Sam Megarry’s Story

Sam was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and Lynch syndrome when she was 28 years old. In this video, she talks about the difficult path to getting diagnosed and how she eventually found her own ways of reconnecting with her body.

RELATED ARTICLES

Shane’s story

I was diagnosed in April 2022 with stage 3c rectal cancer at 34 with n [...]

Lisa’s story

If you’re here reading this, you probably already have your diagnosis. [...]

Rada’s Story

Awareness is the best medicine I remember many things from my battl [...]

Gaston’s Story

April 2023 My story goes back to the start of 2000 when I made a ra [...]

Hanna’s Story

We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Hanna Lengkeek, a stage [...]

Eric’s Story

At 41 years old, I was relatively young, healthy, and enjoying time wi [...]

Coping with the impact of cancer on your mental health: Lisa Martin’s story

Lisa Martin is a stage II colorectal cancer survivor and a passionate advo [...]

Gordon Levine’s Story

Gordon was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer at the age of 48. After num [...]

Patient Story: Jordan

To donate: https://ccc.akaraisin.com/ui/bashforhope “Hope is all yo [...]

BLOOM WHERE YOU’RE PLANTED: LESSONS LEARNED FROM MY CANCER JOURNEY

In just one moment, your life can completely change. Last year, I h [...]

Becky Cassidy’s Story

“You have cancer.” To me, when it’s regarding my own health, those words s [...]

Claudia Pavao: early age onset colorectal cancer and Lynch syndrome survivor

Claudia was diagnosed with early age onset colorectal cancer and Lynch s [...]

Lisa Blobstein’s story

It has been 10 years since my husband Steve Lisiak lost his incredibly b [...]

Connie Pickett: Living with LARs

The whole cancer experience really challenged me - mentally, physically, [...]

Patient Story: Stephanie Budgell

Hi, I’m Stephanie Budgell, a colorectal cancer survivor. I was diag [...]

Patient Story: Bryna Dilman

My day started as it always did: I was woken up by my five year old da [...]

Patient Story: Haydn

Hi, my name is Haydn Bechthold and I’m a 22-year-old who is currently figh [...]

Gurvinder Garcha, Cancer Survivor

In the year 2000, my Mom’s world was turned upside down when she was diagn [...]

Anita’s Story: How Dress in Blue Day Began

In 2006 I started Dress in Blue Day at my children's k-8 school. I had bee [...]

Caregiver Story: Bunnie Schwartz

When I was 35 years old my sister was 45. She was diagnosed with stage 4 c [...]

Patient Story: Pierre

Recently, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Pierre, who was diagno [...]

Patient Story: Meagan

I was diagnosed at 29. I was 9 months pregnant with my daughter and my tod [...]

Patient Story: Stephen

My name is Stephen. Thank you for allowing me to tell you my story. Up [...]

Patient Story: Don McQuaig

The day will be etched in my memory forever. On February 28, 2006 afte [...]

Patient Story: Henry Klumak

In early December 2016, Klumak was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic colo [...]

Cancer Recurrence amid COVID-19: Robin’s Story

It was the day of the lockdown. My family doctor called. “The colorectal c [...]

Aneta’s Story

I am grateful. I am grateful for the storm and I am grateful for all the m [...]

My Cancer Story: Annette Reilly

My story begins when I was 30 years old. I had started directing theatre a [...]

A PASSION FOR CARE – by Robert Hamilton

The colonoscopy room seemed small when filled with bizarre equipment. My [...]

Gemma’s Story

My name is Gemma (Filipino-Canadian). I have colorectal cancer, stage 3B [...]

Kathy Torunski’s Story

I recently had the distinct pleasure of attending the Brice Tiamuh Blue R [...]

VANESSA’S STORY

It was the summer of 2009 and I was only 21 years old...My mother, who was [...]

Paul Smeltzer

When I was 49 years old, I conducted the FIT (fecal) test as instructed by [...]

Mary Devera

I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at a young age – 36 years old and 8 [...]

A Wife’s Worst Fear Realized – Gilda’s Story

Hi, my name is Gilda. Our story starts out like many others who are diagno [...]

The Dark, Long and Winding Road…Dominic Loccisano’s Story

I would like to thank Colorectal Cancer Canada (CCC) for their ongoing hel [...]

Sponsors