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Christina Kelly was pregnant with her second daughter in 2022 when she developed “severe symptoms.” hemorrhoids<\/a>\u201d I wasn’t too worried at first because I knew it was a common occurrence during pregnancy. When her symptoms did not subside several months after giving birth, she visited her doctor and ordered a colonoscopy. Kelly was stunned by the results. She had colorectal cancer.<\/p>\n

“The doctor said, ‘We found a four-centimeter lump in your rectum, and it’s definitely cancer.’ It looks like cancer, but we won’t know until the pathology comes back. But we’re prepared. I want it to stay,” the 37-year-old Atlanta native told TODAY.com. “<\/strong>The scary thing is, I was 36 at the time, and it would have been nine years before it was discovered during a colonoscopy. \u201d<\/p>\n

Pregnancy and lingering symptoms<\/h2>\n

Kelly didn’t get hemorrhoids during her first pregnancy, but she wasn’t too surprised when she developed them during her second. She knew it was a common but uncomfortable part of pregnancy.<\/p>\n

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