Differences In Rectal Cancer Treatment | Stage 3 Survivor Amy

Is cancer treatment the same for each person if they're diagnosed with the same stage and type of cancer? Not necessarily. I chat with Amy, another stage 3 rectal cancer survivor that had a treatment plan that differed from mine, from the type of surgery she had, the type of adjuvant chemo she did, and preparing for her ileostomy reversal surgery by doing stoma irrigation.

⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 Intro
0:45 Amy, before cancer
1:39 Amy's cancer symptoms and her colonoscopy
9:00 Amy's diagnosis
11:13 How our treatment plans differed
15:35 Seeking out a different surgical opinion
25:55 Stoma irrigation
32:42 How often she irrigated and if it helped post-reversal
35:11 How we met

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