My name is Roger Rojas; I am 35 years old and live in Kingsville, Texas. I am married to an awesome woman who helps me raise our three children. On October 7, 2008 I was diagnosed with Stage III rectal cancer. I remember having trouble with my bowel movements for a couple of weeks and [...]
My name is Joleen Krueger – I live in Minneapolis, MN. I am a 36 yr old mother of a 16 month old (Logan), and wife to my husband Dean (8 yrs). We learned I have stage IV colon cancer with liver/lung metastasis on August 18th, 2011. My son was just 10 months old at [...]
Brian Shelly is a friend and family member to someone who has been affected by the colon cancer. In 2009, his brother-in-law expressed concerning symptoms to the family, which prompted a visit to primary health physician—he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Fortunately, the cancer was caught at early stages, and was surgically removed. Brian’s brother-in-law [...]
Written by mother, Susan Dawson Twenty-nine year olds aren’t suppose to get colon cancer, are they? He has been married for only 3.5 years, his beautiful wife is 7 months with their 1st child, a baby girl, he is a promising nursing student… a fabulous, strong young man who runs and works out for 2 [...]
I am a 35 year old, single mom to a wonderful 8 year old son. We live together in Indianapolis, Indiana, where I work full time at a small law firm. I became aware that something was just not quite right around September of 2009. I have always been active and pretty healthy. My symptoms [...]
My daughter Shawntell was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer on December 7, 2007. She was 34 years old, and the mother of two beautiful girls, ages 7 and 15. She lost her battle on April 21. 2009. Here is Her Story: Shawntell had diarrhea, sometimes constipation, stomach pains, and blood in her stool off [...]
I am a 59 year old female born in KC, MO and now live in Collierville, TN. I have been a registered nurse for almost 39 years. For the last 10 years I have been a worker’s compensation case manager and doing cost projections on the complainant’s injuries. I am able to work from home [...]
My name is John Paul Ferguson, I’m 47 and I live in Covington, TN with my wife, Sandra, of 10 years, 3 dogs and nine cats. I work for Kele Inc., a national distributor of building automation components as Director of Strategic and National account sales I was diagnosed with colon cancer in January 2012. [...]
Hi my Name is Lori Vanta. I am a 41 yr old who lives in San Antonio Texas. I have the great honor of being a stay at home Mom to two wonderful children. I was first diagnosed in 2008 at the age of 37. Prior to diagnosis, I had a large polyp in my [...]
My name is Dee. Although I never had colorectal cancer, I was diagnosed with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) when I was 22 years old. I had a total colectomy IRA surgery when I was 23 as my colon was carpeted with polyps. I accepted my diagnosis and went with the flow of getting my scopes (Both [...]
