAKESURE SHE(patient) 10:40 I am cancerfree.

My last scan showed nosign of any disease━ ERINMACPHERSON WMAR 2 NEWS.CHERYL MULLANEY ATTRIBUTES HERSUCCESS TO HER SUPPORT TEAM ATHOME AND FROM THE STAFF AT THEHOSPITAL..

DR. LISLE SAYS THEYHAVE A TUMOR BOARD THAT MEETSEVERY WEEK, TO REVIEW AND TALKABOUT EACH PATIENT TO MAKESURE THEYAPPROPRIATE CARE.

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