A 47-year-old woman with stage 4 canc3r issues an urgent war:ning about a subtle symptom she had overlooked

Sometimes our bodies give us silent war:nings before making themselves heard louder. Fatigue, minor, passing discomforts, aches and pains we attribute to routine… What if something deeper lurks behind these signs? One woman decided to share her story, not to scare, but to raise awareness.

A fatigue that we consider “normal”

As a busy mother of two, Susan, 47, frequently felt weak. She attributed her fatigue on all that life threw at her, such as her job, her responsibilities, and her short evenings. In fact, so much so that she would sometimes stop in her car and take a quick nap.

At the moment, she did not consider it unusual. “We thought we were just exhausted, like everyone else,” she said. In hindsight, however, she saw that this extreme, persistent fatigue was worth addressing.

Quiet but symptom-revealing
Susan had never had constipation until she suddenly had it while traveling through France. She blamed it on food adjustments or the strain of travel. Basically, she thought, nothing concerning.