Milford woman uses crafting to spread awareness about colon cancer

MILFORD, Maine (WABI) – Jessica Sargent was diagnosed with the sickness when she was 39 decades aged.

Medical practitioners decided her cancer is resistant to common solutions and it’s progressed to Stage 4.

As Joy Hollowell experiences, the Milford mother and grandmother is now spreading recognition about colon most cancers by way of crafting.

=====

“I’ve generally been energetic. In the summertime, I’m often out on the drinking water or climbing or doing a little something entertaining.”

But that all altered a few a long time in the past for Jessica Sargent of Milford.

“I had been seriously ill for months,” she states. A large fever, exhaustion and stomach problems enable to a Cat Scan for the then 39-calendar year aged.

“Colon most cancers absolutely was not on any of our radars.”

But that scan revealed a mass and a stick to up colonoscopy confirmed it was phase 4 most cancers.

“It was 10 centimeters,” she suggests. “There was a substantial mass in my colon. I named it Edwards (laughs). I was like if I have a tumor the sizing of a baby’s head in my colon, it deserves a title.”

Health professionals needed to shrink the tumor ahead of taking away it, so Sargeat started radiation and chemotherapy. But 25 rounds later, it was even now the exact same dimensions. a second round also hardly touched it.

In July of 2020, Sargent had the mass taken out.

Two years afterwards, an additional colonoscopy discovered two more tumors in the exact same region.

“That was almost certainly the worst a person out of all of them,” she states, sighing.

To day, Sargent has undergone 7 surgical procedures, some for post operative infections. Now, she’s ready to do a biopsy for some questionable places on her liver Sargent describes that the liver and lungs are usually the following organs that colorectal cancer will vacation to as it spreads.

Medical professionals visits now occupy considerably of her time.

But not all of it.

“This is my Cricut,” Sargent suggests, having us into her craft area.

Two a long time back, her spouse and mother gifted Sargent with the digital reducing craft equipment.

“And perfectly you know, I haven’t stopped because,” she states, smiling.

Her resourceful streak now includes indications, pillows, attractive jars, jewelry and extra.

“I like producing my beads for the reason that I can do that even when I’m sensation really, genuinely crappy,” she claims.

She begun a Fb web site- Crafting with most cancers. Income manufactured from offering her creations aids spend for extras not protected by insurance coverage.

Sargent suggests being hectic, retains her sturdy.

“I consider to come across a rationale each individual one day to keep accomplishing it, even when it sucks and it’s tricky, bring about it does get hard.,” she says. “I’ve acquired 4 youngsters, I have got 2 grand youngsters, 2 new infants- they are superb. And I have got a lot to be happy about, I really do not know definitely why I would not be.”

Copyright 2023 WABI. All rights reserved.