Hope
Hope is a happiness held in the heart
When happiness seems to be gone
Hope is a quiet joy deep within
Encouraging us to go on.
Hope is a guide when we seem to be lost
That can help us in finding our way
Hope is a strong immovable force
That our doubts and our fears cannot sway
Hope is a light that burns in the night
In a place where a miracle starts
And every good thing will come in it's time..
As long as there's hope in our hearts.
This was passed to me from another survivor in Canada. I thought it encompassed hope as a force.
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To All Who Are Joining in the Proceedings, a Hearty Welcome Aboard. We Thought This Would be a Good Way to Pass Along Jennifer's Progress. In Due Course, We'll Have Jen Posting Here Too, and Hopefully Soon!
My life interrupted...........
So I was going on my merry way, loving life with my husband and kids when I was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer.
I was having a little pain on my left side and my bowels were making funny sounds just before Emily was going off to college.
We took her up to school and got her settled and I knew things were not right. I had not gone to the bathroom in a week. I went to the ER in Chico and after several tests it was determined that I had a complete blockage of my descending colon and needed an emergency colon resection.
After returning home I had some chemo and then another surgery to remove two small tumors on my liver and my right ovary which was also tumor laden. At this point my markers were normal and I did six months of clean up chemo.
All was fine until Dec '08 when we discovered the other ovary was also cancerous. I then had cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC with Dr Sugarbaker in DC. They removed the tumor and re-resected (is that a word?) my colon and a few other parts I didn't need. I know, your thinking body parts a there for a reason and shouldn't be flippantly removed. In a perfect world yes. Ah but alas....it is not a perfect world. They also treated me with heated chemo for 90 minutes to my peritoneal cavity in this MOAS (mother of all surgeries).
So.....now they currently see no trace of cancer and I am doing more clean up chemo.
That's it in a nut shell. Thank you dear friends and family for all for your love and support. We really appreciate all of your kindness in word and deed.
Life is good!!
Love,
Jen