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- City:
- Fairfield, Texas
- Relationship to disease: [select only one]
- Patient/Survivor
- Race and Ethnicity: [select only one]
- White (non-Hispanic)
- (Patients/Survivors Only) Type of Cancer: [select only one]
- Rectal Cancer
- (Patients/Survivors Only) What stage were you diagnosed? [select only one]
- Stage 1
- (Patients/Survivors Only) Diagnosis Date:
- October 20, 2002
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Nancy - Patient Support - 877-422-2030
You are an inspiration to others. Keep up the good work! Molly
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Many states have an F in making their insurance companies pay for colon cancer screening. The docs are forced to tell people like me that I am too young. Then we go on thinking we're ok for symptoms disappear for a while then we're diagnosed with stage III or IV cancer. Please help me
Could you please sign and forward my guestbook through bulletins and email for people to sign? In the message box, type I support colon cancer laws in America. Please don't wish me a happy birthday. :) Thanks. It is to support colon cancer laws. 13,000 people under the age of 50 are being diagnosed with colon cancer every year. Around 150,000 people total are being diagnosed every year. And 56,000 people are dying from it every year. It's the 2nd leading cause of death in the country yet only 25 states support colon cancer screening for the unisured and the insured. My wish if for 1,000 to sign by my 43rd birthday on June 29th.A beginning to stop the pain and sorrow. You do not have to post your picture or email address. See if your state measures up on colorectal cancer legislation providing colonoscopies to all including people under 50. http://www. eifoundation. org/national/nccra/report_card/
Remember 13,000 people under 50 are being diagnosed with colon cancer every year. With colonoscopies being insured, we can cut this in half by early detection of polyps. Please sign my guestbook.
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I was sent to another dr. for an ultrasound. During this process, the dr. took another biopsy. As he was doing this, he stated the tumor started to flake. The dr. was able to remove a lot of the tumor and it then became operable.
I was told I would probably be looking at wearing a bag because the tumor was so close to the spinchter muscle.
I had a colon resection (can't spell the medical term -- LOL). The surgery was successful and they were able to remove some of the colon on either side of the tumor AND I didn't require a bag. Praise the Lord!!!!
I was a lucky person -- I did not go thru chemo or radiation. There were no cancer cells in the tissue on either side of the tumor. October 2008, I will celebrate 5 years of remission.
However, I due have a number of hernias as a result of the surgery and will probably have surgery to take care of them.