Re: Please don't forget-Shelley

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

I'm so sorry. Sometimes we get so busy going to dr appts the thought of one more

test is exhausting. But it is a life saving test - I'm 50 and due for a

colonoscopy. Dr Cortes wants me to wait for the platelets to recover, but after

hearing your story, I will ask him again when I see him next Monday. So scary

for you and your family, and all of us. That second cancer is just waiting to

strike - sending prayers for you to find comfort in the days ahead.

God Bless,

Jackie S.

From: Orenstein <scrappygirl123@...>

Subject: [ ] Please don't forget

Date: Thursday, July 8, 2010, 9:17 PM

 

I know that I don't post often, but do read most of the posts. My cousin

just died yesterday. She had Multiple Myeloma, but did not die from this. She

did not have a colonoscopy when she should have, (was going thru her second stem

cell transplant) and just died of COLON CANCER!!! Please don't neglect the rest

of your body because you are so wrapped up in your CML. Ladies, get your

mammograms yearly, men, get your prostates checked and ALL of us should have

colonoscopies on a regular basis. Please, please, don't neglect yourselves.