Jamie Ball was experiencing pain in her side that she chalked up to gallbladder issues in November 2021, which ultimately led to the discovery of liver and colon cancer.
After almost a month of pain, the now 37-year-old woman said she “couldn’t tolerate it anymore” and headed to the emergency for pain medication, reports TODAY.com.
Rather than receiving a pain prescription, the mother of three received the news that she had stage 4 colon cancer and a 15% chance of survival, per TODAY.com.
“I was in complete shock because that thought didn’t even cross my mind,” she told TODAY.com. “I am young.”
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Once she was informed of her diagnosis, she learned that the cancer had metastasized to her liver. The doctors disclosed that her prognosis was low and explained to Ball she could be a candidate for a liver transplant.
“I was under the impression that I could have …