"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
>

With all the different Chemo drugs available and the fact that people react
differently to medications, yes even chemo, your best bet is to ask your
Oncologist what to expect.

Dimitri