Just read article about 45 year old, ten-year stage 4 CRC survivor biking across US from westcoast..

coloCan

to raise money and awareness. He;s currently half way thru Texas (Brenham)with goal of reaching Augusta, Florida by mid-May. His name is Todd Colitti. As reported in The Republican American newspaper, of Waterbury, Conn where Mr Colitti is a Fire Lieutenant.....Started a little over a month ago, says the article. No mention of what his Tx was but damn, biking cross country!!!!!!Totally healthy people can;t do that.....Inspirational to say the least....

AnneCan

Thanks Steve,
I find this
Thanks Steve,

I find this kind of story totally inspiring, especially after a tough chemo day yesterday.

coloCan

AnneCan said:

Thanks Steve,
I find this
Thanks Steve,

I find this kind of story totally inspiring, especially after a tough chemo day yesterday.

Just found out article orignally published last Friday so....
by now he should be beyond Texas. I'll google this to see if any updates anywhere. Its still amazing what he;s doing (also for Crohn's disease, colitis , ostomies as well as CRC)...steve

coloCan

AnneCan said:

Thanks Steve,
I find this
Thanks Steve,

I find this kind of story totally inspiring, especially after a tough chemo day yesterday.

Yeah, quite a bit on him on google
plus his own site, etc. By now in Louisiana

PhillieG

Biking
A buddy of mine did that when we were in our mid-late 20's. He has a bottle of Pacific Ocean water with sand and an Atlantic Ocean bottle of water and sand in his house. It took him 36 days but he wan't racing. I rode from NJ to Lake Placid NY with him and also NJ to Ithaca NY. It was great. About 600-700 round trip. Personal best was 136 miles in one day with a fully loaded bike.

I know I couldn't do that now, cancer or no cancer...
Maybe I could kayak cross country!
;-)

Kerry S

We can all learn a good lesson from him
I try to maintain a good attitude. This man has more then a fantastic attitude. We can all learn a good lesson from him. Wow. Talk about setting goals.

dianetavegia

Todd is a friend of mine on
Todd is a friend of mine on Facebook and he checks in several times a day. You can add him and watch his journey. He also is one of the 'officers' on www.colonclub.com

Todd had surgery and 5FU. Here's a link to his Cycling info
Todd HERE

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dianetavegia said:

Todd is a friend of mine on
Todd is a friend of mine on Facebook and he checks in several times a day. You can add him and watch his journey. He also is one of the 'officers' on www.colonclub.com

Todd had surgery and 5FU. Here's a link to his Cycling info
Todd HERE

Thanks Diane, for the link
He's amazing!!!!!!

66Rose

dianetavegia said:

Todd is a friend of mine on
Todd is a friend of mine on Facebook and he checks in several times a day. You can add him and watch his journey. He also is one of the 'officers' on www.colonclub.com

Todd had surgery and 5FU. Here's a link to his Cycling info
Todd HERE

Just to Add......
Todd is a very good friend of mine too and he stayed with me while passing through in Arizona in March. Do to some unfortunate events the marketing of this ride fell short, but he is doing this nonetheless! And he was doing this with someone from "Get your Guts in Gear" but he had to drop, so Todd is now alone on the road with his Dad as his roadie now.

Some more about Todd:

He is a Board Member for the Colon Club as I am too.
He is Mr November 2009 from the Colondar

Here is their website: http://www.wegotguts.com/

And for the remainder of their trip if any of you can help promote this incredible ride please do help!!! He is out there for ALL OF US! And on FaceBook be sure to look for his tribute to Shawn Felty on April 23, 2010, he was a 2010 Model for the Colondar that passed away this past year.

He needs all of our support in these last weeks of his long journey, at the very least drop him a line of encouragement!

Liz Dennis
Stage III Rectal CA - May 2006 DX
Board Member of The Colon Club