---- One More To Go!!!

[Guest guest]

Well everyone just had chemo treatment #11 on Wednesday. She

is so excited that she only has one more to go until it's all over

with. It's been hard on her as you all know. I probably don't post

on here often enough to tell everything, but for those of you who

have gone through colon cancer or are the caregivers of someone who

has or had colon cancer you know what I mean. It's been quite tough

on me too but I maintain as well as I can.

The oncologist didn't lower her dosage because of the neuropathy she

is going through, he did tell her she needed to take 3 doses of B6

every day to try to help with it. That and the hair loss is probably

the hardest part for .

I've learned so much from the group and want to encourage anyone who

is new to the group to read everything they can in here as it all

helps in one way or another. As I learned early in this battle you

have to be informed. Don't ever go into the oncologist,

gastroenterologist, surgeon or any other doctors office without being

informed. And please bring a notebook. If they say something you

don't understand question them about it and by all means write it

down and do the research. Colon Cancer alone is a pretty scary

thing, but the drug treatments can also scare the heck out of you.

We'll get through this last treatment and then continue with all of

the post treatment testing for how ever long it takes to ensure that

it doesn't come back and if it does we'll be on top of it much

quicker than the original diagnosis.

I thank God every day that I am with and I also thank him for

finding this group. And although 's treatments may be coming to

an end, I'll still be popping in here to check on everyone.

For those of you who are new to this group you can check out

everything that went through by visiting her website at

http://home.centurytel.net/mariascancer I'll be keeping the website

up for anyone who cares to read about her.

Hugs & Blessings,

Dan &