Greensboro man diagnosed with colon cancer at age 40 [Video]

GREENSBORO, N.C. — March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. According to the National Institutes of Health, over 100,000 people were diagnosed with the disease in 2023. 

WFMY News 2 spoke with a Greensboro man whose message to others is to always listen to your body. 

41-year-old Rob Campbell has been playing tennis his whole life. His father introduced him to the sport. 

“I played all through college,” Campbell said. 

He enjoys playing at Pinetop Sport Club in Greensboro, but his game slowed down after he experienced symptoms of colon cancer in January of 2023. 

“I started feeling a little tight and full and not having normal bowel movements, and in the course of three or four days, I went from that to not being able to eat anything else without throwing it up,” Campbell explained. 

So he went to the hospital to get screened. 

“They told me it was …