The lesson is trust your instincts. I was told I probably had mild form of leukemia, while my body was telling me I was about to die. Turns out my body was right, I had a very rare form of blood marrow cancer. Once i was properly diagnosed, I was put on the path to treatment. I will be celebrating 3 years cancer free in May.
@kelliwillis4176 ай бұрын
Praise the Lord!!! 🙏
@BarbCosgrove-q5u6 ай бұрын
Praise the lord and you Go Dan 💪💪💪....
@paulalobato59876 ай бұрын
Thank God 💞🙏
@Lionforaday4 ай бұрын
What a wonderful outcome from a terrifying ordeal, Dan. Glad to hear you've made a good recovery, and best wishes on continued good health.
@GabrielleTollerson3 ай бұрын
YAY!!! ❤
@MarshaMarshaMarsh47 ай бұрын
My husband is 9yrs survivING from stage 4 CC, so please keep the faith 🙏🏼 ❤💙.
@abd41756 ай бұрын
That's great news to hear, I hope he stays well!
@kelliwillis4176 ай бұрын
🙏
@rajeshrysadienАй бұрын
Does he do chemo?
@MarshaMarshaMarsh4Ай бұрын
@@rajeshrysadien nope. He takes something for the neuropathy that the chemo caused, but that’s it.
@karenm74497 ай бұрын
So many of people featured on this channel have suffered unnecessary stress and pain due to delayed correct diagnosis. With such a known high cancer rate even among young fit people no doctor should dismiss symptoms like this for any reason. I wish this lady all the very best for many years of healthy life still to come.
@tinawimberley50357 ай бұрын
100% agree!! My sister was among the unfortunate ones. So many of these people could have had different outcomes if the doctors would've just took the precautionary measures & ran the tests. It angers me so bad!
@riobrasilsambashowssambist14537 ай бұрын
Ppl need to understand that so many of us didn't get stage 1 diagnosis > myth diagnosis finally came at early stage 3, but I am actually very understanding bcx it is NOT racism, not " byty deign," it is bcz sometimes they really didn't know and were sometimes ignorant. Now that AI is becoming part of the medical field, I know that diagnosis can come more quickly and incompetence or malpractice is going to be reduced
@cc2020-d4wАй бұрын
@@tinawimberley5035 Yes it's utterly despicable. It angers me too! I'm so so sorry about your sister. 🙏
@pamjohns15207 ай бұрын
My young daughter died from Breast cancer…..I blame the Insurance companies and her 1st onocologist! Insurance drives the bus and I can go the rest of my life without hearing the words “Standard of Care”…. My daughter deserved more than the “standard” of anything. You are so right…advocate for yourself. Sending prayers 🙏🙏🙏 Giving mother retired RN.
@LindaRobertson-io3zt7 ай бұрын
I’m so so sorry 😢❤
@EliCrousey7 ай бұрын
🙏❤️🩹🙏
@sandralrho94554 ай бұрын
Sorry for your loss !
@ricbra332 ай бұрын
So sad about the insurance companies dominate how people recieve care.
@pamjohns15202 ай бұрын
@@ricbra33 thank you
@crocadoodle71017 ай бұрын
I’m stuck on “you’re thin, and you are not pre diabetic” . 😖 neither of these comments have anything to do with blood in a persons stool! Saying those comments out loud just shows ignorance imo . Doctors have been trained to do better than that. I’m sorry you saw doctors that missed getting to the diagnosis.
@ivettesantana43197 ай бұрын
i think they knew she needed a colonoscopy but didnt want to contact the insurance to fight for her to get one because why wont a dr just reffered you for one when is not his dang life or insurance.
@unprocessed_life7 ай бұрын
ignorant AF doctors who think thin people aren't unhealthy. WT F
@ryans4137 ай бұрын
See this is why I like Canada its free if you think you need this or that all you gotta do is see your doctor and they will set it up for you free of charge. It might be a why’ll until you can get in but no money is spent out of your pocket no insurance companies to worry about our taxes cover healthcare. The only time you may need insurance of some type is when your prescribed medication that you have to pay for unless you got some type of insurance or benefits through your work.
@itsme.58647 ай бұрын
Also, being thin does mean you can't be pre-diabetic.
@girlfromsouth2146 ай бұрын
@@ryans413I have a Canadian friend who had to wait months for her child to see an orthopedic specialist. His issue got worse and worse and he sufferred irrevocable damage from having to wait so long. And, this was pre-covid, so that did not impact the wait to see a specialist. She paints a very different picture of Canadian healthcare than you do.
@catclark94887 ай бұрын
I hope the many people who have been misdiagnosed or dismissed by doctors etc, go back to them and let them know the damage they have done by not taking the proper steps to get a diagnosis. If they do this then they may just stop the chance of it happening to another person, and make the doctor more aware of the importance of being thorough.
@Amanda-ee8oh6 ай бұрын
People need to start filing complaints against these doctors
@unspokenheartstillness5 ай бұрын
50% of diagnosis are incorrect. Sue their as****.
