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Participants in the Get Your Rear in Gear Twin Cities 5K will have the opportunity to try their hand at cutting-edge robotic surgery. The daVinci Surgical Robot will be at the race with event sponsor Colon & Rectal Surgery Associates (CRSL) surgeon Dr. Elizabeth Raskin offering once-in-a-lifetime test drives of the robot. The daVinci Robot [...]
Anne Carlson, Colon Cancer Coalition executive director and Chair of the Get Your Rear in Gear Twin Cities 5K was on KARE 11, the NBC affiliate in the Twin Cities, today to promote the eighth annual Twin Cities 5K for colon cancer. She talked event details with local weather guy and runner, Sven Sundgaard. Anne [...]
On Friday, May 11, Boston Get Your Rear in Gear 5K co-chairs Brian Shelly and Caitlin Gambee had the honor of announcing a new partnership with the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers creating the Colon Cancer Screening & Education Program (CCSEP). The $93,500 check presented to the League will fund a first-of-its-kind program for [...]
Lousiana has the highest death rate from colon cancer in the country, but yet the screening compliance in that state remains less than 50%. Dr. Neelima Reddy was back on TV in Baton Rouge on Friday morning, April 27, talking about the importance of colon cancer screening with WBRZ TV and how the Get Your [...]
When one of own race directors inspires you, it isn’t always just because they are a colorectal cancer survivor or someone that has been affected by the disease. It is because they make you want to live life. So many Get Your Rear in Gear race directors go the the distance, no matter the challenges [...]
Get Your Rear in Gear Baton Rouge 5K was featured on NBC33 on Thursday, April 18, promoting the upcoming run/walk and talking about colon cancer screening and prevention. Dr. Neelima Reddy from presenting sponsor Gastroenterology Associates spoke with NBC33 about the importance of colon cancer screening and the preventable nature of the disease.
Faith Christian School in Gloucester, Mass. hosted a fundraiser during Colon Cancer Awareness Month in memory of their founding principal Mr. Don Lodge. The students wanted to do something to remember their beloved administrator and chose to give the funds raised to the Colon Cancer Coalition / Get Your Rear in Gear. They were challenged [...]
Well where do I begin… My name is Kari-Lynn Cermak and 23 years ago my dad had a colonoscopy due to symptoms his doctor was concerned with. That’s when my family’s life was changed. I just turned 4, my dad was still in his 30’s and we got the new my dad “has cancer”. Those [...]
My name is Tabitha Gibson, and live in Evansville, Indiana. I am married to my best friend and I get to be a stay at home mommy to my 3 beautiful little girls. On May 8, of 2009 at the age of 29, I was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer that had metastasized to [...]
It was a busy summer at work in 2009. I was extremely busy and traveling a lot for my job. It was no surprise to me that I was feeling very fatigued and run down. I was having a great deal of low back pain, which had been dismissed as muscle pull or stress. I [...]
