[neverdem]

Thank you nuconvert for posting your thread. Thank you Squantos for the ping. My sister, a public school teacher in NJ, had obvious signs of trouble last summer, red blood with a bowel movement. She was born in 1944 and couldn't get a colonoscopy scheduled satisfactorily until early Dec. 2007. It was positive for adenocarcinoma. They sampled twelve lymph nodes when the primary cancer was removed during surgery. One lymph node was positive. Chemotherapy was one intolerable event after another, from the chemotherapy access port malfunction to adverse drug effects from chemotherapy. The access port was removed. She had enough of chemo.

If you're 50 years old or more, then please get screened before you have trouble. I have no family history of colon cancer before my sister. I'm pinging everyone on all of my lists because it is serious, and I don't want to make redundant pings.

Dave Barry: A journey into my colon -- and yours (funny but serious)

The Coming of a New Ice Age

[Cagey]

Thanks for the important information. And more importantly, I hope your sister is doing well.

[metmom]

I had one of those. Came back clean as a whistle. I know they want one every ten years, but I can think of a bazillion other things I’d rather do first.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!