Kyle Rising-Moore
Patient/Survivor
Rectal
Age at Diagnosis: 44
"I didn’t survive the storm, I rose through it. You can too."
My story has come full circle, but not without a fight that nearly broke me. What started as subtle symptoms quickly became a stage 4 colorectal cancer diagnosis that forced me to face mortality head-on. The treatments were brutal, the side effects relentless, stripping me down in every way. I was forced to retire at 45, losing the life I built overnight. Recently, I lost my medical provider over a voicemail due to an unknown glitch with my Cigna insurance plan just like that, care disrupted. But I’m still here, rebuilding, finding a new team, and refusing to let this storm define my ending. I am the fight.

