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Edel’s Semi-Colon Club

Edel Blumberg was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 47. Despite undergoing surgery and chemotherapy, the disease returned three years later. After another course of treatment, Edel founded the Semi-Colon Club, an organization dedicated to spreading awareness about colon cancer prevention, screening and treatment. Or, as Edel likes to say, colon cancer is preventable, treatable and beatable. Click below to hear his story.

Post Published: 16 July 2011
Author: Evan
Found in section: Patient Stories

Tags: beatable, cancer story, chemotherapy, colon cancer, diseases, Edel Blumberg, founded, preventable, prevention, screening, Semi-Colon Club, spreading awareness, surgery, treatable, treatment

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Edel’s Semi-Colon Club

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“The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity. No matter what happens… the important thing is that the days that you have had you will have lived.”