anniversary

G'day all,
In light of the terrible week we have experienced with our extended family I thought a note of encouragement might be in order. I was origanally dx with what my surgeon descibed as a frightfully aggressive tumour of the transverse and descending colon. It was not overly large but in a short time it had invaded six lynph nodes. Neither surgeon nor oncologist thought I had much chance of surviving for much more than three years. I had 48 sessions of 5fu backed up fortnightly with levamisole. My cancer was removed on this day twelve years ago. I have been cancer free ever since. None of the dear friends I made during my year of chemo are still with me. My memories of that time are good. I can remember taking some of my fellow sufferers out fishing . We used to go home to our respective families and tell them about poor Tom or ron ect and how they weren't doing so well. It was never US who wasn't doing so well,always the other guy.
I know how Emily feels when the the loss of friends and acquaintences hits us hard and believe me on this forum the loss of a complete stranger hits us as hard as a close friend. I have never thought of cancer as the dragon or the beast ,to me it is just a rotten disease and like most diseases it can be beaten. I have no secret for beating it just that anything in life that's worthwhile requires 100% commitment that is one reason the juice chick is still around. Wishing you all good health,Ron.