KALAMAZOO, Mich. — “As a young person you don’t ever think cancer is going to be part of your story,” said Shameka Taylor, a 39-year-old Kalamazoo resident who’s living with Stage 4 Colorectal Cancer.
“At first I was angry. I was really angry,” she said. “Why me? Why did this happen? And then I had to stop and I had to think and I had to say, ‘Why not me?’”
Taylor was only 36 in August 2022 when she was diagnosed with Stage 3. The Colorectal Cancer Alliance says she’s not alone…