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Larissa's Story
Larissa's Story
Larissa's Story
Larissa got her colonoscopy because of BE SEEN. After being seen, she bravely shared her story as an early supporter of the movement to inspire others to take action for this preventable disease. As the founder of her woman-owned business, she made her health a priority along with celebrating her 45th birthday, leaving her colonoscopy kno
Larissa got her colonoscopy because of BE SEEN. After being seen, she bravely shared her story as an early supporter of the movement to inspire others to take action for this preventable disease. As the founder of her woman-owned business, she made her health a priority along with celebrating her 45th birthday, leaving her colonoscopy knowing she would not hear the words "You have colorectal cancer" because she took prevention seriously.
Natalie's Story
Larissa's Story
Larissa's Story
Dr. Natalie Greisl had precancerous polyps detected and removed in a colonoscopy at age 36 after her sister, Marisa, was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. The sisters do not have genetic pre-dispositioning nor other family history. Knowing her new family health history saved her life.
Heather's Story
Larissa's Story
Heather's Story
Heather has become an advocate for early detection and screening as the founder of The Million Person Project and author of HOW YOUR STORY SETS YOU FREE. Her own colonoscopy advocacy has promoted people to get colonoscpies who otherwise would not have spoken up in the doctors office.
Shannon's Story
Larissa's Story
Heather's Story
Shannon has always known that Colon Cancer ran in her family, taking the lives of family members before her. After Katie Couric's on-air colonoscopy prompted her mom to get a colonoscopy, making her a pre-vivor, she knew she needed to be screened early too. "BE SEEN has been that flashpoint in my life" in which precancerous polyps were re
Shannon has always known that Colon Cancer ran in her family, taking the lives of family members before her. After Katie Couric's on-air colonoscopy prompted her mom to get a colonoscopy, making her a pre-vivor, she knew she needed to be screened early too. "BE SEEN has been that flashpoint in my life" in which precancerous polyps were removed for Shannon providing her confidence that she wont hear "you have colorectal cancer" because of being responsible and proactive.
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Meet Marisa's sister: Natalie
"I pushed through the couple of uncomfortable hours of a prep and underwent a colonoscopy. Little did I know, this was likely saving my life. Turns out, I did have rectal polyps as well which pathology proved to be precancerous. It would have been another 9 years before I would have been eligible for a routine colonoscopy. My sister, and everything she went through, saved my life. So if you have a family history of polyps, colorectal cancer or even one of the symptoms and a colonoscopy is scaring you, I ask…do you want to uncomfortable for a few hours now or do you want to undergo months of uncomfortable treatments later?"
-Dr. Natalie Greisl, Clinical Oncology Pharmacist
David's Story
David Thau is a colon cancer survivor and health and wellness advocate. He was diagnosed with Stage 3C colon cancer in 2019 at just 34 years old, despite maintaining an active lifestyle and nutritious diet from his time as a high school athlete. David found himself becoming winded after walking up a single flight of stairs. As symptoms persisted, he saw a primary care doctor, cardiologist, and neurologist, who all ran medical tests for him, still unable to diagnose the issue. David finally had a CT scan (the last test he had) which revealed a baseball-sized tumor. David is on a mission to make sure more individuals know the dangers of colorectal cancer, which is on the rise for young people. Colon cancer diagnoses in those aged 20-34 is expected to grow by 90 percent from 2010 to 2030, while rectal cancer diagnoses in that age group is expected to increase by 124 percent, according to MD Anderson Cancer Center. David discusses this issue more in-depth in his most recent ABC News interview, which you can find HERE.
Know The Symptoms
"Mine were fatigue, stomach pain, blood in stool, anemia, vomiting" all before his colon cancer diagnosis after working with several doctors to figure out why.
Be Your Own Advocate
"Research is ongoing to determine what is causing the uptick but we do know NOW that screening works as a preventative measure. If you have symptoms ensure that you get tested."
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