In March 2022, I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
Within days, I had learned that the cancer had already penetrated the walls of my colon and spread to multiple lymph nodes.
My doctor explained that this was categorized as Stage 3C.
I immediately sought to educate myself about the disease and its treatment.
I found a study that said the chances of me surviving more than five years was about 50 percent.
I was 39 years old at the time.
I wasn't a health nut, but I was active.
I didn't always make the best food choices, but I didn't consider myself unhealthy, either.
How could it be that the odds of me surviving to my 44th birthday were no better than a coin flip?
Initially, I was paralyzed by that number.