@rtru98014 ай бұрын
@@unspokenheartstillnessIt do
@NoodlesEaton3 ай бұрын
They get the big bucks and some do not know what they are doing.
@jsun36392 ай бұрын
Audio record all your meetings with your doctors. You can even outright tell them you're recording for future reference. See if they give it a second thought before they gaslight you.
@MK-ft3qt2 ай бұрын
It does nothing.
@Lionforaday7 ай бұрын
As a family doctor, I can't imagine not referring someone URGENTLY. Her age made inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's, ulcerative colitis) more likely than cancer - but either way - it needs investigating. Not emergently, but urgently - I'd say within 10 days max. I'll never forgive our government for the lockdowns. So many cancers diagnosed too late. So unnecessary & tragic.
@allisonandrews47197 ай бұрын
As a former psychiatric social worker who worked closely with doctors for 15 years until I left the field to retrain as an attorney I want you to say this respectfully, because you sound like a good doctor-you don’t know your colleagues. They hate women. Men and women doctors hate women. I wish they didn’t. They do. Sounds like you don’t. So it’s probably very hard for you to see.
@bdlimea70187 ай бұрын
The health care system basically shut down. Surgery they felt wasn't urgent was put on the back burner. Diagnostic tests same thing. In return, cancer was being diagnosed in later stages.
@A---ti3zz7 ай бұрын
I don't know where you live but a lot of hospitals chose to postpone procedures and appts.
@bethingberg3717 ай бұрын
This happens all the time. It has nothing to do with lock down. Ridiculous. Imagine how many more would be dead without the lock down.
@bethingberg3717 ай бұрын
This is more about MDs and their penchant for medical gaslighting than lockdown!
@islandbirdw7 ай бұрын
As a retired RN in critical care and then I became a wellness expert later in my career. I believe that patients know their body and it’s up to us to find out what is wrong when a patient feels there is something wrong. Your story is compelling. Thank you for sharing it.
@tinawimberley50357 ай бұрын
My sister had a similar experience. For over a year & a half she had became increasingly more constipated, and was having horrible pain in the left side of her pelvis. Our family has a history of endometriosis, so the doctors were focusing more on her woman parts, and for over a year, had several ultrasounds looking for ovarian cysts and even had a hysterectomy, but the pain and constipation continued. At one point she had even said to her doctor "could this be my colon? Could I have a blockage or something? Should we do a colonoscopy?" She was told "ah, you're too young, you'd know if you had a blockage." The doctor pretty much told her she was constipated and to go home and take Miralax as often as needed. She finally talked the doctor into doing a colonoscopy, and turned out she DID have a blockage! She had a complete blockage of her sigmoid colon and a large tumor on the outside of it as well... and it was FULL of cancer! At this point she was stage 4. She had surgery a few days later to remove the tumor, a portion of her colon, some lymph nodes, and a small section of her liver, and was put on a colostomy bag. Statistics say that she should not have a colonoscopy because she was only 42 and relatively healthy otherwise. Even though she had brought it up SEVERAL times, it was dismissed. This could have been detected MONTHS before IF THEY WOULD HAVE JUST LISTENED. She continued to fight for 5 months, and unfortunately, was sot as lucky. Point is, if you know something is off with your body, DEMAND testing!! DO NOT let doctors tell you you are too young! Colon cancer is NOT an old person disease, young people are getting it too. PLEASE pay attention and get checked!!
My sister-in-law’s younger sister had breast cancer at FOURTEEN. She had to have both removed via radical mastectomies, radiation and chemo. She was lucky and recovered.
@EliCrousey7 ай бұрын
🙏❤️🩹🙏
@LolaP-q8l7 ай бұрын
I am so terribly sorry
@cliffordtickell40237 ай бұрын
I am so glad that this turned out well for you! It was so brave of you to advocate for yourself. My wife had been complaining of a severe cough for nearly three years. She knew something was wrong, but the doctors dismissed her saying that she had allergies. One of her doctors even told her of course you have a cough, you have allergies! Well... they were all wrong! December of 2023 she was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, she had never smoked. by the time she underwent her series of testing they found that it had spread to both lungs, abdomen, lymph nodes, bone, brain and muscle tissue. She had two weeks of radiation, and two weeks of an oral cancer treatment. Throughout her treatment she was in steady decline. She opted to stop treatment Feb 9, 2024 and passed away Feb 12, 2024.
@sallyintucson7 ай бұрын
I’m so sorry about your sister.
@lovesJesus4487 ай бұрын
@@sallyintucsonhis wife sweetie ❤hey everybody please ask Jesus into your heart today while you still have time ❤
@sarahcrain80837 ай бұрын
God bless you.
@elizabethkoobs10607 ай бұрын
I'm so sorry for your loss. Why are so many symptoms being dismissed by their doctors. Our Healthcare is getting worse and worse.
