COLONTOWN
Dancing with Cancer
For the better part of nine years I have been dancing with cancer. I call it a dance as my cancer and I have both been locked, circling each other, intent on killing our dancing partner. The fact that I am writing this, however, means that our dance has not ended; neither it nor I have succeeded in vanquishing the other.
Icing: Patient Advocacy at Work
Sometimes, what adds value and quality to patient care may be something as small as ice chips in a bag, along with curiosity and a willingness to listen to the patient experience.
COLONTOWN participates in peer-reviewed study
COLONTOWN members provide data and inspiration for new study of young onset colorectal cancer patients.
A Lesson in Defiant Joy
Guest author and COLONTOWN admin Lindsey Musick on living with defiant joy as a stage iv cancer patient in the time of COVID 19.
Online: Where Experience Reaches Out
All of our individual business and personal lives have come to a screeching halt with the pandemic. Each of us is in the process of slowly awakening to this profound shift. Everyone in our cancer world is realizing that we all need to change the way we develop our working partnerships.
Meet COLONTOWNie Marie Sander
Marie is an Empowered Patient Leader and one of PALTOWN's first staff members.