"Chuck Kopsho" > wrote in message
...
> Alan,
> You don't know me, but I know a little about you and Christy. I'm
> mostly a lurker on this newsgroup. Am writing to tell you that I had
> colon cancer, I had surgery to remove about a foot of my colon, I
> learned subsequently that the surgeon didn't get it all. Now I have to
> go through a regimen of chemo, and possibility of radiation treatments.
> The oncologist said that I may have to go through this through November
> or December. I start this Tuesday. This involves going every other week
> of chemo treatments. I don't know if Christy had to go through chemo,
> but if she did what was it like for her? I'm trying to get all
> perspectives so I'll know how to deal with this.
>
> God Bless,
> Chuck Kopsho
> Oceanside, California
>

Not Alan, obviously, but I'm sorry about your condition and I wish you well.
My dad has been battling esophageal cancer, diagnosed in January of this
year, though he's been very sick since at least last summer. His doctors
were planning to start him with radiation, but then found the mass hadn't
spread from the esophagus and decided to go with chemo. His cancer didn't
respond well to the chemo, so radiation was started. He went through only
about 1 month of that and it did wonders. He was/is too weak to go through
surgery at this point, but he's doing well. He still has a hard time
eating, but does ok if he remembers what doesn't agree with him. He still
has his ups and downs, but is soooooo much better than six months ago.

He was very happy that his doctor installed a mediport for the chemo. He
was also able to take fluids and medication through it without discomfort.
He also had a feeding tube put in to help him get nutrition when he couldn't
get anything down his throat.

I wish you well and a quick healing.

--
Cheryl