@firecracker80717 ай бұрын
I am so sorry for your loss, it so so wrong how Dr dismiss men and women's intuition. I also have had a cough for 2 years rib pain back pain and have started to see blood in my urine and stool with abdominal discomfort. I had a exray which I was told there was scar tissue in my lungs.... then when I told my Dr I was seeing blood he said I will send a referral for a GI they would be calling me it's been two weeks and have heard nothing. I will be calling in the morning to raise cain
@wolfgang41367 ай бұрын
Glad you are here and healthy sharing your story. My brother went through two different kinds of cancer in the past ten years. He’s doing great and just turned 60. Keep rocking on Sister and pushing this message👍👍👍👍
@MiaQuigg2 ай бұрын
What a delay in services. Health care has changed so much. I'm a retired nurse and it really saddens me to see how patients are treated. We definitely need to be our own advocates.
@trudykennedy23807 ай бұрын
Sorry you had to fight and fight to be taken seriously, all while the cancer clock ticked away. You knew your body, and you’re clearly very inquisitive and smart; you saved your own life! Canadian here who also was sure I had lymphoma - some type of it - because I had symptoms. My GP rolled her eyes when I asked for testing and told me I didn’t have lymphoma (based on what?) and should focus on a bad leg injury. Anyway, after I finally got tested, I had Stage IV non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. If I hadn’t pushed, I’d be dead, and so would you be if you hadn’t advocated for yourself. Stay well! Love from Ontario. 🇨🇦
@dandelions24146 ай бұрын
Im going through the same right now. I have been going to the dr for a year and a half with symptoms of lymphoma. Finally got an ultrasound in a month after pushing and pushing and persisting I get tested for more than just blood work. I have never felt so gaslighted in my life! I hope you are doing well now..
@trudykennedy23806 ай бұрын
@@dandelions2414 Keep advocating for yourself! When mine was finally diagnosed (by my great female oncologist) as Stage IV, docs found a big tumour in my chest laying along my aorta; obviously they removed it, but no one would have caught it had I not fought for tests. It’s also in my bone marrow, but I did some chemo and am now on weekly immunoglobulin therapy. Be well! 💜
@trudykennedy23804 ай бұрын
@@dandelions2414 Happy June! Have you made any progress? Do you have a diagnosis, at least? There are many different types of both Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin lymphoma; it took months after initially being told I had NHL for oncologists to nail down the type and stage I had. So it’s definitely a process to get succinct answers, but keep pushing! 🌹
@keithcolegrove29247 ай бұрын
Great video. You helped thousands of people.
@thewreathmeshine7 ай бұрын
Prayers for mental and physical strength and healing. I am a neuroendocrine cancer survivor and just passed my 3-year anniversary. I totally understand where you are coming from. We have to be our own advocates as I too had issues with doctors not believing when I was literally sick. Stay strong fellow survivor.
@wesleyc10297 ай бұрын
You are so fortunate to be a strong willed, intelligent patient who doesn't stop pushing until you feel comfortable. So young to have figured out what you have to do if you want the system to work for.
@emmainjapan7 ай бұрын
Excellent video. Courteny's story and advice impressed on me how we need to know our body, how it is when well and also when not well, and not back down when advocating for ourselves. She is an inspiration.
@rmf29417 ай бұрын
I have listen to several of these testimonies re CC and Courtney's is the best so far. Just explains everything so well. I'm sure she is a good teacher. Thanks
@TheLizmac997 ай бұрын
good for you to not let it go. You are a great advocate for others!
@debbieblair33292 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story! We definitely need to advocate for ourselves!
@fish40967 ай бұрын
Medical gaslighting is insane and getting so f'n ridiculous, dear lord
@sarahcrain80837 ай бұрын
You are absolutely correct.
@kunalsen21232 ай бұрын
I love how straightforward and disdainful she is of the disease unlike some who have recounted being overwhelmed by it. :) I'm sure she scared her cancer off.
@EJMG227 ай бұрын
I hope you informed the Dr's that dismissed you, making them AWARE, to NOT IGNORE. Glad you didn't wait. Your final Dr must have been shocked when firstly dismissing you then see cancer. So glad you pushed this. ❤
@robinblankenship92346 ай бұрын
You are SUCH a trooper!! I believe that your students are very fortunate to have you for their teacher. Bravo!!
@joycetrenholme6877 ай бұрын
It is SO IMPORTANT to learn to advocate for yourself. Great Job for pushing!
@junedolson16427 ай бұрын
Doctors here in Canada are the same, won't listen to their patients, and it makes me angry. You shouldn't have to beg to be sent to a specialist. I'm glad you are doing well.
@rtru98014 ай бұрын
Trying to save all your taxes you paid for free health care, actually proves why that system doesn’t work, if every one hit the care they need there wouldn’t be enough money to cover the cost
@jnz9389Ай бұрын
Same in New Zealand
@esperantogod14 күн бұрын
I agree Ilive in Quebec, Canada, and doctors trust their textbooks more than patients. I am a breast cancer survivor.
