I finally pulled the trigger on something I’ve been thinking about and working toward for more than a year. I resigned my volunteer leadership role…
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Fighting Back Giving Back GratitudeFive percent is everything: Reflections on 12 years of survivorship
March 27, 2024, marks 12 years since I was diagnosed with what turned out to be stageIIIB rectal cancer. 4,383 days. Bonus time. Time that,…
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It’s a question I get asked almost every time I share my cancer journey and my passion for cancer advocacy. “Why stay?” Trevor Maxwell, founder…
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Dear Mr. President, About your budget proposal. Listen, I get that you want to reduce inefficiencies in the federal government. Streamlining is a good thing.…
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I’ve come to a decision. Well, several decisions ultimately. Here’s the deal: For a few years, especially since attending church at St. John’s and being…
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WASHINGTON — September 28, 2015 — Increase. Co-sponsor. Co-sponsor. Those are the asks we’re making tomorrow when 750 American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network advocates…
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The last six weeks have been a wild and amazing ride. I can’t believe this is my life. Here are the highlights: February 22: My…
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It's Not Harder Than Cancer Surviving Thriving
Returning to the Front Lines of a Battle I Never Really Left
One night, I’m standing in a hospital room showing a friend on the verge of colon surgery my colostomy appliance and hoping I don’t inadvertently…