by benforred | Mar 26, 2015 | Cancer, Colon Cancer, FAP Information, Guest Post, Health, Philosophy
This is a guest post by Daniel Shockley My name is Daniel Shockley, I reside in Hawaii and retired at age 43 from the Navy in 2003 after serving 22-years on active duty. My last three years were spent while deployed to Middle East in direct support of OPERATION...
by benforred | Mar 4, 2015 | Cancer, Colon Cancer, Family, FAP Information, Ostomy, Symptoms
Colon Cancer Awareness Month always leads me to reflecting upon my own family’s experiences with colon cancer. I’ve mentioned before that FAP has ran in my family for many generations and we have had countless numbers of members die from colon cancer....
by benforred | May 16, 2012 | Cancer, FAP Information, Health, history, Symptoms
For those of you that are new to the world of FAP, you must first understand the genetic disease. Briefly, Familial Adenomatous Polyposis is a rare hereditary genetic mutation on the APC gene that predisposes an individual to colon cancer due to hundreds to thousands...