My husband Larry had pain in his stomach. “Feel this, babe,” he kept telling me. “There’s a tumor in there.” He couldn’t eat much and then got worse in March…
Karen Barber, a wife and mother of two boys, knew when she was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer at the age of 46 back in 2005, that she would…
I was diagnosed on February 27, 2017 with stage IV colorectal cancer with mets to liver and peritoneal of stomach; I was 34 years old. I also found out that…
My story starts in North Platte, NE, a relatively small town of about 27,000, in November of 1987. After finding blood in my stool on and off for about two…
Joe Mahaffey’s passion for early screening and advocacy started after watching his brother Charles Douglas “Doc” Mahaffey face his own diagnosis with colon cancer. “Doc was somebody who, when he…
Growing up, Kim Hall Jackson knew little about cancer. “I grew up as a child in the late 60s and early 70s and we never talked about cancer. Adults had…
Ld and her family found out about the Get Your Rear In Gear – San Antonio event in January and had weeks to get ready to participate in honor of…
Without questioning, when going through a serious illness, you learn to know what faith truly is; along with finding the true meaning of beauty and how you really feel about yourself….
After many long months of doctor’s appointments and not feeling well, on February 22, 2017, my brother Jeremy, was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer. His primary care doctor was…
Nicole Lorenz wants her kids to know about her legacy; helping others by being the best she can. “If I ever pass from this [disease], I want my kids to look…