Russell Haythorn is a Denver7 Reporter.
PARKER, Colo. — Kate Middleton’s Earth-shattering cancer diagnosis last week puts a spotlight on a troubling worldwide trend: The Princess of Wales is part of a growing number of young people now getting cancer.
Cynthia is the same age as the Princess of Wales — 42. Cynthia can now call herself a cancer survivor, beating stage 3 colon cancer after she was diagnosed in October last year.The road to the diagnosis and recovery for Cynthia wasn’t without many bumps along the way.“I was starting to see some blood in my stools,” she said. “I just had a dear friend pass away from stage 4 colon cancer.”“She suspected I just had internal hemorrhoids,” Cynthia said.
That’s when her doctor finally ordered a colonoscopy. Afterward, her doctor told her about the cancer diagnosis.
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