Woman denied a colonoscopy by her doctor died of colon cancer at 39, friend says in viral Twitter

[Ms. Toad]

7. My cousin is still alive and kicking -

But the same thing happened to her.

She is very high risk for colon cancer because of familial polyps. At one point her risk increased enough that she was on the every year or every other year schedule (she may have had an initial bout with colon cancer or dysplasia). But then her doctor moved her to a 5-year schedule. She requested a colonoscopy at 3 years, but was denied one because she wasn't due for 2 more years - and couldn't convince the insurance company to do one at 3 years.

She had surgery for advanced colon cancer within the past year.