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…
Robert Stricklin lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife Ivy, two kids named Karter and Reagan, three dogs, and a cat. He works as a first aid and workplace…
Dormica Clagon James’ daughter Chantel (Telly) was her best friend. When Dormica got pregnant at 16, she didn’t know what to expect, or how her life would change. She had…
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…
Most people share their cancer diagnosis with just a few of their friends and family. I shared mine with tens of thousands of people on TV. As a news anchor…
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…
I went in for a routine physical in 2009 and they recommended I go for my first colonoscopy because I had just turned 50 years old*. After procrastinating a few…
Nadya Carlson-Bowen was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was raised in an orphanage until the age of five when she found out that not only was she going to…