RE: New member on this board.

[Guest guest]

Hi, Welcome to the group. Thank you so much for your story. It is

always so wonderful to hear a survivor. Please come here often and

join our conversations. Ingrid

>

> I am a new member to this board. Was diagnosed with colon cancer

in

> February of 1999, at that point it was a large stage 3. Luckily I

had

> a really first rate MD, and a super supportive family. Went through

> both chemo and radiation treatment, and also used some alternative

> therapies. After six weeks of the chemo and radiation, my MDs gave

me

> a month off to allow my body to rest. The weekend before I was

> scheduled to return for a check-up, I started to bleed quite alot.

> Went to the ER and actually had surgery the day I was supposed to

have

> my check-up. That was six years ago. At this point I feel pretty

good

> except for some residual fatigue. No more cancer. One thing I can

say

> is that a positive attitude goes a long way toward recovery. I had

a

> brief moment early in my treatment where I got really down, but

then

> I got angry at the disease, and told myself that I was not going to

> give up. I was going to fight with everything I had to destroy this

> ugly thing inside my body. I did just that.

>