*Jessica's Healthful Journey™ after diagnosis with Stage IV Colon Cancer

Jessica's Healthful Journey™ after diagnosis with Stage IV Colon Cancer

Join us for an interview with Jessica and discover how she has been able to manage through her journey after diagnosis with Stage IV colon cancer. This is Jessica’s Healthful Story™. Please note that the video may only play in landscape mode on a mobile phone.

Navigate Jessica's Healthful Journey™ after diagnosis with Stage IV Colon Cancer

Diagnosis

Jessica’s metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) was discovered after a bowel obstruction caused her severe pain and threatened to rupture her colon, requiring an emergency colostomy, a surgical opening for waste diversion (an ‘ostomy bag’), to relieve the blockage.

"I know feels kind of impossible, because every cancer is different and the way that your body responds is different, but to have an overview of some of these treatment options I think for me would have been very helpful."
Jessica
This is Jessica’s Healthful Journey™ after her diagnosis with Stage IV colon cancer, from emergent symptoms through to today with her recent enrollment in a clinical trial. Jessica has enrolled in an NIH clinical trial and will receive her first treatment with TILs (tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes or white blood cells) in December of 2024. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer and would like to share your experiences to help raise awareness, inform others, and advocate for screening, please email contact@HealthfulHeroes.com or visit us at HealthfulHeroes.com/Fast-Track-Hope/

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