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A woman was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer that spread to her liver in early 2025
Anastasia Sevriukova underwent chemotherapy and multiple surgeries, but she now needs a liver transplant
The woman was working as an aerospace engineer for Boeing and lived in St. Louis with her fiancé when her whole life changed
A woman was working as an aerospace engineer for Boeing and lived in St. Louis with her fiancé. Life as she knew it changed quickly when she received a shocking diagnosis.
Anastasia Sevriukova’s medical troubles started in summer 2024, when she experienced rectal bleeding, according to the Post Bulletin.
Though she dismissed the symptom as part of her menstrual cycle, Sevriukova visited her primary doctor, who recommended a visit to another medical professional.
“I saw the doctor, and I explained to him my symptoms. At first look, he immediately knew that it was cancer,” Sevriukova recalled to Post Bulletin. “He was like, ‘There’s nothing else to explain that size and bleeding.’ “
Sevriukova’s CT scans revealed that she had colon cancer. They also showed the illness spread to her liver.
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Recalling how she felt when she got her stage 4 diagnosis, Sevriukova said, “Everything disappears overnight.”
“It was really difficult for us to handle, and we completely did not expect it,” she added.
Sevriukova has since relocated to Rochester, N.Y., with her fiancé, Pradeep.
“We packed our car, and we drove from St. Louis to Rochester for a Thursday appointment, where we met with the doctors, and they started doing the tests literally the next day,” she told Post Bulletin.
“We just couldn’t process how our world is literally flipping upside down,” Sevriukova added. “It’s not a disease that is cured in a couple months. It’s something that takes years and years of treatment.”
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Sevriukova underwent chemotherapy and two surgeries. The cancer was removed from her colon, but it is still in her liver.
Doctors have since suggested to Sevriukova that she should get a liver transplant.
“Because my liver is doing relatively well [compared] to a lot of patients who have other diseases with the liver, I’m at the very bottom of the list, and I’m very unlikely to get [a] deceased liver,” the woman said.
Sevriukova now hopes to find a living donor, who would only need to give half of their liver to her.
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