In many ways, Haley Mihajlovich is your typical high school senior – she spends lots of time with her boyfriend, plays video games on her PS5, and loves playing basketball….
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Carmela Rodriguez is a mother of six children, and her family is the most important thing in her life. Her desire to fight for her children and be with them…
Aaron Watts has lived in Chicago nearly all his life. He has worked as a law enforcement officer in several agencies, and spent most of his life as a regular…
Follow-up colonoscopies after abnormal stool test completely covered by insurance. After years of calling our senators and representatives, knocking on doors, and advocating til blue in the face, the colon…
My grandfather, Keith Nechvatal, was diagnosed with stage 4+ colon cancer at the end of 2019. He was 72. He had not been feeling well for a couple of months…
It all started Thanksgiving weekend of 2020. Due to COVID restrictions, I wasn’t visiting family for the holidays so I was at home alone. The feeling of having to use…
Mayra Goodwin, who was first diagnosed with colon cancer in September 2014, shares an update for today’s Faces of Blue and her experience with an ostomy bag. You can read…
I was 33 when I first had blood in my stool. It was only one time, and it would have been very easy to ignore the one instance of blood….
It was late April in 2011 in Minnesota. Spring had sprung, but it was going to be a crappy weekend weather-wise. Around 6 p.m. on a Friday night, I got…
My brother Bradford was young, healthy, fit, and handsome. He had a heart of gold and gave all that he had no matter what. He showed all who went on…