Samantha Bulloch was just a regular 28-year-old woman living a seemingly normal life. But her world came crashing down when she was given the devastating news she may only have three years to live — after being diagnosed with stage four colorectal cancer. “I was terrified,” Samantha, now 29, tells 7Life. “It was all so out of the blue. I thought about my life and all the things I wanted to experience — like getting married and having a family...
“Sadly I’m not eligible for surgery at this stage because of how extensive the disease is.” Over the past eight months, Samantha has been progressively prescribed stronger treatment. “My condition now is that I’ve had some progression in my liver, but the other lesions in my colon and lung are stable,” she says. “So it’s not completely bad news and my oncologist said I shouldn’t be any more worried than I already have been. “She’s hoping this high strength chemo will knock things back down.