by benforred | Jun 16, 2021 | Birthday, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Guest Post, Health, Ostomy
Carleton Myers turns 95 this June. He has Familial Adenomatous Polyposis and has had an ostomy since about 1948. He has seen a lot in his years and a lot of changes in the management of this rare disease and ostomies. Carleton’s mother likely had FAP as she...
by benforred | Apr 2, 2019 | Colon Cancer, Research
I recently was provided the honor of serving as a member on the Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) Patient Advisory Board Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was able to explore this historic town while I was there. Independence Hall I arrived on a Thursday...
by benforred | Nov 21, 2017 | Advocacy, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Family, Medical Providers, Research, Support
The University of Michigan sponsored a Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Family Day this November in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This wasn’t the first year for the family day, but it was my first year to attend. I asked my mother, who also has Familial Polyposis (FAP), to...
by benforred | Apr 8, 2015 | Cancer, Colon Cancer, Family, Guest Post, Mental Health, Symptoms
This is a guest post by Jamie Klapper Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) has been a major impact on my life from the time I was very little. My mother and grandmother both had this condition as well as me. From the time I was little, I remember my mother going to...
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....
