They say you’re a survivor from the day you’re diagnosed and while I do consider myself a survivor, I think we are all survivors in our own way. Sometimes I…
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At the ending of 2011, my husband Carlos, who was 32 at the time, was diagnosed with stage IIIa rectal cancer. In 2012, after enduring surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy,…
Mike Evans’ story shows the importance of screening. A father of four boys, Mike was fortunate to have a loving and persistent wife, who works within the colorectal cancer community,…
Editor’s Note: We love getting Faces of Blue stories from across the globe, as this is a disease that impact the world. This story comes to us from a survivor…
Editor’s Note (June 14, 2023) We are saddened to learn of Meredith’s passing after a 5 year journey with colorectal cancer. Our hearts are with her family, friends, and all…
My husband Larry had pain in his stomach. “Feel this, babe,” he kept telling me. “There’s a tumor in there.” He couldn’t eat much and then got worse in March…
Karen Barber, a wife and mother of two boys, knew when she was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer at the age of 46 back in 2005, that she would…
I was diagnosed on February 27, 2017 with stage IV colorectal cancer with mets to liver and peritoneal of stomach; I was 34 years old. I also found out that…
My story starts in North Platte, NE, a relatively small town of about 27,000, in November of 1987. After finding blood in my stool on and off for about two…
Joe Mahaffey’s passion for early screening and advocacy started after watching his brother Charles Douglas “Doc” Mahaffey face his own diagnosis with colon cancer. “Doc was somebody who, when he…