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Medical Gaslighting: My Colon Cancer Symptoms Were Ignored! Amanda’s Story | The Patient Story

Amanda started getting light IBS symptoms and a month later, started seeing blood in her stool. She immediately asked doctors if it could be colon cancer. But doctors told her, "there's no way that would be colon cancer" and thought it was hemorrhoids or a fissure. Her symptoms then worsened and persisted for almost a year before she finally got a colonoscopy. She was then diagnosed with stage 2A colon cancer. In this conversation, she talks about the frustration of not feeling listened to and taken seriously, how important it is to fight for answers and advocate for yourself, and why you should be on top of your health care. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT COLON CANCER SYMPTOMS VS IBS → http://tinyurl.com/jnhdz2f6 Full story & transcript → https://www.thepatientstory.com/patie... Join Our Community: Website : https://www.thepatientstory.com/ Facebook: @ThePatientStory Instagram: @ThePatientStory Twitter: @patient_story Contents of Video: 00:00 Introduction 00:32 My first symptoms 04:58 Possibility of colon cancer 08:40 Getting testing done 10:08 Appointment with gastroenterologist 12:11 Getting a colonoscopy 13:36 Finding a large tumor 15:54 Getting the diagnosis 20:01 Going through chemo 27:35 Words of advice #coloncancer #cancerawareness #symptomsofcancer #cancerscreening #colorectalcancer #cancerprevention #cancersymptoms #cancertreatment #cancerresearch #coloncancersurvivor #thepatientstory #cancerstories #cancer