Monica Trott started having colon cancer symptoms around age 30, but doctors reassured her it was a pregnancy symptom. She wasn't diagnosed until years later, with stage 3 colon cancer. Courtesy of Monica Trott Monica Trott was about to turn 30 when she started to notice blood in her stool. As a gastroenterology nurse who helped people prepare for colonoscopies, she was deeply familiar with common symptoms of colon cancer and knew rectal bleeding was serious. During 2019, however, she was well into her second pregnancy. When her doctor said it was likely hemorrhoids related to pregnancy and being on her feet all day, Trott went along with it. She ate more fiber, as instructed. The blood went away temporarily, but kept coming back. Then, in 2021, during her third pregnancy, the symptoms returned worse than ever, even as the doctors treating her insisted nothing was out of the ordinary. "I'm seeing blood. I'm seeing mucus now. I'm so tired all the time. So I was bringing them all these symptoms.…