Stories

The colonoscopy room seemed small when filled with bizarre equipment. My gastroenterologist was cheerful, and his assisting nurse knew exactly what she was doing. In short order, I was…

My story begins when I was 30 years old. I had started directing theatre a couple of years prior, I was producing and directing my first film, and…

It was the summer of 2009 and I was only 21 years old…My mother, who was in her 50’s at the time, went to see her doctor for a…

When I was 49 years old, I conducted the FIT (fecal) test as instructed by my GP during my annual physical. Though I was younger than the recommended age…

I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at a young age – 36 years old and 8 months postpartum – and this disease has impacted so many aspects of my…