Weei/nesn Jimmy Fund Radio-telethon

Chastity Wentworth, 46, colorectal cancer, Farmington, NH, with Fred (husband), Connor (son, 8), Brady (son, 10), and Doug Rubinson, MD, PhD, gastrointestinal oncologist, Dana-Farber

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Synopsis

Chastity’s primary care doctor originally thought the abdominal pain may be agallbladder issue, but blood work confirmed that this would be the beginning of her journey as she was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer. She started treatment with 13 rounds of chemotherapy, but the cancer was continuously deemed inoperable, and that she’d have to continue this treatment for life. She realized that she wouldn’t be able to see her boys, Brady and Connor, grow up, so she sought out a second opinion from two other doctors. They informed Chastity that she’d be a great candidate for ALPPS, an advanced surgery that could remove her liver tumors. After completing both parts of the surgery, she needed to deal with complicationsbefore receiving further chemotherapy. She was declared NED, or “no evidence of disease,” until a nodule was spotted on her lung that was a potential cause for concern. , The tumor was eventually removed and declared as metastatic colon cancer. Chastity is now NED once again and is approaching