@MayBeMe...7 ай бұрын
You are awesome and way too nice about those doctors of yours!! Best of health and happiness forever going forward!!! ♥♥♥
@kellyandaaron20057 ай бұрын
I've been dismissed for the same symptoms for 7 months now. It's been awful. Completely degrading. I'm now at a point where I can't eat, severe pain and blood just pours out like water and I'm on blood thinners. No one has even wanted to order blood work. I almost gave up. I'm exhausted. I finally got a doctor to order a colonoscopy coming up in 2 weeks. Never stop. They'll continue gaslighting you til you die if you let them.
@cpwwjd697 ай бұрын
Good luck. Keep fighting
@HopeofGlory-qx4lk6 ай бұрын
I hope you soon have answers! 🤍
@kellyandaaron20056 ай бұрын
@@cpwwjd69Thank you. I refuse to give up.
@jonaya99446 ай бұрын
what were the results?
@HopeofGlory-qx4lk6 ай бұрын
@@jonaya9944 long story somewhat short, my colonoscopy/endoscopy checked out “clean” however, I was/still am having “problems”. Since then I’ve had several imaging tests done and have been checked for so many other things. I will come back to this comment to give a little more detail after my visit tomorrow 4/30/24 with a colorectal surgeon. To date, I still struggle with the same symptoms listed in my original comment. I’m hoping for better answers after tomorrow’s visit. It’s been a long road, thus far…
@jed19477 ай бұрын
As a retired internist I fully appreciate your unnecessary delayed diagnosis and the less patient friendly (more expensive) anesthetic agents you were given. IMHO, multiple factors for this include direct (financial) and indirect (performance reviews) for primary care givers to reduce referrals, the use of "advanced practice providers" in lieu of fully trained physicians, insurance interference with patient centric medical practice, care giver arrogance (ignorance driven), physician beat down by insurance and/or corporate health care systems, et. al. Empathetically, my prostate cancer diagnosis was delayed by insurance refusing a CT directed biopsy and initially undergoing only blind biopsies (known to miss 50% of cancers). It sadly is what it is. You are most correct - you are your best and sometimes only advocate.
@anniec34387 ай бұрын
I agree with most but not all of these comments. I work in primary care with 2 MDs and 2 NPs. My NPs have better f/u of their patients and follow through.
@jaybleu61697 ай бұрын
No need to bring APPs into this. How many physicians overlooked her symptoms? She'd have fared better in my APP hands than theirs.
@Summerrose4007 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your experience Courtney. I am fighting to get tested after change of bowel habit and enlarged abdominal lymph nodes. I’m waiting for result of a CT scan. The waiting is agony.
@Anna-vz5jl7 ай бұрын
Hope your ok
@mariayoung88607 ай бұрын
🙏🙏
@GalinaGalinaxo7 ай бұрын
Last night i spent 10hrs in ER waiting for result of tests and CT Good news for me-diverticulitis,so far
@A---ti3zz7 ай бұрын
@@GalinaGalinaxo I had diverticulitis and it almost killed me. I wish I had been referred to a surgeon but I wasn't taken seriously.
@GalinaGalinaxo7 ай бұрын
@@A---ti3zz What a surgery did you have?
@wesleyluvsoktoberfestАй бұрын
Thank you for sharing your journey with being a cancer survivor. I’m a 5 year, stage 2a colorectal cancer survivor. I guess I was fortunate at the age of 62 having a great medical team that never considered me as a statistic. It’s really a shame that you had to experience the worse of medical care. Being an advocate and questioning everything you don’t understand is very important. If you’re dismissed and patronized, please find a doctor that will be engaged in your treatment. Your message of listening to your body is paramount to a successful outcome if caught early and not denied. I hope you’re living life to its fullest and making memories everyday. My motto is: you only die once and live everyday. ☮️🌈🙏🏻
@bdmbpm14675 ай бұрын
Good for her to push. Very articulate and wisdom beyond her years.
@stephenpittman42915 ай бұрын
I really admire your courage to advocate for yourself- and it does take courage to do that and to not just ignore or gaslight yourself . Healing thoughts to you all who are suffering.
@steinervision76437 ай бұрын
Good advice from a strong women.
@sandawise797 ай бұрын
I'm 77 and was told I'm to old for colonoscapy...I guess they think we're not worth saving
@revn92037 ай бұрын
This is a little surprising. You are not too old at all. If you have symptoms and need a scope, definitely this should be done.
@ccalexander19247 ай бұрын
That is terrible thing to say and I do see patients who are older and have colonoscopies. Get another dr
@sueu62637 ай бұрын
My gastro says to do colonoscopy until you are 80.
@fullermoments7 ай бұрын
You absolutely need another dr. What this dr said is extremely alarming and careless.
@Ceerads7 ай бұрын
I’m 75 (76 in April). My last colonoscopy was six years ago (a benign polyp was found). My gastroenterologist told me then that I should have one in six years, which is this year. I’m a breast cancer survivor so I’m considered high risk for another cancer, hence the more frequent colonoscopies. I hope to continue getting colonoscopies until I’m 90 (should I live that long).
