The then-30-year-old had severe cramps, a blockage, bloody stool, anemia, low hemoglobin and eventually a near-daily low-grade fever — basically all the symptoms of colon cancer. WATCH: Colon cancer screening recommended for younger people. The report is based on early data from the not-for-profit organization’s Young Adults with Cancer in their Prime study. Six weeks after surgery to remove her ascending colon, Reilly started shooting that film — in the same week she started chemotherapy. Because so few young women are diagnosed with colon cancer, Reilly found “zero information” available on how the type of chemo she was doing would affect her reproductive system.

Source: Huffington Post October 24, 2019 14:15 UTC