Shannon Willis passed away from complications due to colorectal cancer on August 30th 2021. She was 44 years old. Towards the end of 2019, my sister Shannon started experiencing pain…
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Note from the Colon Cancer Coalition: After more than 20 months bravely confronting stage IV colon cancer, Hari Gopalarathnam passed away in February 2023. He was 46 years old. With…
A couple of years ago, Desmond James was living a challenging but encouraging life as both a Janitor at an elementary school and caregiver to his grandmother and father (Desmond’s…
An advanced stage III colon cancer diagnosis was the last thing I expected to receive at 37-years-old. I was living the average life of a busy, overly committed mom-of-four and…
Fernanda Lopez Franco was just 23 years old when she started experiencing symptoms such as feeling fatigued, lower back pain, cramping and occasional signs of blood in stool. Understanding something…
When the pandemic drove us all home to work. I got cabin fever while sitting at home for over a year. I started having a little rectal bleeding that wasn’t…
I always felt I was responsible for my health. I followed a balanced nutritious diet, exercised, had a fulfilling job, many hobbies and had a low stress lifestyle. Because of…
I turned 50 years old in March of 2021. I had my physical in the beginning of August, 2021. My primary care physician relayed to me that I was due…
My father was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at 28 and passed away at 31 from the disease. I was only two years old at the time. 26 years later, after…
In May 2015, my daughter suggested I see a dermatologist about a spot on my forehead. It was diagnosed as pleomorphic t-cell lymphoma. After being diagnosed my dermatologist sent me…