Colon cancer survivor ignored early symptoms, but shares his story to help others [Video]

FOX 2 (WJBK) – A Rochester Hills man says his body was trying to tell him something was wrong, but in his late 40s he ignored symptoms and it cost him a lot.

He hopes telling his story will make a difference.

Jason Maman’s love for motorcycles has not changed, but the way the 50-year-old now lives and looks at life is in fact, very different.  He used to spend most of his time in a hot kitchen.

“I ran many restaurants in Metro Detroit for the past 25 years, mostly high-end stuff, and then cancer came and I couldn’t do that kind of work anymore,” he said.

In 2019, shortly before the Covid pandemic, Jason began to suffer from ongoing, severe abdominal pains.

“By November of that year, there was blood in my stool, I lost weight significantly in a short amount of time without a change to my eating habits,” he said. “That’s when I got scared – so, scared into …