‘I Am Grateful to Still Be Here’: Woman Told By Medical Team She Had Irritable Bowel Syndrome Actually Had Stage 3 Colon Cancer
Medical professionals misdiagnosed a 30-year-old Indianapolis woman, complaining about unexplainable weight loss, blood in her stool and excessive diarrhea, as irritable bowel syndrome. Months later, after she advocated for herself, the health specialists were shocked to discover she actually had cancer. It was 2019 when Ashley Teague said first noticed she was losing weight but…
