500 Polyps Were Hiding My Stage 4 Cancer! - Tamara | Stage 4 Colon Cancer | The Patient Story

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  @aleesharenea1477 · 1 year ago · pinned

  Wow The fact that she didnt have symptoms is scary. Its truly silent disease. Shes a fighter 💪🏾❤

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  @barbarapeller · 1 year ago

  First, you are so beautiful and thanks for sharing your story. Now, let me share mine/husband. At the age of 45 (he had symptoms, ignored them), I will cut my story short for time and space. My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 terminal colon/rectum cancer. By the time I convinced him to see a doctor, the mass in his colon was so huge, they were unable to get the scope passed his rectum and had to stop. Doctors could not believe he was still alive, they had NEVER seen anyone with a mass that large ALIVE. They told me he wouldn't make it through the night and if so, they didn't know how long, the mass could rupture, and he die. Leaving minor details out, he lived through the night, and the next morning, they went in to tie off his lower colon from his upper colon (keep it from rupturing) until they figure things out. Six months of chemo and radiation around the clock (they placed a pump in his chest to release the chemo around the clock, they needed to shrink the mass in order to remove it safely). I had just lost my best friend of 24 years to throat cancer and six months later, my mother died of uterine cancer, I had had enough. So, I went before the throne of grace on behalf of my husband and I asked God to spare his life and that I would fast and pray (no food for twelve hours every day for six months), the Holy Spirit commanded me NOT to eat anymore red meat, so, I touched and agreed and to show my approval, I told God I wouldn't eat red meat or pork until my husband's surgery. The day of surgery the doctors came by the room to refresh what they had told me over and over before; my husband could die on the operating table, the mass may still be too large to remove, and he may not live for a couple of days. That was 25 years ago, he is still alive and cancer free. Because God heard my cry, and through my faith, obedience and HIS will, to this day I still refuse to eat red meat or pork. God is still sitting on the throne, He has not LOST His power, keep the faith and never give up.

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  @elisamoore6780 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I was diagnosed with stage 4, peritoneal carcinomatosis(COLON CANCER)!!!! In 1998, back then my prognosis was less than 50% survival. Bc of my situation I had chemo Monday thru Friday, then a week off, bk to chemo!! 10 hour surgery it was a mess, I was 38 years old today I am 62, 63 in April. ALL PRAISES TO THE MOST HIGH.....GOD BLESS YOU YOUNG LADY ❤ O me and my sister was diagnosed with colon cancer 2 months apart. She has fought lung cancer as well....she's here getting on my nerves, but again GOD IS AMAZING.

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  @CriticalThot1 · 1 year ago

  50? You don’t look a day over 35! Best wishes for good health.

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  @TheSyEffectVault · 9 months ago

  Tamara Gittens<br>July 1, 1974 - July 4, 2025 <br>Rest with the Angels Beautiful Soul <br>🕊🤍🕊

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  @myrtlehurt748 · 1 year ago

  I don&apos;t know you, &nbsp;hearing your story like me telling my story. &nbsp;I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer &nbsp;and also &nbsp;an RN, diagnosed at the age of 49 2021. I had part of my colon, liver, and lung removed &nbsp;with 3 different surgery chemotherapy and radiation. Keep strong.

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  @brooks2692 · 1 year ago

  Prayers for a long, cancer free life.

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  @seekingjoynow1722 · 3 days ago

  More young people are being diagnosed with colon cancer. &nbsp;They need to test people for colon cancer at a younger age. &nbsp;I am a retired nurse and enjoyed your video.

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  @darlene196 · 1 year ago

  I had my first colonoscopy at 45 and had 10 precancerous polyps. I was mortified. I changed my diet, including more green, leafy vegetables, no pork, and minimal beef. Two years later, I had only one polyp. ✝️

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  @rlynn5390 · 1 year ago

  It’s so overwhelming to know how cancer can be stage 4 and not have any symptoms. You’re definitely a beautiful fighter inside and out🌸

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  @WVAlmostHeaven · 2 months ago

  I don&apos;t know when this was recorded but I guess it was uploaded in March 2025 but she died July 4, 2025 3 days after her 51st birthday. She looks so healthy there and she certainly doesn&apos;t look like she is 50!

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  @CeciliaCarleen_Stories · 1 year ago

  Thank God for His Mercy and Grace.<br>I was told in 2019 that I had 2 months to live I had Colon Cancer had my colon removed with thousands of Polyps &nbsp;God is Amazing I am still here 🙏 🙌 &nbsp;<br>Born with a Genetic disorder called Familial Andenomatous Polyposis every 6 months I must have a Sigmoidoscopy to remove Polyps for the rest of my life

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