Archive for the ‘cancer’ Category
Colitis to Dysplasia Surgery
Friday, June 19, 2009 8:49 3 CommentsWe wanted to introduce you to Merry Lynn, she has been living with colitis for 10 years, for 3 years she has been in remission, and just learned she has high grade dysplasia. Her dysplasia means she will be having a colectomy to remove the risk of colon cancer. Her story is being shared on [...]
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:28 7 CommentsRecently, Lisa wrote us and shared her FAP to J-Pouch Story. FAP (Familial Adenomatous Polyposis) is a genetic disorder that causes polyps and often cancer in the colon. It aggressively runs in families as you can see in Lisa’s story, but there is little awareness of the disease in the public. With March being Colon [...]


