it did for helen taylor. nichole: for her, it was a story about colonoscopies. , helen is no a three-time colon cancer survivor and someone you should know. maria helen taylor is the beyond : the picture of health. a personal trainer and fitness instructor at the hockomock ymca in foxboro. a black belt in karate. helen takes care of herself, so -- takes care of herself. she doesn't smoke. she doesn't drink. so when she decided to get a colonoscopy after she saw one on cancer. but she did. and now for the first time, she was cancer free. but not for long. she realized something was wrong while tracking for a black belt in tae kwon do. >> i noticed my stomach was getting large. maria: she went for a ct scan. >> i get phone call on halloween trick-or-treating. my doctor said it's not good, it has spread to your liver. he said to me, it's inoperable. i said, can i be treated? he said to me, you can be treated, but in the end, the cancer will win. i said, no, no, no. i am going to beat this. maria: she decided to r