Friday, January 30, 2009

Did she really?!?!

It's amazing what a little water and a washcloth can do, and a fake tattoo!! Did I make you gasp? I think this is the closest I will ever come to having a tattoo. The star is the symbol for Colon cancer awareness. It represents those who have been lost to the disease and those who continue to fight the disease, those who have overcome the disease and for the people to be aware of the disease! I got this this little gem from the Colon Club for only a $1! So come swimsuit season I may be sporting the "star" again! Well that was fun...now only if I could have seen all your faces!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

My Colonoscopy is scheduled...Is Yours?

Well, a part of having had colorectal cancer is having a yearly colonoscopy...followed by another pet scan in the middle of the year. There is really nothing to it if you are over 50. If you are younger than that and colon cancer runs in your family( ahem, sisters are you listening to me,I hope so,cause I love you so much that I don't want you to experience the world of cancer...or anybody at that)you May get a referral or just plain lying about irregular stools may get you somewhere. SO while you are sitting on the couch and viewing a similar colon cancer screening commercial as I did, please take it seriously, it could save your life. I'm from that 10% they don't talk about on the commercials,or write about on the statistic chart(it's usually about the 90%of those diagnosed are 50 and older.)So take it from a 33 year old colon cancer survivor,w/no history of colon cancer in my family...Please take time to schedule your colonoscopy:-)