The doctor would like to speak with you”, the nurse said.   I had just woken up from anaesthesia after a colonoscopy, but even in my foggy state I knew this was a bad sign.   Sure enough, the news was soon delivered. We found a tumour, and it is ...

Hi, my name is Haydn Bechthold and I’m a 22-year-old who is currently fighting stage III colorectal cancer. Prior to my diagnosis I was pursuing a career in professional soccer while I continued my post-graduate studies. In my soccer career so far, I’ve had the chance to play for soccer ...

In 2022, I was 41 years old, working and raising a young family with my wife, Jasmine. My son was 8, my daughter 5. We were a happy, healthy family, making travel plans for the summer like everyone else. That spring, I began having symptoms of a gastrointestinal problem and ...

Ryan and I were married in 2016 in the Canadian Rockies, where we had just moved to start living our dream life together in the mountains. That dream came to a quick and abrupt end just a year later when Ryan was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. As an ...

My brother Greg was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of colorectal cancer at 47 and he died one year later. It was stage 4 when he was diagnosed and the news went from bad to worse with every appointment and treatment. I lost my only sibling. I was ...