Colon cancer survivor and Get Your Rear in Gear Tulsa participant, Paula Bussey, was featured in her local paper, the McAlester News-Capital talking about her colon cancer diagnosis. In the article Bussey discussed her Stage III diagnosis and the lifestyle changes she and her husband underwent. Over two years later, Paula Bussey is now cancer [...]
Co-workers and friends Carrie LaFollette and Christy Hileman both stage III colon cancer survivors participated in the Get Your Rear in Gear Tulsa 5k on March 10 and shared their story with the Edmond Sun. In the article Carrie and Christy talk about their reactions to being diagnosed with colon cancer in their thirties, the [...]
The Savannah Get Your Rear in Gear 5K committee continues to pepper the airwaves with the message of colon cancer being preventable, treatable and beatable. Watch DeDe Cargill, from Every Step Counts and Savannah GYRIG’s go-to survivor, on WTOC TV’s Fit Club talking about the race and the importance of screening.
DeDe Cargill from Every Steps Counts was on WTOC TV in Savannah this morning talking about the Savannah Get Your Rear in Gear 5K and the importance of colonoscopy screenings, healthy living and cancer prevention. DeDe described the beautiful run/walk course. If your in Savannah be sure to register and check it out! You can [...]
This morning, February 23, the San Antonio Get Your Rear in Gear 5K was featured on KABB Fox San Antonio. Bryan Joyce, a colon cancer survivor and Lynch Syndrome patient, and Dr. Delbery Chumley, local gastroenterologist, appeared on the Fox station in San Antonio discussing the importance of knowing your family history and colon cancer [...]
Presenting sponsor for the Charlotte Get Your Rear in Gear, Presbyterian Cancer Center was on the local Fox News Rising program this morning, Thursday, February 23. The interview with Dr. Douglas Rosen discussed the signs and symptoms of colon cancer as well as the importance of screening in advance of Colon Cancer Awareness Month in [...]
In June, we focused on “When is the right time to get screened.” Now, that you have crossed the road to consider getting screened for colorectal cancer. It may have been because of family history, hitting age 50 or you and a doctor determining “something is just not right, time to push the button.” Now [...]
We first came to know Toni Hudzina at the Twin Cities Get Your Rear in Gear last May when she was the top fundraiser at the event. She lost her mom to colon cancer last year and has been a tireless supporter of Get Your Rear in Gear and colon cancer causes. Toni recently underwent [...]
At 68-years-young, Vera Owens co-chairs the Get Your Rear in Gear colon cancer 5k race in Fort Myers Florida. Just as her co-chair, Dr. Janette Gaw, was in August,Vera was recently featured in a “Health Matters” story on NBC-2 in Florida, a partnership with Lee Memorial Health Systems. Vera’s story stress the importance of knowing [...]
By Amy Wenzel, Get Your Rear in Gear contributor Sage Scopes is Minnesota’s Colorectal Cancer Program that is funded with money from CDC’s Colorectal Cancer Control Program. Additionally, the Colon Cancer Coalition/Get Your Rear in Gear provides funding from money raised at the Twin Cities event to help pay for treatment for Sage Scopes patients [...]
