young with colon cancer

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Registered: 05-09-2006
young with colon cancer
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Thu, 11-15-2007 - 4:43pm
well i'll start out by saying that i do not have cancer but my brother who is 29 has been diagnosed and just started chemo this month. its pretty far advanced almost stage 4. hes a very private person so he doesn't let on that its really extreme or bad. the Dr's are shocked that a healthy 29 yr old who excercises, eats well and lives right has such a horrible cancer. i guess from all my reading that normally its older people who suffer from this. its crazy that AFTER something terrible happens family members begin to say oh well your great grandfather did die from colon cancer. WHAT! now they tell us. i am only 24 and now i have to get tests done when i'm 25 instead of when i'm 50! my brother lives alone in another state because hes in the military and has no wife, girlfriend or children. i don't know excatly what i'm looking for on this board yet. maybe just someone going through the same cancer in thier family thats maybe a little more ahead of my brother to let me know whats to come.
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Thu, 11-15-2007 - 9:28pm

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Hello Elise


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Registered: 12-20-2004
Sat, 11-17-2007 - 11:49am

As you can see from my post, I am going through the same thing.