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  • Scope It Out 5K: March 24th

    With Scotty out of town my schedule is all wonky. I got my workout in and actually got a PR on my back squat. warmup 600m jog DROM Mobility skill rope climbs WOD 2×12 Back squats 210#                 I would love if you would consider donating to our…

  • Cancer: Life Goes On

    The cancer is gone, but the cancer never goes away. I’d be lying if I didn’t say yesterday was an emotional day for me. Yes, I knew it would be but I guess I underestimated how much it would hit me. I was feeling all jittery on the way to the hospital – my stomach…

  • Colon Cancer Sucks

    I keep reading about these young people being taken away from all of us from cancer.  So many of us live our lives worrying about some pretty insignificant things — cancer is the reality in so many people’s lives and it doesn’t go away. Take a moment every day to realize how much you have…

  • Count your lucky stars —

    The artist, who teaches at Parsons, was diagnosed with Stage 3 colorectal cancer last month and given a 60% chance of surviving five years. Nine days later, real-estate agent Elisa, 36, learned she has incurable breast cancer – and just a 16% chance of surviving five years. Friends and family have rallied around the Bonds,…

  • My Colon Cancer Coach

    March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month There is new tool called My Colon Cancer Coach to help patients become more in the know about what’s happening to them. It’s the first patient-focused online tool for those newly diagnosed with colon cancer.  I will never forget how scary it is to be told you have a…

  • Cancer Sucks.

    Sometimes you are going through life, all is good — you are living your life, building it from the point where you found out cancer had invited itself into your life and you hear some news that just brings it all back. It hits you like a sucker punch to your abdomen. I just heard…

  • Too young for cancer?

    Too young for cancer?. Most people who follow me know that a few years ago, my ‘too young’ husband – 37 years old – was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer. No family history – And just like Katherine below, his first attempts at getting it looked at were met with less severe diagnosis than…

  • Colon Cancer Research and University of Arizona!

    Researcher Awarded $1.8M to Develop Colon Cancer Therapy | UANews.org. I’m an U of Arizona alum so I am always in support of Wildcats! Arizona Cancer Center is a well known cancer research center – Congrats to Emmanuelle J. Meuillet! The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant to an Arizona Cancer…

  • 5-minute colon cancer test could save thousands of lives

    5-minute colon cancer test could save thousands of lives – USATODAY.com. LONDON (AP) — A five-minute colon cancer test could reduce the number of deaths from the disease by about 40%, a new study says. British researchers followed more than 170,000 people for about 11 years. Of those, more than 40,000 had a “flexi-scope” test,…

  • Not to be a nag…Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

    Colon Cancer takes nearly 50,000 lives EVERY YEAR! It is the 3rd leading cancer killer among men and women but is largely preventable with regular screening. Get screened if you are at high risk – please. Updated Colon Cancer News: Colon Cancer Survival Blood Test May Predict Colon Cancer Spread Colorectal cancer – 4th most…