On Tuesday, June 18, I went to the emergency room with severe abdominal pain. After a CT scan the doctor informed me that I had a tumor on the left side of my colon that spread to several lymph nodes. After a subtotal colectomy where my entire colon was removed, it was determined that I have stage III colon cancer.

In the next few weeks I will be recovering from the surgery while eventually speaking to an oncologist to discuss what treatments will be done to get rid of all the cancer.

At the time I was working a job that didn't offer benefits right away, so I will have a mountain of medical bills that I will need to pay. Thankfully I am surrounded by a great community of friends and family who have been helping my wife and I by providing meals and groceries, as well as their time and energy, for us and our two daughters. However that looming mountain is just on the horizon and I know it's only a matter of time before the bills start pouring in.

That's why I'm creating this GoFundMe: to ask the online community to help me get something started to take care of the medical bills that are just around the bend.