The author and her father at a wedding in summer 2014, three months after he was diagnosed with colon cancer. One month after Easter, my dad was diagnosed with colon cancer. In May 2015, just shy of one year after Dad was diagnosed, we lost him to colon cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer deaths. The author (right) with her family at a wedding four months after her father’s colon cancer diagnosis.

Source: Huffington Post November 09, 2025 14:06 UTC