When Matt Carrera made plans to run his first marathon, he knew he would use the opportunity to raise funds for charity. He never realized that the charity would become a personal mission. But shortly after beginning his training, Matt got unexpected news. His father was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Now, the 32 year-old runner [...]
Karin Miller, a 39 year-old advertising sales executive from Edina, Minnesota, never thought that her greatest inheritance would come in the form of a disease. But the awareness that came from her grandmother’s experience with colon cancer saved Karin’s life. And she now refers to that legacy as a gift. Karin doesn’t come from a [...]
In honor of Colon Cancer Awareness Month, the Colon Cancer Coalition is featuring the many faces of colon cancer. Unlike other forms of cancer, colon cancer suffers from a stereotype based on what is often inaccurate information. Many people believe that colon cancer affects only men over the age of fifty. But while many people [...]
Families of colon cancer patients and survivors are often tireless in spreading the word about the importance of colon cancer screening. The family of Jason, a young, active colon cancer survivor and subject of this YouTube video is no different. Jason was 33 years old when he was diagnosed with colon cancer. He endured surgery [...]
Robyn was a beautiful, vibrant 25 year old girl. She developed a blood clot in her left shoulder on Sept. 19th, 2008. After a month in the hospital in Austin, Tx. we moved her to MDA. There they did a colonoscopy and found she had a tumor in her colon. She lived 8 weeks after that diagnosis. We lost her on Dec. 20th, 2008.
by Michele Miritlello My dad was 54 years old when he passed. He was retired from the Tinley Park Fire Depatrment where he had been for over 25 years. He loved riding his motorcycle and spending time with his grand kids.
After two different colonoscopy's (Oct 08 & Jan 09), and the results sent to consultants with Mayo Clinic. My colon doctor called on a Friday evening (February 06, 2009) at 5:45pm on the phone and said, "Craig, you have onset of cancer and the best way to proceed is remove the whole colon and you won't be chasing bad guys any more."
I'm a high school English Teacher in the New York City Public School System. There has been a history of cancer in my family. My grandfather had an intestinal cancer- we assume it was colon cancer. He died young, when my father was 18. My father was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2001. His tumor was removed and he is currently cancer free!
I was born in Hays, Kansas and moved to Austin, Texas when I was 20 years old. I have lived in Austin for 28 years. I manage a doctors office and love what I do. I have two beautiful daughters and a wonderful supportive husband. My hobbies are riding my horse and reading.
Last summer, I was watching my son's baseball game and found myself up against a fence with my husband and a couple of other fathers. One dad started talking about a young father we all knew named Dave Shogren. Dave had been recently diagnosed with stage III rectal cancer in June of 2009...
