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[Guest guest]

Welcome. I'm sorry to hear about your recent health woes. Fighting this

beast is very possible and you came to the right place, you will meet lots of

folks on this group that will be an inspiration.

[Guest guest]

Twelve days ago, I underwent surgery (hysterctomy) after being

diagnosed with having two large ovarian cysts (blood tests and showed

cancer). During surgery they also removed part of my bowel that showed

cancer as well. I had thought that I was going to be treated for

Ovarian cancer, but today I learned the pathology results showed no

ovarian cancer, but that I have colon cancer, and apparently in an

advanced stage (because the cancer was in a few different areas). My

surgeon said that he is confident that they removed all the cancer, but

now I find myself dealing with a totally different beast - Colon Cancer.

Before beginning treatment for the colon cancer, I must thoroughly

recover from my hysterectomy - probably another 3-4 weeks. Once

recovered from my surgery, I will see a new doctor and go from there.

I feel lost and afraid and am looking for information on colon cancer

and what to expect. I have a small cirlce of family and close friends,

but feel so alone and afraid. I am 49 years old and am ready to fight

this beast if that is possible.

Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you!

[Guest guest]

>>>I feel lost and afraid and am looking for information on colon cancer

and what to expect. I have a small cirlce of family and close friends,

but feel so alone and afraid. I am 49 years old and am ready to fight

this beast if that is possible.

Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you!

>>>

Bless your heart. I remember the days, weeks of shock after my diagnosis of 3C

uterine cancer.

Shed many tears.

You will find hope, help and a family here to help you:)

nancy j

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[Guest guest]

Hi, Welcome to our group. I too was diagnosed at 49 years old . Sept.

29, 04 I had my right side of my colon removed and one lymph node

tested postitive. I endured six months of Folfox Chemo. Not a lot of

fun but quite endurable.

I am so sorry you are having to fight this beast they call cancer.

Many beat it and you will too. I think your next step will be that

chemo will be recomended. I would highly recomend that you do it

since it will give you better odds of preventing any reoccurance.

PLEASE!!!!! Do not do what I did. I started doing a lot of research

and looking at all the statistics. Made me quite depressed. The

treatments they have now a days are so much more advanced. The

statistics they give are five years old. With the newer treatments

the odds are so much better. Please post here and tell us how you are

doing and what treatments they are recomending. You will get lots of

support here and a lot of answers to your questions. The people here

are very caring and well informed about the treatments since many

have gone through them. So let us know how you are doing. Ingrid

> Twelve days ago, I underwent surgery (hysterctomy) after being

> diagnosed with having two large ovarian cysts (blood tests and

showed

> cancer). During surgery they also removed part of my bowel that

showed

> cancer as well. I had thought that I was going to be treated for

> Ovarian cancer, but today I learned the pathology results showed no

> ovarian cancer, but that I have colon cancer, and apparently in an

> advanced stage (because the cancer was in a few different areas).

My

> surgeon said that he is confident that they removed all the cancer,

but

> now I find myself dealing with a totally different beast - Colon

Cancer.

> Before beginning treatment for the colon cancer, I must thoroughly

> recover from my hysterectomy - probably another 3-4 weeks. Once

> recovered from my surgery, I will see a new doctor and go from

there.

> I feel lost and afraid and am looking for information on colon

cancer

> and what to expect. I have a small cirlce of family and close

friends,

> but feel so alone and afraid. I am 49 years old and am ready to

fight

> this beast if that is possible.

> Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you!

[Guest guest]

Thank you for your positive reply. You are right. I am surfing the

web reading up on info, and am getting scared, negative and very

confused. I will do everything I have to do to fight this battle and

will definitely keep in touch with this group - it seems to be just

what I need right now.

Thank you again -

-- In colon_cancer_support , " Ingrid Lowe "

wrote:

> Hi, Welcome to our group. I too was diagnosed at 49 years old .

Sept.

> 29, 04 I had my right side of my colon removed and one lymph node

> tested postitive. I endured six months of Folfox Chemo. Not a lot

of

> fun but quite endurable.

> I am so sorry you are having to fight this beast they call

cancer.

> Many beat it and you will too. I think your next step will be that

> chemo will be recomended. I would highly recomend that you do it

> since it will give you better odds of preventing any reoccurance.

> PLEASE!!!!! Do not do what I did. I started doing a lot of

research

> and looking at all the statistics. Made me quite depressed. The

> treatments they have now a days are so much more advanced. The

> statistics they give are five years old. With the newer treatments

> the odds are so much better. Please post here and tell us how you

are

> doing and what treatments they are recomending. You will get lots

of

> support here and a lot of answers to your questions. The people

here

> are very caring and well informed about the treatments since many

> have gone through them. So let us know how you are doing. Ingrid

>

>

>

>

> > Twelve days ago, I underwent surgery (hysterctomy) after being

> > diagnosed with having two large ovarian cysts (blood tests and

> showed

> > cancer). During surgery they also removed part of my bowel that

> showed

> > cancer as well. I had thought that I was going to be treated for

> > Ovarian cancer, but today I learned the pathology results showed

no

> > ovarian cancer, but that I have colon cancer, and apparently in

an

> > advanced stage (because the cancer was in a few different

areas).

> My

> > surgeon said that he is confident that they removed all the

cancer,

> but

> > now I find myself dealing with a totally different beast - Colon

> Cancer.

> > Before beginning treatment for the colon cancer, I must

thoroughly

> > recover from my hysterectomy - probably another 3-4 weeks. Once

> > recovered from my surgery, I will see a new doctor and go from

> there.

> > I feel lost and afraid and am looking for information on colon

> cancer

> > and what to expect. I have a small cirlce of family and close

> friends,

> > but feel so alone and afraid. I am 49 years old and am ready to

> fight

> > this beast if that is possible.

> > Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you!

[Guest guest]

Hi, What name do you want to go by? Not sure what I should call you.

How is the healing process going? Are you taking it easy I hope!! Do

you have someone at home to help you.

Sorry to ask so many questions but we all care about each other here

since we all share the fight of this beast of cancer. Hoping you are

doing good. Ingrid

> > > Twelve days ago, I underwent surgery (hysterctomy) after being

> > > diagnosed with having two large ovarian cysts (blood tests and

> > showed

> > > cancer). During surgery they also removed part of my bowel

that

> > showed

> > > cancer as well. I had thought that I was going to be treated

for

> > > Ovarian cancer, but today I learned the pathology results

showed

> no

> > > ovarian cancer, but that I have colon cancer, and apparently in

> an

> > > advanced stage (because the cancer was in a few different

> areas).

> > My

> > > surgeon said that he is confident that they removed all the

> cancer,

> > but

> > > now I find myself dealing with a totally different beast -

Colon

> > Cancer.

> > > Before beginning treatment for the colon cancer, I must

> thoroughly

> > > recover from my hysterectomy - probably another 3-4 weeks.

Once

> > > recovered from my surgery, I will see a new doctor and go from

> > there.

> > > I feel lost and afraid and am looking for information on colon

> > cancer

> > > and what to expect. I have a small cirlce of family and close

> > friends,

> > > but feel so alone and afraid. I am 49 years old and am ready

to

> > fight

> > > this beast if that is possible.

> > > Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you!