32-year-old says persistent symptoms led to a stage 3 cancer diagnosis

Alondra Gibson, 32, was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer after months of abdominal pain and diarrhea.

The New York- and Dallas-based fitness coach said the symptoms began in 2025, when she was exercising regularly and felt healthy.

Early tests did not explain her worsening symptoms: an ultrasound was clear, and a CT scan was reported as clear, while other tests did not identify a cause.

She tried pelvic floor therapy, but her pain and diarrhea continued until she could no longer exercise or work.

A colonoscopy found two tumors nearly blocking her colon, and biopsies showed adenocarcinoma, the most common type of colorectal cancer.

She had surgery to remove the tumors and part of her colon immediately after the colonoscopy.

The tumors were near her liver, which was partly covered in cysts that suggested the cancer may have spread; the available information does not say what treatment or outcome followed.