Woman's Colon Cancer Symptoms Dismissed as Pregnancy-Related, Leading to Stage 3 Diagnosis

A woman's colon cancer symptom was dismissed as pregnancy-related. Years later, at 32, the military spouse was diagnosed with stage 3.

Monica Trott started having colon cancer symptoms around age 30, but doctors reassured her it was a pregnancy symptom. She wasn't diagnosed until years later, with stage 3 colon cancer. Courtesy of Monica Trott A military spouse had a common symptom of colon cancer for years, but doctors dismissed it as pregnancy-related. She eventually had a colonoscopy that found a golf-ball-sized tumor, and was diagnosed with stage 3c colon cancer at 32. Now five years cancer-free after treatment, she sai...