Expecting the Unexpected

Expecting the Unexpected

Familial Polypisis information, awareness and groups are spreading and growing like wild fire since I was a kid. People outside of bowel disorder groups still don’t really know about us, but so many more within such health groups do. As a kid, I only knew one...
Expecting the Unexpected

FAPulously Overwhelmed

I apologize for not posting for such a long time. Sometimes it’s hard to do this, sometimes I feel so drained by the end of the day I don’t want to do anything and other times I feel so good I want to go out and enjoy it for a change. A few things have...
Expecting the Unexpected

Ending the Family Cycle

At last my GI doctor appointment, my doctor gave me a study to read about colon cancer in families, who is at elevated risk and it also included FAP. It was an interesting read and I urge you to also read it when you get a chance. Preferably after you’ve...

The FAP Beginning

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...