@dannypahl8297 ай бұрын
I agree with you a person knows there body better than the doctors they should listen but a lot of them don’t listen and run you in a circle.❤❤❤❤
@A---ti3zz7 ай бұрын
I argued for myself. I am not ignorant nor do I come off that way, yet they treated me like I didn't know anything. I almost died. They didn't listen to me and I almost died. You can listen to your body all you want but it doesn't mean you are going to find a doctor in time that will actually listen. It isn't ok. I am tired of doctors betting my life.
@ricbra332 ай бұрын
Excellent communication skills especially the part to listen to your body.
@jannethpatterson1472Ай бұрын
I'm a nurse and I remember we had a patient who was only 17. He came in for constipation was treated and discharged. He was admitted a couple months later for the same diagnosis. The doctors ordered a fleet enema. When I administer the enema he was crying. I could not passed the tip. There seemed to be a blockage. I went and reported the findings to the team. Im glad that they listened to me. They ordered a colonoscopy and found out that had stage 3 colon cancer. I feel so bad for this patient. Dont know what happened to him because he got transferred to an adult unit.
@faithf58467 ай бұрын
Excellent description of your health journey. I believe you would be a great doctor!
@sallymccoy62867 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your cancer journey. Stay positive. Keep being strong. 💪🏾✌️🙏🏼🎗
@edinafarkas59195 ай бұрын
That‘s mind-blowing what‘s going on in the USA in the health care. I only mentioned as part of a sentence that I believe that I had seen blood in my stool, on the next business day I got colonoscopy. Colonoscopy was covered by the standard ,,health insurance“ everybody has in Germany. I was 30 years old when this happened. I live in Germany.
@annefricker84747 ай бұрын
The health care system in America seems very complicated. Here in uk we don’t have routine colonoscopy at any age. However if blood is detected in your stool it doesn’t matter what your age is you go for colonoscopy.
@JaneHasGame6 ай бұрын
In Canada as well. My husband told his doctor that he had blood in his stool and he went in pretty quickly for a colonoscopy
@wowzatrishiebunz7 ай бұрын
This woman is so smart!!!!!
@soonerbmama67277 ай бұрын
I want to know what these doctors say when they find out you were right? Maybe you aren’t able to speak to the previous doctors you saw in 2020, but for sure the one you had to practically beg for the colonoscopy. This is ridiculous. Have watched video after video where the doctors dismiss the patient.
@Godfirst11777 ай бұрын
They usually always dismiss us especially if you are younger and skinny like she said it’s very frustrating I’m going through this right now
@jeannegeiger47507 ай бұрын
Yes I’ve seen story after story where they ignore young people you would think they would learn their lesson by now.
@A---ti3zz7 ай бұрын
The doctors that were dismissive and gaslit me never apologized or acknowledged that they hurt me and nearly killed me. They doubled down in their arrogance. You are probably thinking that there is some kind of great lesson learned...in my experience there isn't. They also kind of turn into bigger jerks presumably because they think they are going to get sued
@bdlimea70187 ай бұрын
My daughter was having stomach issues for 2 years. No bleeding but very sick after eating or drinking certain things. Severe constipation. She became underweight because she was so afraid to eat. She was an adult but still young. 21 thru 23 yrs. Every Dr she saw dismissed her symptoms or diagnosed her with heartburn, GERD or reflux. It was so sad to watch and feel so helpless. They eventually sent her to a GI . She did the same thing. Dismissed her. No endoscopy was done, no tests at all. My daughter figured it out on her own after tons of research. Thankfully, it wasn't cancer, but She has gluten intolerance. Allergies were never discussed with her. Drs just seem to put everyone under the same umbrella. Not all doctors but some. Definitely the drs my daughter saw. She looks better and feels better. She's a different person! That was 4 yrs ago.
@jeannegeiger47507 ай бұрын
@@bdlimea7018 I’m glad she is doing better. One of the first things my doctor did was test for celiac and other allergies and intolerances! I can’t believe no one did that for her. You definitely have to be your own advocate now a days.
@chelciewentzel819117 күн бұрын
prayers for this beautiful lady❤
@CourtneyHare-dq2ju7 ай бұрын
All! Thank you for your kind comments! Let me clarify…. I had a stage 1 tumor in size….. the tumor was not very big. That being said, since I had cancer cells in one lymph node I was staged at 3A.
@SoCaliGuyHB3944 ай бұрын
Great attitude! My relative was recently diagnosed w colon cancer I researched the Internet and learned about 2 recent therapies. MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES & GENE EDITING (Crispr Therapeutics), couple with intermittent fasting. Crispr is so new/promising I invested in it. Prayers for you Courtney.
@smeag92807 ай бұрын
I am so afraid of colon cancer. I’ve had stomach problems for 9 years. My aunt died of colon cancer. Colonoscopy and endoscopy came back clean, and no celiac.. Allergy tests came back completely opposite of my symptoms. I hated the GI telling me “it’s just IBS.” I look 7 months pregnant after eating certain foods and I can’t figure out why.
@eternalperspective41367 ай бұрын
SIBO?
