LaTaisha Poe Cherry, a 47-year-old woman is like many. She’s in her forties, taking care of others, working and not worried about colonoscopies. It was something else that led her to the doctor.
“I felt like, ‘Ok well, something doesn’t seem right. I feel like something... I have some sort of blockage,’” she said.Patients often don’t present with painful symptoms. Often, it may be something nagging or an unusual feeling that drives them to book an appointment. However, if these symptoms are ignored, it can cost them their life.
This year, about 4,300 Texans will die from colorectal cancer, while about three times that amount will be diagnosed with it for the first time, according to the American Cancer Society. Plus, the patient population is seemingly younger every year. READ: American Cancer Society, Mayor Turner declare March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in Houston
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