When I was first diagnosed with Stage IV colorectal cancer at the age of 31, I thought “this is it.” My doctors scheduled a colonoscopy after I came in suffering…
Faces of Blue is a storytelling series, focused on sharing the experiences of colorectal cancer survivors, patients, caregivers, and anyone impacted by colorectal cancer.
By publishing these accounts of courage, endurance, strength, and even humor, we hope to share a common experiences and provide encouragement for all affected by this disease.
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Carleen Taylor is wife, mom, caregiver, and young onset colorectal cancer advocate from Columbus, Ohio, whose son was diagnosed with colorectal cancer when he was 22 years-old. She shares Connor’s…
Kathy McGill-Wadham is a mom and wife from Asheville, NC. She was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer at the age of 50. Here is her story in her own…
For this Faces of Blue, Alexa is interviewed by Rebecca Marshall-Howarth, a volunteer with Get Your Rear in Gear – Boston. Volunteer with Get Your Rear in Gear – Boston, Alexa Morell,…
Cancer has potential to turn a family upside down and inside out. It changes everything. When Lisa Wu’s father was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, the diagnosis was predictable in those…
Scott Taylor, his wife Katey, and their three daughters were no strangers to navigating their way through medical trauma, particularly bowel trauma. In 2007, their daughter Abbey, then 6, was…
Holly Mchone was 38-years-old when diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016. Although her process to recovery has been flawless in her eyes, the journey hasn’t been easy on…
Rodnell Workman didn’t have an extensive family history of cancer. His father had been diagnosed with prostate cancer over 15 years prior, but as that is the most common cancer…
I’m a 44-year-old mom of three boys and a wife to an amazing husband and veteran. I love the outdoors, traveling and have a passion for fitness. I have always…
When you’re a kid in high school, the last thing you expect to hear is that your mother has an advanced form of cancer you had never heard about. But…
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