According to Erica, a “small inner voice” warned her physicians that something was “wrong,” and after she recovered, the doctors informed the single mother that.
The procedure had not even been performed. The veteran of the navy was informed that she had cancer. “I was informed by the doctor there that they had discovered.
A significant amount of cancer in my abdomen. Erica continued to tell The Patient Story, “There was a doubt as to where the cancer had originated.
“It took about two weeks that I knew I had cancer but I didn’t know exactly what it was.” Doctors had to be sure they made the correct diagnosis since the cancer “had touched so many organs.”
Appendiceal carcinoma, which develops from the cells that comprise the appendix, was the diagnosis made for Erica.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, symptoms of such cancer include bloating, an increase in waist size, fluid accumulation in the abdomen,