@smeag92807 ай бұрын
@@eternalperspective4136 I’m in the process of changing my diet and hoping this will end the suffering 🤞🏽
@ninamc6116Ай бұрын
I had a large bleeding polyp that my gastroenterologist took out & put a clip on during my recent colonoscopy. I had bleeding for months. I have diverticulitis. I’m high risk for CC, so fingers crossed. Glad you are doing OK!
@BarbCosgrove-q5u6 ай бұрын
Bravo to you and please continue to advocate for yourself 🙏❤️🙏❤️. .
@bethingberg3717 ай бұрын
I tried so hard to get either a referral or further testing and kept getting refused. Finally I said I want to see you write in my chart that I have requested further testing and that you have refused. Guess what? I got my referral. I have cancer.
@Gemma15587 ай бұрын
Those doctors need to be sued, with those symptoms you should’ve had a colonoscopy right away unbelievable
@Dmcsw-xg9cq7 ай бұрын
Question- How is this stage 1 if a lymph node was positive? Apologies if I misunderstood. Thank you for sharing and wishing you continued health!
@5Gburn7 ай бұрын
That's Stage 2C at least, according to cancer org.
@A---ti3zz7 ай бұрын
Says 3A on the description
@5Gburn7 ай бұрын
@@A---ti3zz Interesting. In the video, she said she was told it was Stage 1 because it was small and had "only" gone to one lymph node.
@CourtneyHare-dq2ju7 ай бұрын
All! Thank you for your kind comments! Let me clarify…. I had a stage 1 tumor in size….. the tumor was not very big. That being said, since I had cancer cells in one lymph node I was staged at 3A.
@roch1457 ай бұрын
There are two factors that drive why younger people with your symptoms are not automatically given a colonoscopy for diagnosis: 1 - doctors are trained to rule out diseases based on probability. Given your age, health status, family history, other diseases have a higher probability of being the cause of your symptoms. So higher probability causes are ruled out first before moving to lower probability causes. 2 - insurance companies need to approve procedures like colonoscopies. They won’t approve them until higher probability causes have been ruled out. Unfortunately that process takes time and as in your case, sometimes low probability diseases are ultimately the cause. As more and more younger people are being found to have colon cancer, the probability of cancer as a cause of symptoms is increasing. It’s not that doctors don’t believe you, are dismissive because you are young or female. It’s all about probabilities and insurance companies. Not to say there aren’t doctors who are dismissive. But the bottom line is it’s about numbers. Probability and cost. I’m glad you are doing well and wish you good health in the future. I’m a four year stage 3c rectal cancer overcomer.
@andycraddock76776 ай бұрын
You likely saved your own life Ms. Courtney, through your polite insistence that you receive the proper test. I am so bothered by the No. 1 trend we see among patient stories on this channel- patients’ concerns being dismissed by their doctors. SELF-ADVOCATE!! As Ms. Courtney and so many other patients on this channel have described in their own stories. It’s almost as if getting to the correct diagnosis is as difficult as enduring the often brutal treatments, especially chemotherapy. I wish you only the best and a lifetime of negative scans and cancer-free medical conclusions. Once is enough for anyone.
@deealex14027 ай бұрын
you should sue all those doctors that dismissed you and playd with your life. im tired of hearing about these doctors who doesnt give a crap about their patients.
@kimberleymunnings10722 ай бұрын
Courtney, thank you for sharing your story. As someone who is having colorectal symptoms, I wanted to know what your symptoms were. Other than blood in your poop, you did not say what your other symptoms were, though you did state that you had multiple symptoms that changed and led you to believe that it was something more. Thanks
@nancymacias5736Ай бұрын
What do you mean symptoms were getting worse? Was there more bloody stools? A lot of the times doctors say hemorrhoids. They typically always blame hemorrhoids for bloody stools. Thank you for sharing your story!
@lillyrocks20116 ай бұрын
It's so exhausting to be struggling with doctors. I'd like that they listen 👂🏼 and help us to get the right diagnosis. I feel exhausted. 😢
@crystalparker1006 ай бұрын
They should have given you the colonoscopy immediately. Younger people have been getting colon cancer. Sending healing wishes for you.
@smallhouseinthemeadow61317 ай бұрын
I hate when doctors don't listen to us. I don't know if it their ego's or if they all think that it's in our heads, but for crying out loud, they could have killed you! You were bleeding and probably very tired from the anemia. You had symptoms of colon cancer! I would go back to every single doctor and tell them that they could have killed you. My son is having some bleeding for over a year now and I am worried sick about him. He finally saw a doctor and the colonoscopy can't come soon enough...
@luv2learn9957 ай бұрын
Omg! So frustrating. I hope you file grievances against them all.
@Tetemorena17 ай бұрын
Thank God I don't live in the US! My family doctor got me an appointment for a colonoscopie within 1 week because I had some blood on the toilet paper, some difficulties emptying my bowels and have lost some weight. Stool sometimes to soft, sometimes to hard, sometimes not all gone. I was 38. They found some polyps. Now I go every 2 year for control. My public health insurance took care of all the costs and still does. The same for back pain. MRT scan straight away. This was 4 years ago. Now I will be sent to a 5 weeks Rehab for psychosomatic treatment to prevent burn out syndrome after sowing first symptoms of cronic stress.
