You say it best. As a colon cancer survivor, your story is an inspiration to all who read it, and the impact it can have is limitless. Thanks for sharing.
from Houston, TX
“An Awakening”
When I was diagnosed with Breast cancer a few years back, I reacted like most who receive a cancer diagnose, first thing came to mind was a “death sentence”. I found out later that it was truly “an awakening” for me; even after being diagnosed with colon cancer a few years later. I began questioning God, why would you do this to me? What had I done so bad in life to have this thrown upon me? But instead of bemoaning my fate, I decided to look for the positive side of it. There has...
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I was diagnosed with Colon Cancer, Stage 2 on September 20, 2016, after having had a colonoscopy. After the results from the cat scan and an MRI, the decision was made to have operate. October, they removed one foot of my sigmoid colon. Then I met with the oncologist for the first time in November. My first follow-up appt. was in January to see if there were any signs of cancer. I was declared NED - No Evidence of Disease. I have two beautiful girls and a loving husband and so I pray everyday that Hashem will continue to keep me healthy.<...
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I was I around 43 when I started getting stomach pains. I truly believed it was bolero syndrome due to stress. It went on for a while until I could no longer take the pain. Due to my age I was misdiagnosed and ended up having a full hysterectomy . During a cat scan on the colon it showed nodules on my lung. Due to the location they were unable to do a biopsyy. A pet scan was done and two tumors showed up one increctum one in colon and cancer in lung. Turned out I...
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I was diagnosed stage 4 at the age of 24 and 18 weeks pregnant. I went through surgery and chemo while pregnant. My baby girl was born 5 weeks early. She will be 1 on the 12th of this month . She’s happy and healthy. I had more chemo that they made more intense than while I was pregnant. During pregnancy I was on folfox. After I was on folfirinox and avastin (irinotecan oxaliplatin and 5 fu). Did thst for 9 more rounds. After gallbladder attacks and nausea ruining days I finally was able to get my surgery needed at md Anderson. It was 8 hours, removed...
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