{"id":11789,"date":"2026-01-06T15:16:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=11789"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:16:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:16:46","slug":"a-mothers-battle-with-stage-4-cancer-the-warning-signs-we-often-dismiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=11789","title":{"rendered":"A Mother\u2019s Battle with Stage 4 Cancer: The Warning Signs We Often Dismiss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"370\">In 2023, Susan Schmidt, a 47-year-old mother of two from Australia, was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer after months of subtle symptoms she initially ignored. Persistent fatigue, constipation, and abdominal pain were dismissed as menopause, stress, or diet\u2014until a colonoscopy revealed advanced colorectal cancer that had spread to her uterus, lymph nodes, and lung.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"661\">Now living with an incurable diagnosis, Susan has become a powerful bowel cancer awareness advocate, urging people to speak openly about digestive health and seek early screening. She founded <strong data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"590\">The Floozie Foundation<\/strong> to support adult cancer patients and families in Australian hospitals.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"855\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Susan\u2019s story highlights critical warning signs of bowel cancer, the dangers of delayed diagnosis, and the life-saving importance of self-advocacy, early detection, and breaking health taboos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In 2023, Susan Schmidt, a 47-year-old mother of two from Australia, was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer after months of subtle symptoms she initially ignored. Persistent fatigue, constipation, and abdominal pain were dismissed as menopause, stress, or diet\u2014until a colonoscopy revealed advanced colorectal cancer that had spread to her uterus, lymph nodes, and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11791,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11789\/revisions\/11791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}