Health
Surgeon Sounds Alarm: Bowel Cancer Rising Among Fit Adults Under 40—here’s What To Know
This ‘increasing global phenomenon’ of rising bowel cancer rates has been characterised by specialists as disproportionately affecting young persons.
The United Kingdom is witnessing’some of the steepest increases’ in the disease, according to Cancer Research, but experts believe more research is need to determine the cause.
However, other medical professionals, such as Danni Duncan’s surgeon, who has been assisting her in coping with her diagnosis of bowel cancer, have drawn their own conclusions regarding this concerning trend.
Just weeks after learning the heartbreaking news, the 39-year-old health and fitness coach had surgery ten days ago to remove the cancer, along with her appendix and a portion of her intestine.
During a health MOT before her 40th birthday, Danni shared with her more than 52,000 Instagram followers that she had been told she had bowel cancer following a colonoscopy and several other tests.
The Melbourne mother revealed that she had been having “really bad bloating” and bouts of fatigue and lightheadedness, but she originally dismissed her worries.
When Danni’s doctor informed her after the colonoscopy that she had a 2 cm cancerous growth at the top of her colon, she was unavoidably shocked.
Because she works so hard for her health and there is no family history of the illness, the mother was even more shocked by the news.
“I am the freaking healthiest person I know, I do more things for my health than anyone I know,” Danni said in a social media post. “It’s not genetic, it’s obviously not lifestyle. The last four years I have eaten 80-90 per cent whole foods, we use non toxic products at home, I don’t drink much alcohol, exercise every day and eat a high fibre diet.”
Her surgeon went on to say that, despite focussing her life on safeguarding her health, there might be a reason why she had bowel cancer.
Danni explained, “Bowel cancer takes 15 to 20 years to grow, from when it’s first cell. Well, I was born in 1985. When I was in the surgeon’s appointment on Monday, he said something so interesting.”
“He said, ‘This is what’s happened – chemicals in your foods, carcinogens through red meat, burnt, barbecued, bacon, ham – they are environmental factors which we got exposed to in the 90s and we didn’t know the long-term effects until now’.”
Danni chose to share the doctor’s theory with her thousands of followers when he shared it with her, encouraging them to reconsider what they put into their bodies.
“It does matter what you feed your kids,” the mum continued. “Stop feeding your kids things that are not good for them, that are processed, that are full of s***.”
“You might think they’re fine, they’re fine now – but what are you really doing to your kids? What detriment are you doing to your kids later on, without even realising it?”
Although the precise cause of bowel cancer is still unknown, Macmillan claims that factors like age, weight, nutrition, and alcohol usage can raise the risk.
According to Cancer Research, Danni said she was informed that her cancer was stage 2 following her latest surgery, which means it “has spread into the outer wall of the bowel or into tissue or organs next to the bowel.”
Fortunately, however, it has not reached remote areas of the body or lymph nodes.
But in a further update shared earlier this week, Danni explained, “Although it’s still stage 2, it has gone into my lymph channel. It’s high-risk stage 2. So, I still have to talk to an oncologist.”
“Basically, the lymph channel means that it’s literally on its way to my lymph nodes. So that’s not ideal.”
Chemotherapy and surgery are typically used to treat stage 2 colon cancer because they can reduce the tumor’s size and decrease its likelihood of returning.
After being diagnosed, about 85% of patients with this type of illness live for five years or more.
Now Trending:
- Prince Andrew Accuser Virginia Giuffre, ‘Given Four Days To Live’ After Crash
- An Airplane Crashes In A Pennsylvanian Suburb With Multiple Casualties
- New Heartbreaking Detail Revealed In Helicopter Crash That Killed Family Of Five, And We Are Devastated
Please SHARE this article with Family and Friends and let us know what you think in comments!
