Sarah had always been good at ignoring discomfort, dismissing her persistent stomach pain as nothing more than stress or a bad meal—until the day it became unbearable. A doctor’s visit turned into a whirlwind of tests, and soon she was staring down a diagnosis she never saw coming: Stage II Colorectal Cancer. Fear crept in, not just of the illness itself, but of everything that came with it—the grueling treatments, the side effects of medication, and the long, uncertain road to recovery. For the first time, she couldn’t just push through the pain—she had to face it.