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fight colon cancer

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About Me

UPDATE!!! I am so sorry I am such a bad site runner! I never even log on at all anymore. I know you are not interested in excuses, but I just have no time, between work and school and a family. The good news-- I am doing well. I will try to answer emails in the next few days. I hope all of you are doing well too. We have lost a few of our members, and I hope they are finally in peace. Please keep praying for every one of us who continues to struggle and fight. ALSO.... I made this background. A lot of people email me asking about where I got it. It was really easy. I don't rememerb where I found the clip art, but I saved it to my hard drive and then went to a site.. I think pyza.com, but there is a link on here at top, I think, and I made the background from my saved image. I can't give you mine, but you can make one just like it!!! Good luck!!I am a colon cancer survivor. As I write this, I have no evidence of disease. I am a stage 3c survivor, and I will probably never feel really safe again. In a single year I underwent surgery, FOLFOX, and radiation. I also have a colostomy now. I was only 29 when diagnosed. That would be 21 years before I was even supposed to be screened!!! I have survived for nearly 3 years now, and I am still counting!!!What I want this site to be..... I want it to be a source of information about colon cancer. I want it to be a place where patients, survivors, and caregivers can come to find each other and give support. I want it to be a place to share stories and make friends. I want to increase awareness. I want a lot of things, but it is a work in progress, so please bear with me!.. ..

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Katie Couric, because she does so much to help further the cause for colon cancer. Lance Armstrong too. Also, any other colon cancer survivors! Especially any my age. I have not met very many at all. One more, any CCA members at all.....

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About my friends: I would love to have as many friends as I can. I welcome friends, caregivers, parents, sisters, brothers, husbands, wives, or anyone else touched by colon cancer.I want my top friends to be other people with colon cancer or touched by colon cancer. I will do as many as I can, and I may have to rearrange often. So don't be offended if you are there one day and gone the next. You will be back!
One more thing.... Check out some of the organizations that are new to our friend list. There are several good organizations on here that are working to raise awareness and money in different parts of the country!

The following poem was written by one of our friends on this page, Anne. I think it is wonderful and moving. It explains my feelings in a way I cannot.

I'M NOT DONE YET~ by passionartist//Annie
“I’m not done yet”, she cried, when the mass was first detected.
“I’m not done yet”, she pleaded, yet her prayers felt utterly rejected.
“I’m not done yet”, was her mantra when the doctors said stage four
“I’m not done yet”, she pronounced as the poison flowed through her port.
“I’m not done yet”, she smiled to fend off looks of genial, yet unwanted pity.
“I’m not done yet”, she silently screamed as they whispered “such a shame, she was so pretty".
“I’m not done yet”, she echoed to an unforgiving night.
“I’m not done yet” once the sunrise baptized her with its rejuvenating light.
“I’m not done yet”, while the cure ensued ~was the treatment worse than the disease.
“I’m not done yet”, she rejoiced as she beat the all the odds~ in miracles she began to believe.
“I’m not done yet”, she sobbed, embracing the pain, waging war upon the fear.
“I’m not done yet”, she sulked when her body became a stranger in the mirror.
“I’m not done yet”, she chanted as another night’s sleep unsympathetically passed her by.
“I’m not done yet”, she lied to herself~ preparing for her final good-bye.
“I’m not done yet”, she whispered, terrified and yet strong as the surgeon sharpened his knife
“I’m not done yet”, she renounced, as she woke once again and thanked God for sparing her life.
“I’m not done yet”, she sung as her journey waged on, she was never alone, surrounded by love and by friends.
I’M NOT DONE YET, YOU SEE, AND I WILL NEVER BE…. AND I’LL FIGHT TO THE VERY END!

I have not heard from Annie in a very long while. I received a few updates on her condition this summer, right before my own surgery, but since then, nothing. If you have any information, or know how to contact her, please let her know that I still think of her every day.
Myspace Poems & Quotes ..Does anyone know where I can find a picture or video of the Polypman? Remember, he used to do commercials for the ACS? I loved those commercials and want him on the page, but I can't find him. --UPDATE-- A member did forward me some cool polyp man stuff, but I have not taken the time to add it yet. Watch for that soon. Still would love to have video of any of the old polypman commercials, where the doctors chase him. Any youtube geniuses out there that can swing this??? Thanks

My Blog

Where I have been.....

So I guess I have not been doing so good at responding to everyone and updating my site like I said I would.  I really do apologize.  I went to the doctor for my three month checkup and eve...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:09:00 GMT

It’s been a while

It has been a little while since I posted last; I am not sure, really, where I left off. So, I guess I will briefly recap the summer. On June 18 I had surgery.  I had a hysterectomy, but they did...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:49:00 GMT

the PLAN!!!

Hey all!  I apologize for my lack of activity on this site lately.  I have been very busy preparing for the plan! On Monday I will be admitted into the hospital for a reversal of my colostom...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:26:00 GMT

more of my story.....

In Septembe of 2006, I finished chemo, and the doctors gave me a short break.  At the end of October I began the next phase, radiation. Radiation is not common practice for a stage 3 patient, but...
Posted by on Thu, 31 May 2007 20:16:00 GMT

Another question for you guys

I have another question for all of you....... How would you feel about reading a different person's story weekly? How would you feel about letting your story be shared? I have met so many amazing peop...
Posted by on Fri, 25 May 2007 17:21:00 GMT

My condition

I know that I state on the page that I am a stage three colon cancer survivor, and I am.  However, I am currently undergoing some more difficulty, which may or may not be related to the cancer. I...
Posted by on Wed, 23 May 2007 14:03:00 GMT

My story part 4

I won't bore you with the details of every chemotherapy session I had.  I did go every other Monday from April thru September.  My last chemo was on september 11, 2006. Each time it got a li...
Posted by on Wed, 23 May 2007 13:46:00 GMT

a question for you

I know, I know.... 2 blogs in one day?  Well, I have to get my mind off that last one, you see.   I just had a question.  When I was first diagnosed, I decided I was going to be an act...
Posted by on Tue, 22 May 2007 12:24:00 GMT

my story- part 3- as much as I could do now

On April 10, 2007, I had my first chemo treatment.  Vanderbilt is about 2 hours away, so my father, husband and I loaded up and made the drive. I forgot to say that I had a port put in place when...
Posted by on Tue, 22 May 2007 11:56:00 GMT

My story Part 2

So we got to the Er around 6 or 7 pm on Valentine's night.  I had to wait in the waiting room for a little bit, but they did let me go lay on a couch in "the room", the place where they break new...
Posted by on Mon, 21 May 2007 07:00:00 GMT