Archive for June, 2005

ECHN’s Cancer Survivors Day® The Colonnade

Sunday, June 5th, 2005

Glastonbury, CT Greg Meets Molly McMaster

Janet brought Greg to meet Molly McMaster, creator of the Colossal Colon® where she was a guest speaker at the event. Molly shared her personal story and the importance of younger people having colonoscopies at an earlier age if there is family history.  Molly loves Greg’s site as it’s one more way to spread the word about colon cancer.  Molly had a deep conversation with Greg sharing information about her website as well as learning about his.

 

 

The Colossal Colon

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

 

Buckland Hills Mall ~ Manchester, CT

 

Janet was excited about the opportunity to bring Greg to see and be a part of “The Colossal Colon®”being sponsored by Eastern Connecticut Health Network.  This was just another way of being a part of the”colon experience” This colon is a life size reproduction of the human colon created by a colon cancer survivor, Molly McMaster.  Molly was only 23 when she was first diagnosed with colon cancer.  You can read more about her story at www.colossalcolon.com.When Greg went into the hospital for a ruptured appendix, the surgeons found colon cancer in his cecum. The colon begins in the right lower part of the abdomen, adjacent to the appendix, an area that is called the cecum, right colon or even sometimes the ascending colon.

The following photograph’s were taken in  “The Colossal Colon®” and show you what a colorectal surgeon or gastroenterologist can see during the colonoscopy procedure. Greg wanted to see what it was like to be in a colon so Janet and Lyn were able to let him experience this first hand.