J.R. Harlen is a nine-year colon cancer survivor from Indiana. On Saturday, June 18, Father’s Day weekend 2011, he and his family participated in the 2011 Get Your Rear in Gear Indianapolis event. J.R. has a family history of colon cancer, losing his mother and several other relatives to this disease. On Thursday, June 16, [...]
By Matt Knutson and Erin Peterson His family described Mitch Turner as a tough man, with a strong mental attitude. Mitch lost a six-year battle with colon cancer in August of 2010. “My dad was such a strong, independent person,” Steve Turner said. “It was hard for him to let anyone do something for him.” [...]
Wichita magazine Women’s Focus featured Get Your Rear in Gear Wichita in their May 2011 issue. The story profiles Deborah Mitchell as the inspiration behind starting a Get Your Rear in Gear race there. You can also view an ad that ran in the same publication.
By Caitlin Gambee, Get Your Rear in Gear Boston event chair We were the perfect family. My mom and dad were incredible. They encouraged me to be who I wanted to be and that I could do anything I set my mind to! No goal was out of reach! My dad was diagnosed with stage [...]
If you follow Get Your Rear in Gear on Facebook, you may have seen the thoughts posted by our founder, Kristin Tabor, yesterday (Tuesday, April 19) upon the news that nine-time NYC Marathon winner, Grete Waitz, had succumb to cancer. I felt Kristin’s reflections were worth re-posting here. Read more about Grete. “Grete has [...]
By Annie Weyhrauch, Get Your Rear in Gear Participant, Caregiver & Registered Dietitian It’s those simple moments that sneak up and get you. I was 13 when my mother died. She was only 46. The memories of that year are photographic images still ever present. The week before she died, she sat down with [...]
I am a son of a colon cancer survivor. I was thrust into this the uncommon position at the age 17 when my mom was diagnosed. People my grandparent’s age get cancer, not my mom. High school started with my mom losing her mother to cancer, and it was a terrifying thought that high school [...]
By Amy Wenzel, Get Your Rear in Gear Communications Intern Editor’s Note: Colon Cancer Awareness Month is coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean that we will stop trying to “Get Your Rear in Gear.” In her own words, Amy Wenzel, a communications intern with the Colon Cancer Coalition / Get Your Rear in [...]
I am the same as many of you. I was once motivated to make a difference because of unnecessary loss. My life hasn’t been the same since colon cancer took the life of my sister and best friend, Susie Lindquist Mjelde. “Get Your Rear in Gear” took over my life the day the words flowed [...]
Motivated. Disciplined. Living life with meaning. And taking his health into his own hands. That’s what comes across when talking with Dave Shogren who shares his experience with GYRIG of being a cancer-survivor at 43 in the first part of our interview with him and the steps he’s taken to live cancer-free. In the second [...]
