Sitting in a small hospital office waiting for the results of her colonoscopy, 31-year-old Melissa Laing was eager to finally get some answers to the dramatic weight loss, night sweats, bloating and discomfort she’d been living with for the past year.
“There are a few polyps but don’t stress, it won’t be bowel cancer, you’re far too young for that,” the specialist assured her with a pat on the knee.
Frustrated and feeling dismissed, Melissa, now 35, was starting to wonder if she was a
