"Up until she was 18, she practiced gymnastics 4 to 5 days a week. "I loved the discipline, I loved having a regimented schedule," Jonozzo, 31, told Business Insider. "That instilled how important health and fitness are to your lifestyle." In her 20s, she gravitated toward marathon running. A supply chain analyst, Jonozzo would regularly wake up at 4 or 5 am to lift for two hours and run before going to work."
"Jonozzo started experiencing flu-like symptoms and throwing up. She chalked it up to norovirus, which was going around at the time in her Cleveland suburb. "My stomach started to get really, really bloated - I looked like I was almost pregnant," Jonozzo said. "But that was also a symptom of norovirus, so I kind of just lumped it into that.""
Katelyn Jonozzo maintained high-level fitness from childhood, practicing gymnastics until 18 and later training for marathons while working as a supply chain analyst. She routinely woke at 4–5 a.m. to lift and run, and she qualified for the 2024 Boston Marathon. In February she developed sudden sharp stomach pain, flu-like symptoms, vomiting, and extreme abdominal bloating initially attributed to norovirus. Worsening stabbing pain and nonstop vomiting prompted ER care and emergency surgery to remove part of her colon. Surgery and subsequent testing revealed stage 3 colon cancer with secondary tumors in the abdomen. Her disciplined training mindset helped her focus on treatment planning.
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