@freemanmt6 ай бұрын
Where do you live?
@rtru98014 ай бұрын
Well that sounds like a con and a scam, and gaskighting
@iseeyou13127 ай бұрын
11:10 Not eating raw fruits and vegetables is due to having a compromised immune system. Fruits and vegetables are also mostly terrible foods for weight gain. It's also more important to meet macro nutritional requirements before worrying about micros, which can be supplemented for anyway.
@patriciabershak38217 ай бұрын
I'm disgusted with most doctors.
@A---ti3zz7 ай бұрын
same
@riobrasilsambashowssambist14537 ай бұрын
Ppl need to understand that so many of us didn't get stage 1 diagnosis > my diagnosis finally came at early stage 3, but I am actually very understanding bcx it is NOT racism, not " by design," it is bcz sometimes they really didn't know and were sometimes ignorant. Now that AI is becoming part of the medical field, I know that diagnosis can come more quickly and incompetence or malpractice is going to be reduced
@Tildaria5 ай бұрын
Why doesn’t anyone ask why so many people have cancer nowadays? Take a look at how many fancy or with chemicals contaminated foods and drinks people take in and how much of their intaken food is actually healthy, natural and organic. And nutrition is just one of our lifestyle choices. Everyone needs to take a look at the Amish people since they don’t get sick. Reflect on what they are doing right! Love and light to the reader!❤🌞
@misfitm14573 ай бұрын
they very much do
@soxnation73214 ай бұрын
How is it not malpractice for a doctor to just dismiss blood in the stool plus anemia like this? I'm not a doctor, not even close, but even I know that you can't just dismiss the possibility of cancer.
@TuTuFox7 ай бұрын
Another thing.....There are doctors that think women are just imaging things 🤨
@jen4um7 ай бұрын
I’ve seen so many of these videos and people don’t explain what their exact symptoms were.
@bettyvillegas87852 ай бұрын
Dr. Said your thin? What does that have to do with cancer? Very strange. Good thing you continued to fight
@taylorshai4 ай бұрын
No lie this is the fourth video I watched with colon cancer and the patient wasn’t taken seriously
@robertshifrin2495Ай бұрын
Why remove the appendix? Confused
@justmejustine1958Ай бұрын
I've been trying to keep a video diary my disease since day one of chemo and I will continue but the chemo get you tired I will continue to do my videos because it has helped a lot of people and I wish I would have had that kind of help from the start don't be afraid of chemo it's not as bad as they say just make sure that when you come home from chemo you don't lie down you try to sleep sitting on pillows so that way you don't vomit I only vomited one time that was in the bathroom not on the bed and it was something I couldn't control but if you watch my videos introduction to chemo and all that that's the first thing the nurse told me try not to vomit because once you start it's hard to stop God bless you all and stay healthy
@annairwin8147Ай бұрын
God Bless and keep you🙏💕💕
@sharonscott17764 ай бұрын
I’m 48 and I’ve always had health insurance here in Australia. I’ve had a colonoscopy and endoscopy every 3 years. In Feb 2020 they found a precancerous polyp then did another colonoscopy in Nov 2020 no polyps were found. The last colonoscopy endoscopy was May 2023 only showed reflux. I’m the same with my breast ultrasounds and mammogram. Since I now have 9 Fibroadenoma’s in my breasts. So I have breast ultrasounds yearly and mammograms every two years. I had a pelvic ultrasound today due to ovary pain and spotting. My GP said why do I have all these tests. I don’t want cancers to be found too late.
@ThePatientStory4 ай бұрын
You are a great example of being a true advocate for yourself and your health ❤️
@MaryOstroski7 ай бұрын
I had a colonoscopy when I was 12! No family history of cancer. Ulcerative colitis.
@susansmith89427 ай бұрын
General practitioner isn't the type of doc you go to for bowel issues.
@iseeyou13127 ай бұрын
In a lot of countries, you need a referral from a GP to see a specialist.
@crocadoodle71017 ай бұрын
In Canada, it is typically the starting point.
@ashog14267 ай бұрын
Good luck! 🙏🙏
@BillMcHale-d4m7 ай бұрын
Did you still have an appetite while you had symptoms and did you have difficulty going when you had to go.
@Eagle-eagle17 ай бұрын
Beautiful woman , be your own advocate
@MYTRUE-2CENTS7 ай бұрын
Prayed for you today. I am very suspicious of the medical field. There is plenty of reason to 'not' ["trust the science"] For one reason, I am an RN and have personally seen many bad practices. Also, ever since the whole cv19 horror- seeing the little support that doctors gave for refusing the jab is unconscionable. Unfortunetly, money is more important than people in this world.
@kathleendonnelly60772 ай бұрын
It is sad that so often patients know there is a problem and doctors dismiss it.
@robinmuchow7 ай бұрын
SAY there is a family history of cancer. I had a hospice patient whose colonoscopy was negative. She had other abdominal surgery and there was a tumor on the outside of her colon.
