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Sydney's Corner ·

What’s on your bucket list?

buck·et list

noun`

  1. a number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime.
    “making this trip is the first thing on my bucket list”

My bucket list includes: seeing the northern lights, going to Europe, and swimming with dolphins. 

Cancer has not stopped my family from completing our bucket list, but has actually made us do more things. 

We like to ‘carpe diem’ (seize the day) every day. 

So far we have taken a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon, walked the Las Vegas Strip, and went to the number one ranked beach in the world in Turks and Caicos! 

I asked you guys what was on your bucket list and I got some fabulous answers.… Read more

Sydney's Corner ·

Jacqueline Milhone Interview

Welcome back to Sydney’s Corner! 

Earlier this week I asked for volunteers to be interviewed for my blog, and I got a ton of responses! The first person to message me was Jacqueline Milhone, 33 years old from Madison, Wisconsin. 

A high fever and abdominal pain originally sent Jacqueline to the emergency room.… Read more

Sydney's Corner ·

Neighborhood Spotlight: CAREPARTNER COVE – Andi Vanderhoek

One of the most unique parts of COLONTOWN is our neighborhoods. As most of you know, COLONTOWN has over 130 neighborhoods for all of your needs; we have everything from treatment plans to groups just for a specific diagnosis. I want to use this platform to highlight some of the different neighborhoods for current members and those of you new to COLONTOWN! … Read more

Sydney's Corner, Uncategorized ·

Welcome to Sydney’s Corner!

Welcome to Sydney’s Corner! 

My name is Sydney Topper and I am the marketing and digital communications intern for PALTOWN! I hope to use this platform to make weekly posts about upcoming events and all things PALTOWN/COLONTOWN. 

A little about myself and my family: I’m 16 years old and I live in the Northern Virginia area, about an hour outside DC.… Read more

PALTOWN Adventures ·

CEO Erika Brown elected to national colorectal cancer Task Force

A New Patient Voice for Clinical Trials

05.15.18

PALTOWN CEO Erika Brown has been elected to the National Cancer Institute’s Colon and Rectal Cancer Task Force. The Task Force develops recommendations for priorities for publicly-funded clinical research, as part of the National Cancer Institute’s Gastrointestinal Steering Committee.  The work of the Task Force and the Steering Committee provides critical input to the National Cancer Institute, the largest funder of cancer research in the world.

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COLONTOWN Origin Stories ·

The birth of COLONTOWN, chapter 4: misdiagnosis and medical errors

08.26.02. August 26th – each year – is designated as Women’s Equality Day. (Did you know that?) This day was also very important for me because this is the day that I was told – after my second diagnostic colonoscopy – that the doc had “…good news and bad news. The good news is that you are not going to have to wear a bag.” (Today in COLONTOWN we PROUDLY offer our very own STOMA CITY!)