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I began having symptoms when I was in my last year of High School, but over the summer felt a lot better. However, when I began college, I was feeling worse than ever. Numerous trips to the bathroom during classes was playing havoc with my studies. I had a trip planned during intersession with friends to go to Miami with ...

At the age of 40, I stepped away from a successful corporate sales career to build an online social selling business. This business turned into a 7 figure income after years of hard work and dedication. During this time, I survived a very rare form of cancer which left me in a colostomy for life. "It is the challenges that ...

I was diagnosed with anal cancer on 2/17/2021. I went through chemotherapy and weeks of radiation. At the time, It was the hardest thing I had ever been through. After weeks of treatment, the tumor was still there, so I had to have surgery to remove the cancer. On 1/27/22 I had Abdominal Perineal Resection surgery to remove my rectum, ...

I was 76 and taking care of my dear wife who was suffering with onset of Alzheimer's. We'd been married since 1960 and always active. My lack of adequate sleep for the past year had destroyed my immune system which resulted in bowel cancer and Ostomy surgery. To do what I could do to extend my life to continue to ...