Buford man first in Georgia to undergo new liver cancer procedure [Video]

Jeff Reid says he got the first hint something was wrong in early 2023. 

“I started to feel discomfort in my abdomen, and, you know, a loss of appetite,” Reid remembers. 

His doctor ordered scans, then biopsies. 

But as the months passed, his weight went into a sudden free-fall. 

“I had lost about 20 or so pounds,” Reid says. 

On March 31, 2023, Reid, who is now 55, was diagnosed with colon cancer, and told the cancer had metastasized, or spread, to his liver.  

He was now stage IV. 

“I was shocked,” Reid says.  “I’m not a smoker. I was in good health. You know, very active, and physically fit.”   

And, Reid and Stephanie Garcia were just 4 days away from their wedding. 

“I just felt like I was on a huge roller coaster where we were so happy, excited about getting married, then found out this news,” Garcia says. 

They got married on Jekyll Island and then Reid began treatment. 

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