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User InformationBiographyHi folks this BLOG is a work in progress. This is our first time doing something of this nature so we will be doing our best to update and fill in the blanks. Please feel free to leave comments (thats always a plus) and to contact us more directly. Dads email is omalane@juno.com (I know don’t ask, he uses Momma Lanes name and that’s that). Cancer SymptomsMultiple flushes of bloody stool, spontaneous initiation & resolution, over four hours in mid-December 2004. Analyzed by a PA to probably be a manifestation of diverticulitis shown on sigmoidoscopy 2 yrs before. Six weeks later further flushings resulted in ER admission to Holy Cross Hospital January 31, 2005. Surgery Description, Dates & Side EffectsBlood transfusion immediately, multiple tests, & scheduled colonoscopy resulted in surgery Feb 5, 2005, showing the presence of a tumor just above the appendix that had to be removed. A 2 foot long section of the colon was removed & the ends reattached. Biopsy showed stage 4 disease with metastasis to the peritoneum. |
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