March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month!! Today we are spotlighting Michelle Cappel as she shares her story and hope!I have been battling stage IV colorectal cancer since 2017, navigating every challenge with strength, resilience, and determination. Along the way, I’ve used my journey to advocate for patients, survivors, and caregivers—working to ensure no one feels alone in this fight while never losing hope!#marchiscolorectalcancerawarenessmonth #colorectalcancer#metastaticcancer#AdvancedCancer#ifcancerspreads#patientadvocacy#youarenotalone#SayYEStoHope... See MoreSee Less
🌊✨ Say YES to Hope is excited to be back at #NCCN2026!We’re here to bring the patient voice into every conversation—because every decision, every breakthrough, and every option matters.💛 Patients deserve to know every option💛 Knowledge helps patients ask better questions💛 No one should navigate this journey aloneListening. Learning. Bringing it back to serve our community better.🐝 Hope Starts with Information.#SayYEStoHope #MetastaticCancer #PatientAdvocacy #YouAreNotAlone#NCCN2026 ... See MoreSee Less
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month! Today our shining light is Fariba Khoshnasib ! Here is her story as told by her husband. We are still looking forward to a liver transplant!Dear friends, loved ones, and anyone with room in their heart to help another human being,Many of you know that my wife, Fariba Khoshnasib—the gentlest soul I have ever known, a source of kindness and quiet strength to everyone around her, and the most devoted mother to our son, Omid—has been fighting cancer for over three years. What began as a tumor in her sigmoid colon later spread to her liver. She has endured multiple surgeries and countless rounds of chemotherapy, a bland embolization and after our son was born, SIR-Spheres, facing every step with unimaginable courage.But despite everything she has fought through, her battle is not over. Not yet.There is a path forward: a living-donor liver transplant. It is her chance at a real and lasting cure—at a life fully returned to her.And so we are searching, with all the hope and urgency we have left, for a living donor.We need someone who is:• Between 18–60• Blood type O• In generally good healthThe liver is unique among our organs—it regenerates quickly, and the portion donated grows back within 4–8 weeks. Most donors return to their normal lives far sooner than they expect. All costs are covered; we will cover your costs for travel if you are not local, and the transplant team will share all details on how to find out if you are a match.We know this is a profound ask.But the outstanding liver transplant team at URMC Strong Hospital has encouraged us to share our story widely. We are under the care of Dr. Hernandez, one of the leading living-donor liver transplant surgeons in the world, and we know we are in the best possible hands. There are people out there who choose to give in this extraordinary way, and we hope that you—or someone you know—might be one of them. All medical costs for the donor are fully covered, and the transplant team will walk through every detail of the process, including how to determine if you might be a match.My heartfelt request is this:If you are open to learning more, or if someone in your life might be, please share this message and contact the Living Donor Coordinator at the URMC Transplant Program at Strong Hospital by calling (585) 275-5875 or visiting www.urmc.rochester.edu/transplant/live-donorHere is a link to the initial intake survey for Living Liver Donation: redcap.urmc.rochester.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=J8LRXX3938HDJYMREven one share may reach the person who could save Fariba’s life.Your love and support over these years have lifted us more than you can know. We feel it every single day. Please continue to hold Fariba in your thoughts, and please help us spread the word. Do it for her kindness. Her wisdom. Her grace. For the way she has supported others through their own cancer journeys even while fighting her own.Do it so she can keep being the extraordinary mother that Omid deserves.So she can watch him grow.So she can stay here—with all of us—where she is so deeply loved.From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for every message, every prayer, every moment of support. We are endlessly grateful.—Igor#SayYEStoHope#AwarenessMatters#colorectalcancer#metastaticcancer#coloncancerawareness#MarchIsColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth#livingdonortransplant#multidisciplinary #SIRSpheres #ifcancerspreads#livertumors#transplant#thereishope... See MoreSee Less
