My name is Carla Linton, and I am a survivor of Stage II Colorectal cancer. I was diagnosed October 17, 2011. Fast forward five years later and I am still…
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Cancer keeps haunting my family. These past few years cancer has taken three of my loved ones, made one fight hard and strong against her cancer, and another is still…
Around two and a half years ago, when I was 33, I was at work when I noticed a small amount of blood in my stool. Being a Medical Laboratory…
I am a survivor of stage I colorectal cancer. When I was 50 I started asking my then primary doctor about having a colonoscopy. That first year and every year…
I am Desiree Yanes and this is my story. I joined Get Your Rear in Gear – San Antonio because of my grandmother, who is a colon cancer survivor. I…
Cancer. The word is supposed to be foreign to most people my age, but here I am with stage IV colon cancer. The thing about cancer is it doesn’t discriminate….
While I may be older now, my story goes back to twenty years ago. It was 1997 and I was a (I like to think) strapping 29-year old. I had…
I am a cancer genetic counselor – a healthcare provider for families who have hereditary cancer risk. Over the last 18 years I have searched for inherited causes of colon…
At age 37, I was diagnosed with stage IIB colon cancer. I had been experiencing abdominal pain for a couple of months, which got progressively worse. My physician was unsure…
In September 2014, I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. My symptoms were blood every time I had my bowel movements. I was 42-years-0ld, married, and the mother of two young…