Colon Cancer Awareness

March is national colon cancer awareness month.  Every year over 140,000 Americans are diagnosed with colon cancer.  My dad, Paul Davis was diagnosed in 2008 and pretty much was already at stage four when he had is initial surgery.  There was a time during my dads battle that it went into remission, only to come back again and spread to other parts of his body.  My dad died on December the 2nd of 2011 at the age of 57, and my family and I came to understand that there is a lot of education out there for many types of cancer, but colon really does not seem to be one that is talked about a lot.  Colon cancer is very curable if detected early, however it is also preventable if you have your colonoscopy .  So today in his honor and memory I am writing to help educate people on this form of cancer.  Don't be prideful and think of it as an uncomfortable procedure.  Think of it as a way to help ensure that this disease does not take you away from your family and friends too early, like my father was taken way to early from us.  If you are in the Birmingham area and want to help colon cancer research, sign up to run in the Rump Shaker 5K.  All the proceeds go toward colon cancer research, and it is Saturday March the 31st.  You can get more info at http://www.rumpshaker5k.com/.  Hope you all have a great weekend.