Woman shocked by colorectal cancer diagnosis after screenings were delayed during pandemic
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Lindy Thackston’s symptoms set in around January, with severe stomach cramps, lower back pressure and later, blood in her stool. As an early morning news anchor and mother of a toddler, the fatigue was less noticeable.
Thackston finally had a colonoscopy in early May 2020. "I remember being wheeled into the room and then all of the sudden I woke up and I heard my surgeon say the word ‘biopsy,’ and then someone covered my ears and said ‘she’s awake,’ so I knew right then something was up," Thackston told Fox News. "As they’re wheeling me out, I hear a nurse say the word ‘tumor’ to [my husband] and I turned to [the nurse] and said ‘So I have a tumor?’ and she said ‘Yes.’ And I said ‘So, I have cancer?’ It was just a shock like I can’t even describe."More Related News