@JanTurner-y3q3 ай бұрын
Courtney, your story is so scary! Why do so many of these stories start with medical gaslighting? I had very clear indications on a CT scan for lung cancer that my lung nodules had grown and were suspicious in appearance. Even the pathologist wrote, "Neoplasm can not be excluded." I was 59. The pulmonologist, at our local hospital, told me it was NOT growth, but an anomoly of the CAT scan, and "nothing to worry about." I went next to a lung specialist at the "Nodule Clinic" at one of the most prestigious hospitals in Philadelphia. He pronounced that, since I was a never-smoker and had a "good BMI," that it could not be cancer. Seriously? Slender people don't get lung cancer? Not only did these two doctors gaslight me, they contradicted the scientific evidence on the scan they were looking at! I didn't give up. A third hospital (Penn Medicine) pulmonologist took one look at the scan and diagnosed me with non-small-cell lung cancer. Thank God, it was early stage. I had surgery and am alive and cancer-free nine years later. No chemo, no radiation. Why must the patient drive this whole process, instead of the medical professionals? If you qualify for a CAT scan as a 30-year pack-a-day smoker (or equivalent) PLEASE get one. There's no IV contrast, it's painless and covered by insurance. It lasts about 9 minutes. So easy and you could be like me, where early detection saved my life.
@NatashaBezerra6 ай бұрын
That's exactly what happened to my mom.. same cancer type, location, the surgery, the chemo...
@michaelwatts11867 ай бұрын
Also diet causes alot of stomach and intestine diseases and cancers. We should be connecting the dots with type of diet these patients were doing before diagnosis. That is probably a main source of the cause.
@raychelhill92086 ай бұрын
I have seen an influx of vegans getting colon cancer. Can you explain why this is happening?
@joantraywick55992 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, this gaslighting is happening more and more. I’ve had similar issues with some of my doctors. I don’t understand what is going on with a lot of doctors. It’s as if they don’t care anymore. I rarely get touched by a Dr for an exam anymore. It’s always ask questions and order blood work, then ignore the results. If you are lucky enough to find a Dr who lays hands on you, listens to you and follows up with abnormal labs, hold onto them.
@user-ee5ve3kv4v7 ай бұрын
Blood in stool can also be anal fissure and/or haemorrhoids does not always mean cancer
@rebeccadobbins75195 ай бұрын
Blood in the stool can come from long term anti psychotic use for bipolar disorder. I had an unnecessary colonoscopy at 41, I quit the drug and stopped bleeding. My colon was healthy.
@RavenMoon13-jb2ly7 ай бұрын
I had colon cancer when I was 40. In 2017 stage one. my cousin even had her both breasts removed because of cancer.
@djkoz782 ай бұрын
So annoyed at HOW MANY doctors IGNORE the symptoms.
@0oYCRo06 ай бұрын
Please people, don't hold back on telling doctors what you need. It's YOUR body and the consequences of not dealing with illness on time affects your quality of life, NOT theirs. People, stop being scared of doctors, they make PLENTY of mistakes, but theirs have an impact on someone else's life. I work in the health industry and the amount of lazy doctors available is alarming.
@liatpittaway43723 ай бұрын
I get better medical care here in Africa than you do in the USA. I choose my care, if I want a colonoscopy, I just book an appointment with the Gastroenterologist myself. There's no referal needed here, and diagnosis is quick and efficient.
@JustWanderingBy7 ай бұрын
I will never understand why doctors refuse to do further diagnostic testing when you mention a concern or ask for further evaluation. This isn’t 1954 anymore. Patients are far more educated than in the past. You can’t help but wonder how many people die because of medical paternalism and physician egos.
@FaceTrillions6 күн бұрын
Agreed, order a MRI, CT, etc.
@Here---Now23 ай бұрын
Is there anywhere in the U.S. or Mexico where you can just buy any medical testing you want? I know about the Prenuvo MRI you can buy, and you can buy lab tests online, but how can you buy other things like x-rays, ultrasound, and colonoscopy? How and where do rich people get all the testing done?
@lightgiver73117 ай бұрын
It is a fact that women are dismissed far more than men.
@theresa940107 ай бұрын
and young people are dismissed more.
@kristymarie60597 ай бұрын
Tell that to my brothers. They have been dismissed more by doctors than I ever have. So I call BS on your comment.
@A---ti3zz7 ай бұрын
@@kristymarie6059 There is research that supports whatthey wrote.
@lorettanericcio-bohlman5677 ай бұрын
As a student of medicine I was surprised when I learned the original AMA was started by 7 businessmen not doctors. Men were studied and diagnoses for women were just halved. This included medications, etc. Let that sink in 😵💫
@paulalobato59877 ай бұрын
What type of symptoms were you having?
@CourtneyHare-dq2ju6 ай бұрын
Blood in my stool and fatigue
@xdsavage_on60fps355 ай бұрын
Did I miss the symptoms?
@eternalperspective41367 ай бұрын
DRs shouldn't dismiss any symptoms that could be cancer in this geographical region. Many get cancer from that area.