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March 15, 2021
FARGO, N.D. – A registered nurse at Essentia Health says he’s alive thanks to a routine procedure that detects colon cancer.
Aaron Lund wants everyone to know that colonoscopies save lives. He knows that because last year his doctor used the procedure to find stage 3 colon cancer.
At 33, Lund doesn’t fit into a high risk category, but Dr. Kimberly Kolkhorst says because colorectal cancer rates are rising sharply, the minimum screening age might eventually have to be changed.
“There’s a little bit of fear, but I have to say that the prepping and even the procedure itself is worth the 15 minutes to save your life because I’m here today because I got it done,” Lund said.
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Anna Dahlgren was screened earlier than the recommended age, catching the disease in her early 30s.
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Dahlgren was screened earlier than the recommended age, catching the disease in her early 30s.
Doctors say if she had waited until the typical screening age of 45 it would have been too late.
Dahlgren says more cases of Colorectal Cancer have been manifesting in young people without any symptoms. “Most people think that it’s an old man’s disease and over 50 people get it,” she said.
“But so many people diagnosed at later stages that have gone to their providers, and have been sort of ignored because of their age. Don’t take your provider telling you that age is not, you shouldn’t worry about it,” said Dahlgren.
Colon Cancer Survivor urges early and regular screening
Colon Cancer Survivor urges early and regular screening By Bethany Davis | March 10, 2021 at 5:49 AM CST - Updated March 10 at 9:26 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. It’s the third most common cancer in both men and women in the U.S. but one of the most treatable.
With no signs or symptoms, Tim Munsey considered a colonoscopy unnecessary until 2013.
“People ask, ‘did you not know that you had cancer? Did you not feel different? Did you not, you know, somehow know?’ And the answer to that is no; I didn’t. I felt perfectly fine,” Munsey explained.