Colon cancer survivor and Get Your Rear in Gear Tulsa participant, Paula Bussey, was featured in her local paper, the McAlester News-Capital talking about her colon cancer diagnosis. In the…
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My name is Dee. Although I never had colorectal cancer, I was diagnosed with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) when I was 22 years old. I had a total colectomy IRA surgery when I…
My name is Angela. I’m 38 and I was diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer in April of 2011. You talk about angry and confused. I was so mad. I…
The Northeast Iowa Get Your Rear in Gear recently awarded Winneshiek Medical Center Cancer Resource Center with a grant for Colon Cancer Awareness. The funds were raised during the NE…
Your life can change in an instant…. On September 30, 2009 my life was changed forever. My 42-year-old sister Debbie Hernandez Mitchell was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. The…
Written by wife, Heather Cyr My husband, Alec Cyr, was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 33, we had just celebrated our one-year wedding anniversary. He had changes in his…
The 2012 Ft. Myers Get Your Rear in Gear is Saturday, March 24 at Hammond Stadium. Proceeds from the 2011 race are being used to provide colorectal cancer screenings, namely…
Co-workers and friends Carrie LaFollette and Christy Hileman both stage III colon cancer survivors participated in the Get Your Rear in Gear Tulsa 5k on March 10 and shared their…
Written by friend, Laurie Kuyath Living and working with colon cancer… No, I don’t have it, my co-worker and friend does. Her name is Evelyn and she is a youthful,…
A tribute by Tonya Iovine about her mother, Valerie I couldn’t believe when my mother called me to say that she had stage four colon cancer. It was a few days…