Surviving Colon Cancer: Sharon Cabe PH188

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher MD, MS

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Sharon Cabe was a young, vibrant, active wife and mother of two, so she was shocked when an exploratory colonoscopy resulted in finding a mass so large that her doctor immediately took her into surgery to remove the growth. She underwent a year of chemotherapy, and all signs of the cancer disappeared. However, it wasn’t too long before a routine follow-up scan revealed a node in her lung. Her colon cancer had become metastatic. In the 8 years that followed, Sharon underwent a multitude of treatments, including having a portion of her lung removed. Since starting with Crossfit, Sharon has found that the workouts help her manage her anxiety surrounding scans, and the friends she’s made keep her excited about showing up. Her breathing has improved, and her doctors are impressed with the function of her remaining lung tissue. For the last three years, Sharon has had clean scans. She credits her faith, her positive attitude, and her active lifestyle with helping her remain as healthy as possible.

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0:00.0	For me CrossFit is that high intensity exercise and I believe pushing my lungs to work and pushing
0:08.3	their capability has just made a huge difference. My last scans by oncologist Remarked that if he
0:16.5	didn't know that part of my right lung is missing, he wouldn't be able to tell it from the scans
0:22.6	because I've been able to, you know, they don't regenerate like other parts of the body, but they do
0:27.7	expand. So I've been able to expand that lung to match the other one. And he said if he didn't
0:33.6	know it had been written to him, he would be able to tell it.
0:40.9	Hello, welcome to pursuing health. I'm Dr. Julie Fouche, family physician and former CrossFit
0:45.8	Games athlete. Here I bring you information and inspiration to help bridge the gap between
0:50.9	fitness and medicine and support your journey toward your health yourself. This episode is one
0:55.6	of a series of pursuing health stories. Here I feature the inspiring stories of regular
1:00.7	everyday people who've used lifestyle to overcome some incredible health challenges. In this
1:05.0	week's episode, I talk with Sharon Cave, who shares her story of an unexpected colon cancer
1:10.0	diagnosis at the young age of 43. She began an eight year journey of chemotherapy and multiple
1:15.9	surgeries to remove nodes in her lungs after learning the cancer had become metastatic. And just a
1:20.4	few weeks after her final chemotherapy treatment, Sharon decided to try CrossFit because she'd
1:25.1	read a study about how exercise could reduce colon cancer cell growth. It's now been over five
1:30.2	years since starting CrossFit and Sharon is cancer free and hasn't looked back once. I love
1:35.1	talking with Sharon about how CrossFit has helped to improve her physical strength and her lung
1:38.6	capacity, relieve the constant stress she feels from fear of her recurrence, and maintain an
1:43.4	overall positive attitude. It's amazing to see how Sharon really took her health into her own hands.
1:48.4	She's thriving now and she credits her attitude and active lifestyle as well as above all her
1:53.2	faith with helping her remain as healthy as possible. Before we dive into the episode,
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