Fall of 2012. It’s official. That is definitely blood in my poo. I tried to believe it was something else for quite a while–2 or 4 months. I very much…
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February 21, 2016 marked the close of LOMBARDI in at Spencer Community Theater in Spencer, Iowa. While the play mainly focused on his career in football with the Green Bay…
I lost my mom, Rosalinda Pizzaro, to stage IV colon cancer on 02/23/15 at the age of 66. About a month before she passed she was right as rain about…
My name is Stephen Gilroy and I am 65 years old. I am retired and now live in Searsport, Maine. I am married to Suzanne and have a 36-year-old daughter…
In May of 2011, a week after my daughter’s wedding, I had a routine colonoscopy and I learned I had stage III colon cancer. I have always exercised regularly and…
I have had pain, nausea and diarrhea for years and I was very thin and weak from this. I had numerous tests done. The one thing I canceled twice was my…
My father was 43 when he was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. I think it hit me and my mother harder than it did him. I will never forget…
Editor’s Note: We were saddened to learn of Billie Jo’s passing to colorectal cancer in May 2021 after a 14 year journey with the disease. We will miss her smile…
On my 50th birthday, I promised my wife I would make an appointment for a full physical. On May 5, 2014, my primary physician, Dr. Troy Fate, MD scheduled a…
I’m writing to share my brother-in-law’s story. He probably would be hesitant about sharing – not because he doesn’t want people to know his journey with cancer, but because he’s…