My advice for others is don't listen to survival rates or percentages of living to the five year mark, listen to your body. Be positive, have your faith and surround yourself with good people. Tell your family and friends that you love them as much as possible. "This is only a setback to a great comeback"
Get Your Rear in Gear – Seattle is Sunday, Nov. 4. On Thurs., Nov. 1 Seattle women Katie Tinnea was on New Day Northwest talking about her 15 month battle with colon cancer and her participating in the upcoming run/walk. Watch her inspiring story below or on KING5.com. Thank you Katie for sharing your story [...]
Mary Loera, mother of two from Pittsburgh, PA, had her life turned upside down by a chance encounter with another parent, an encounter that would ultimately save her life after she was diagnosed with colon cancer. Following her diagnosis and treatment Mary partnered with her company to raise awareness and encourage others to take action [...]
I am a wife to my husband for 27 years, I have nine biological children, I home educate my children, I teach, sing, paint, create, and write. I was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer in August of 2010. I am now eight months out of treatment and cancer free. My Aunt suffers with breast [...]
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 [...]
They kept saying that there was nothing wrong with me, that I’d just have to learn to live with this! This is a photo of me that was taken 10 years ago prior to my diagnosis of colon cancer – almost exactly. I was visiting at my brother’s home in Dallas, and my siblings were [...]
All my life I’d taken care of my body. I had a large organic garden and did a lot of canning and freezing. I didn’t eat red meat. I got plenty of exercise, was a non-‐smoker and had never been overweight. I started annual mammograms (except when I was pregnant or breastfeeding) at the age of 21 [...]
Written by wife, Linda Vieyra My name is Linda Vieyra, I received my Masters in Special Education at the University of Southern California and I currently work as a Social Worker for disabled adults. My husband, Carlos Vieyra who just turned 33 has no history of Cancer in his family, so when we got the [...]
