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But the fatigue, bleeding and pain were not, as he had assumed, caused by a hectic lifestyle and strenuous weight lifting. They were indications of what he was diagnosed with in the fall: stage IV colon cancer. Hayes? initial reaction to the news was numbness. ?I?m still a young man,? said the 42-year-old musician, who is originally from Bethel Acres. Hayes, known for such ?90s hits as ?Old Enough to Know Better? and ?The Day She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy),? now lives in Nashville. Hayes had no family history of the disease and wasn?t yet 50, the age at which the risk for colon cancer increases and regular colonoscopies are recommended. ?My doctors looked at my blood work and said, ?There is no way you should have cancer, but you do.??? Hayes has had surgery to remove the cancer, which had also spread to his liver. ?I?m cancer-free currently,? he said in a recent telephone interview. But his whole life has changed. It was hard for Hayes to admit to himself that he had cancer and that he had to change his lifestyle. ?I?m a pretty active person,? he said. He has had to scale the activity back. After surgery, Hayes said it took a while for him to even be able to get out on his driveway. ?Now I?m taking short jogs with my dog,? he said. ?I?m in semi-shape, but I?ll never be like I was.? Hayes hasn?t been able to work much since his diagnosis. His most recent show was late last month with Randy Owen. ?It was really, really fun, but it did wear me out,? he said. ?I was surprised how out of shape I had gotten.? Hayes? chemotherapy sessions, which he began in January and will continue until June, have also complicated his schedule. ?That?s a lifestyle unto itself,? he said of the treatment. ?It?s tough to plan a tour or concerts around your chemotherapy.? The treatment makes him feel lethargic and achy, he said, describing it like a bad case of the flu. ?It takes a few days to clear that out, to get to where you feel you can do something,? he said. ?Just planning around that has been a pain. But it?s what I have to do.? Read more of this story and find symptoms of colon cancer in Thursday's Scene section or online at tulsaworld.com/scene.
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