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I underwent surgery for colon cancer. Now, as “National Cancer Survivor’s Day” has past, I am reminded once again that I am one of the lucky ones. It has been 7 years and 10 months since my surgery and chemotherapy, and I have had very good aoc levelingreports with all my follow-up tests and doctor visits. The picture on my web site is “post cancer”, so as you can see, I am fine. If you or a loved one have had cancer touch your life, please visit the American Cancer Society web site and see how you can make a difference in the survival of a future cancer patient. One way to help is to participate in the Relay age of conan goldfor Life. Someone made a difference for me, and that is one of the reasons I am here today. The Diagnosis I guess there is never a good time to have cancer, but when my doctor informed me of the tumor in my colon in September of 1992, my first thought was, “I don’t have time for cancer.” The timing could not have been worse, or so I thought. I was 39 years old, divorced 2 years, working full time, mother of three boys, and caretaker of a terminally ill cancer patient, my fiancé, David. I had met David about 6 months after my divorce, age of conan goldand one year later, he had been diagnosed with a rare fatal cancer in December of 91. It was only found in young adults, with no known treatments that had been successful, only radiation to shrink the tumors for his comfort. It was now month 9 since his cancer was found, and David continued to fight the disease with his will to live, and we were both thankful for each and every day, since the doctors had only given him 30 days life expectancy. We thought it was ironic that I too now had cancer, although totally different and unrelated to his. Where his was inoperable with no known treatments, mine was not. Then David said, “I did not have a chance, you do, so you will do age of conan gold all the doctors tell you, to live. I want you to live, and you will.” How did I have time for cancer when I had so much to do to take care of the boys and David. I didn’t have time to worry about me, age of conan power levelingI was just worried about how quickly I could have surgery, and get back to work, I had to work. I also had to find someone to care for my family during my 10 day hospital stay. I didn’t realize until much later, what a gift God had given me at this time in my life, and that gift was, “His Peace”. I truly was not worried about myself, only the kids and David. The hardest thing I ever had to do was tell my 3 children that I too had cancer, and until after the surgery, we did not know how bad it was.aoc leveling I remember the peace God gave me and the words. I told my sons that God loved them, even more than I did, and He would always care and provide for them. He would make a way, where there was no way.

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