The least we can do as a society is to SEE #TheNewFaceOfCRC and
HEAR their stories,
so we can keep #colorectalcancer as a potential possibility in our collective memory...
so that a young, otherwise healthy person with GI symptoms can get the timely help that they need.
7/7

#TheNewFaceOfCRC is the young person in the prime of their life, dealing with a cancer-that-cannot-be-named,
in the middle of everything else a young person has to deal with—
raising a family,
chasing a career,
figuring out their place in the world.
6/7

I have been posting stories of young people diagnosed with #colorectalcancer
As you can see, #TheNewFaceOfCRC is not the old fart plopped in front of the TV…
#crcsm #crc45andunder
#CrcEarly #EarlyOnsetCRC
5/7

#TheNewFaceOfCRC doesn’t find “rectal” offensive…
They find the years of misdiagnosis offensive.
They find the repeated “no, you are too young for #colorectalcancer” offensive…
They find the multiple trips to the ER with no answers offensive
#crcsm 4/7

I asked a Midwest #coloncancer support group, why they use “colon” cancer support, when everyone else uses the word “colorectal??”.
They told me.."Because people may find the word “rectal” offensive".. WTF??
#crcsm #TheNewFaceOfCRC #crc45andunder
3/7

In my 2 years being a rectal cancer survivor, I’ve had people talk about my “disease”..
They couldn’t bring themselves to say “rectal cancer.”
Let us stop being queasy about body parts….
#crcsm #TheNewFaceOfCRC #crc45andunder
2/7

People seem ashamed to say they have/ are diagnosed with/survived #colorectalcancer.
Somehow it is a shameful thing…

We cannot raise awareness about CRC if we can only whisper *colorectal*
#crcsm #TheNewFaceOfCRC #crc45andunder
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