After 16 years as a registered nurse, Sabrina Barratt returned to school to become a nurse practitioner. Shortly after starting her new role at the Access Family Care clinics in Monett and Aurora, she received life-changing news: a stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis.
“There was no family history or anything. When I was diagnosed, I just turned 41,” said Barratt. “I had mild, low back pain.”
Barratt’s back pain started nine months before her diagnosis on Nov. 3, 2020. She first blamed the strain of remodeling her home, but when the pain persisted despite normal tests, she knew something was wrong…