Jason Hungerford - Survivor of Stage IIA Rectal Cancer

Jason is the Vice-President for the Board of Directors of the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes and the co-founder of the Colorectal Support Group as well as the Young Adult Support Group, now named "Beth's Group" in memory of his co-founder, Beth Brunelle. Jason has been cancer-free for ten years.

0:00:00 Surgery and life with a shortened colon

0:08:30 Struggles with radiation

0:12:12 "No thanks" to elective surgeries

0:16:48 Life doesn't just "go on"

0:24:47 Medical procedure anxiety

0:26:14 How a shortened colon effects diet

0:29:55 Prolapse of the stoma

0:33:10 Avoiding public places

0:38:37 Returning to the regular world

0:43:56 Dating with a colostomy

0:55:04 A life of gratitude

1:05:48 Cancer prepared me for the death of my husband

1:11:58 Cancer and covid

1:14:37 The gift of tears

1:19:14 It wasn't all gratitude

1:27:15 Oral chemo verses intravenous

1:35:50 Surgery reveals a change in diagnosis

1:43:20 Masculinity and treatment