Jeannine Vannais
Metastatic Colon Cancer
Jeannine Vannais never expected to be diagnosed with cancer, much less colon cancer. But at the age of 58, this wife and mother of two learned she had metastatic colon cancer. For many years, she studied and taught medicinal herbalism in the Philadelphia area at such places as the Bomans Hill Wildflower Preserve's medicinal trail project and the Pennsbury Manor. In her work, Jeannine protects native medicinal plans of the United States and Canada in their native habitat while ensuring an abundant renewable supply of medicinal plants for generations to come. But treating stage 4 colon cancer would require more than medicinal plants could provide, so she turned to the experts at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
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