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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi everyone. Coco's story sounds quite similar to mine. I was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer at age 35 last year, two years postpartum. Now NED after chemo and surgery, thank God! The odds of recurrence are frighteningly high, but I try not to dwell on that and just enjoy every moment with my daughter.
And it surprises me how many other young women I have met (mostly online, though several are local) with stories like mine, diagnosed with colon cancer within a couple of years after a pregnancy and not fitting any of the typical risk factors in terms of age, family history, diet, etc. There's no evidence that colon cancer is hormone-driven, but it does make me wonder if there is a subset of cases where that is a factor... [/quote]

Hi, this is Coco.  So interesting what you say about pregnancy.  I've definitely noticed the same thing.  Almost every younger woman I've come across with colon cancer (all online) has Lynch Syndrome or is within a few years of giving birth.  Maybe it has something to do with the immune system being suppressed during pregnancy.  Did you do infertility treatment?  I did and often wonder if that could have played a part as well.

Just curious, have you found a good local support group for colorectal cancer?  Seems like there are a million for breast cancer but not so much for folks like us.[/quote]

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