Women who beat cancer four times (Photo)

He was only 17 years old when he realized he was suffering from a dangerous illness.

Lauren Erdmann Marler, born in Midland, Texas State, had never been to oncologist and had never been tested genetically.

But she just felt the disease deep in her bones.

In the past two years, Lauren had puked in the bathroom, and the blood in the toilet was so scary, but after feeling ashamed, she decided to keep it a secret from her parents and others. At least for a while...

Eventually, at that time, 17-year-old decided to write her mother, Lori Erdmann.

After reading it, Lori assured her daughter that she was not dying and had no cancer.

But Lauren really had cancer, the first of four she fought in the next decade.

Because of a rare genetic state of her DNA that adds 16 percent risk to cancer affecting, Lauren had to face colon cancer twice, utero cancer and lymphoma, all before she was 28 years old.

The doctor was also sure that Lauren's bleeding and embarrassment were probably just a consequence of the cap, but after a month she returned to the doctor, who agreed she needed more tests.

The colon cancer was quickly diagnosed, and doctors suggested operating. The surgeons removed most of its rectum, a month after finishing high school, and two months after her eighteenth birthday.

The operation was successful, and Lauren did not undergo chemotherapy. She was already free, but only for nine months.

Lauren had a second colon cancer in a lymph node on the lower belly.

This time, she had to undergo chemotherapy to shrink her tumor before doctors treated her with protected radiation during surgery to remove cancer.

After all this change, something known happened: utero cancer -- a very common and aggressive form. She wasted no time in following the doctors ' recommendations. Lauren had a complete hysterectom to remove the uterus, ovaries, and cervix.

At the time, 23-year-olds did not have time to think about what this meant for her future family.

“was always a “does not know “, especially at the time. I got divorced right away, I wondered if I wanted to freeze my eggs, but since it was the third cancer, I didn't want to risk it because there was something going on with me. With my genes... I don't know if I want my kid to have my genes”, Lauren claims, adding that she just needs to be healthy.

Again, treatment proved successful, but Lauren and her doctors likewise suspected that cancer would be called back. A year earlier, an Australian doctor had identified a condition called lack of constitutional correction of non-compliance (CMMRD). This is an extremely rare genetic state, but the doctors wanted to try it on Lauren's.

At least less than 100 Americans have been diagnosed with this disease.

Like the rest of our bodies, our genes disappear and are damaged throughout life, and this damage can lead to cancer. But the great majority of us also have two copies of a gene that codes DNA repairs.

People with Lynch syndrome have only one copy of the repair gene inconsistencies, placing them in higher risks for certain cancers.

If two people with Lynch Syndrome happen to have a baby, each child has a chance to have CMMRD.

Lynch syndrome increases the risk of cancer by about 20 percent. With CMRD, people are 16 times more at risk of touching colon cancer, rectum, uterus, brain, lymphatic system and blood.

Basically, she turns your genes into cancer, Lauren says.

She was also touched by the aggressive form of cancer known as lymphoma.

The cancer was discovered after routine scans that Lauren had to take every three months near her home in Midland. This alarmed the medical team and immediately moved to Houston for six months.

The great measure was crushing upon the patriarchs. She had to get out, but Lauren also needed to deal with six different types of chemotherapy. Until this time, cancer was the age-old hat for the 23-year-old, but rigorous treatment was new.

She underwent six different treatments. One of them is the red death dealer.

I had a head explosion, a back pain, I couldn't walk. I felt so crazy that I hated the doctors. In the end, however, it was the popular expression: “I hate you, but I'm alive””, Lauren relates.