#Cancer survivor, patient #advocate, Public #speaker, American Cancer Society, Director Project ECHO, MD Anderson and SWOG volunteer. #crcsm #ayacsm Views my ownhttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3mfce7jimps2jI have dreamed of an early-onset colorectal cancer center at @mdanderson.bsky.social for years & it’s finally here! TY Dr.Nancy You & Dr. Van Morris & so many others that made this happen! More space to save more lives! Read more: bit.ly/4aqHwmR #crcsm #ayacsm #cancer #colorectalcancer https://bit.ly/4aqHwmR20 Feb 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfce7jimps2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lo7fqvqw7s2rAmazing day at @swog.org being a panelist on the TAKE ACTION SYMPOSIUM focused on engaging AYAs in Clinical Research. In my role as the AYA research advocate, along with Lauren Fryzel, the AYA community advocate we wanted to ensure the patient perspective was represented! #ayacsm02 May 2025 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo7fqvqw7s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lo4hxgkiac2iLeft @theaacr.bsky.social with a full ❤️ It was a honor to have been a mentor for the Scientist-> Survivor program! I love helping to guide new advocates & empower them to collaborate with researchers with the same goal: to show the world how cancer research saves lives! #AACR25 #AACRSSP01 May 2025 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4hxgkiac2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lnqfqlocj22pKicking off the 2025 @theaacr.bsky.social Scientist->Survivor program with our fearless leader Dr. Anna Barker . The theme of this years meeting is “Building Bridges for Progress Against Cancer” and we cannot accomplish that w/out scientists & patient advocates working together! #AACR25 #AACRSSP26 Apr 2025 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqfqlocj22phttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lnpnafvj4k2cEarly morning flight to @theaacr.bsky.social to be a mentor for the Scientists—>Survivor program. My goal is to share the research with you all in a digesttable way! Research and innovation leads the way to better prevention, treatment and understanding of cancer! #AACR25 #AACRSSP #cancer26 Apr 2025 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnpnafvj4k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lnejje7nwr22Excited so share my perspectives throughout @theaacr.bsky.social annual meeting as a patient advocate. Research is even more important than it has ever been so I look forward to amplifying the latest and greatest in cancer research! #AACR25 #cancer #CancerResearch [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2025 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnejje7nwr22https://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lj2fcqk4422cJoin me as I moderate a colorectal cancer panel that brings together gastroenterology, oncology, surgery & cancer prevention experts to discuss the latest advancements in early detection, treatment options & risk reduction strategies. ✅Register: bit.ly/4bhLz3C26 Feb 2025 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj2fcqk4422chttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lipicsckdc2bMy yearly post with the Texas state proclamation declaring MARCH colorectal cancer awareness month! Next step turn my city BLUE! 🫶💙🫶 #BlueforCRC #cancer #colorectalcancer @fightcrc.bsky.social21 Feb 2025 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lipicsckdc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lhxqqoklnk2kThis picture with my brother and his family was taken 5 months before I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. I had no idea my life was about to change! Crazy I think I had a 13 cm tumor growing inside me! #Cansky #Oncosky #CancerBS #Ayacsm12 Feb 2025 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhxqqoklnk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lhocypvnxk2tThank you Dr. Milena Gould-Suarez for inviting me to tell my colorectal #cancer story to the Baylor College of Medicine Gastroenterology fellows! I am an open book about my journey, which includes both the good times but also the challenges! When we work together everyone wins! #crcsm #ayacsm08 Feb 2025 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhocypvnxk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lglmwkx7622xCan you believe there’s over 80 years of patient advocacy in this photo! We are passionate, we are determined, we are relentless! @ascocancer.bsky.social @ascopost.bsky.social #cancer #GI25 #crcsm #ayacsm25 Jan 2025 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lglmwkx7622xhttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lgeiunowjk2xLeaving the snow behind and coming for ya @ascocancer.bsky.social GI! Looking forward to learning, connecting & leaving with great tools to educate my #colorectalcancer & #AYACSM community! With new screening, treatment & surveillance tests on the horizon the future is bright! #GI25 #cancer22 Jan 2025 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgeiunowjk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lgbmtmwx6k2xDid it really snow in Houston??? Yes, and I have a snowball to prove it! #snow #Houston #WinterStorm21 Jan 2025 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbmtmwx6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lg57vcuuu22dPlease do not tell me one more time that colorectal cancer is not happening at an alarming rate in younger people. In the past month I lost all these of these people to this disease. We need to do more!! #cancer #crcsm #ayacsm20 Jan 2025 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg57vcuuu22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lfulu3kjos27HOT OFF THE PRESS: The American Cancer Society findings from Cancer Statistics 2025 & its companion, Cancer Facts & Figures 2025. Full report below but it includes some eyes opening facts that we much address! Link to some great resources here: https://www.cancer.org/research/cancer-facts-statistics/all-cancer-facts-figures/2025-cancer-facts-figures.html #cancer #ayacsm16 Jan 2025 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfulu3kjos27https://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3ldk25hknu22nA fews weeks ago I had that opportunity to share my WHY and someone from The Good Listening Project turned it into a beautiful poem! I hope you are as moved as I was when I read it. I have never seen my WHY captured so beautifully! #cancer #cancersurvivor #advocate #publichealth17 Dec 2024 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldk25hknu22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lc4pj64akc25Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours! Sadly my Mom is sick in bed but she got to enjoy dinner in bed. I’m grateful for dance parties, neighborhood walks, & family cooking sessions & all the amazing people in my life! #happythanksgivng #thanksgiving  #family #grateful29 Nov 2024 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc4pj64akc25https://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lbfs4qinbc23News from HEDIS about a new measure for follow-up colonoscopy after a ➕ non-colonoscopy test. So many patients have that initial stool based test & it is ➕ but they never get that follow-up colonoscopy! Excited for this new measure! #NCCRT2024 #80inEveryCommunity #oncosky #oncsky20 Nov 2024 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfs4qinbc23https://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lbfpm7cq5s2mThe amazing Emily Bell kicking off the American Cancer Society National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable annual meeting! So excited to be here surrounded by likeminded people dedicated to the field of colorectal cancer! Let the learning begin! #crcsm #ayacsm #cancer20 Nov 2024 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfpm7cq5s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lbf2cei3rs2uAnytime I can get together with @coffeemommy.bsky.social is a treat! We met b/c of @advocatecollab.bsky.social and I’m so grateful for our friendship! One thing about cancer that surprised me was the instant friendships! We all just get each other & provide unwavering support when needed! 🫶20 Nov 2024 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbf2cei3rs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lba5amj4mk2cWas an amazing surprise when my oncologist Dr. Wolff from @mdanderson.bsky.social showed up to support Get Your Rear in Gear Houston, an event I serve as the race director! With the Colon Cancer Coalition! He is not only a life saver but an amazing human! #crcsm #ayacsm #cancer18 Nov 2024 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lba5amj4mk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/arosen380.bsky.social/post/3lat4rt6vp42uOn June 7th, I heard the words no one ever wants to hear “ You have cancer” . In that moment my life flashed before my eyes. I had no idea what life had in store for me. I am proud to say I am still here 12 years later & celebrate this milestone every year. #crcsm #ayacsm13 Nov 2024 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:mnne4p3libomo4swm6dx75so/app.bsky.feed.post/3lat4rt6vp42u