Prep was brutal but Jeff went with me for the procedure.

We had a preliminary cancer diagnosis before we went home. I remember sitting in the waiting room where a patient cried to a supportive friend. She had JUST learned that she had cancer. I thought to myself that surely I wouldn’t also be getting that same news that very day. What were the chances?

The colonoscopy imaging showed a mass on the interior of my anal canal right at the dentate line, where the anus meets the rectum.

Otherwise (and much to my surprise) the rest of my intestines looked to be in great shape. How could that be after all of the years of bloat, IBS and general discomfort?