Thriving after Stage 4 Colon Cancer

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Thriving after Stage 4 Colon Cancer


For colorectal cancer awareness month, Georgia CORE President & CEO Lynn Durham sat down with Kelly Wiedower of Watkinsville, Georgia. Kelly is a 20-year survivor of stage 4 colon cancer and is also a wife, mother, and a family nurse practitioner at a federally qualified health center.

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