Tag: lynch syndrome

I wish my successful hemi-colectomy in 2012 and umbilical hernia repair in 2015 were the end of my colon cancer story…

Three years after my successful hemi-colectomy, I started to notice an intermittent pain in the middle of my belly…

My surgeon came by late afternoon on day four…

Along the way, I was beyond impressed and so deeply moved by the strength, dedication, and compassion of the nurses and techs who tended to me round the clock…

Having never felt this weak and helpless in my entire life, the recovery process began…

Next thing I know, I woke up in a typical hospital bed… in a typical hospital room…

Buzzing alarm clock shocks me awake well before sunrise…

Somehow, someway I put those four traumatic months of ruminating and preparing behind me…

About a month after I heard those three horrible words: “We found something”, I got a letter from the gastroenterology clinic that did my colonoscopy…