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Marisa’s Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis and BRCA2 Discovery
Marisa’s Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis at 37 Led Her to a BRCA2 Discovery Marisa thought she was doing everything right, focusing on working out daily and eating clean. She was caught off guard when she started feeling stomach pain, bloating, and eventually saw blood in her stool. A dietitian’s suggestion to run a GI map test,…
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I Thought It Was Just Bloating; It Was Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer.
Joy K., Ovarian Cancer, Stage 4 (Metastatic), BRCA2+ Symptoms: Sprain-like abdominal pain, severe bloating/abdominal hardness, ascites (massive fluid buildup in stomach), inflammation, exhaustion Treatments: Paracentesis (fluid drainage), chemotherapy, monoclonal antibody (bevacizumab), surgery, PARP inhibitor (olaparib)
