POSITIVE OUTCOME FROM COLON CANCER
by GRAEME MELDRUM
(AUSTRALIA )
MY MOTHER IN LAW IS A 78 YEAR OLD WOMEN WHO WAS ALWAYS FIT AND HEALTHY ATE WELL LOTS OF VEGETABLES AND FRUITS AND ATE A HUGE VARIETY OF FOODS.
LAST MONTH SHE DISCOVERED SHE COULD NOT OPEN HER BOWELS AND COULD NOT EVEN TOLERATE WATER SHE WOULD VOMIT. I SUGGGESTED BEING A REGISTERED NURSE SHE GO TO HER LOCAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AS SHE HADNT EATEN OR DRANK CLEAR FLUIDS IN DAYS. I WAS CONCERNED SHE WOULD BE EXSTREMELY DEHYDRATED.
AFTER A 3 HOUR WAIT IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SHE FINALLY WAS ADMITTED AND A DRIP WAS INSERTED TO GIVE HER FLUIDS HER STOMACH PAIN CONTINUED
SHE UNDERWENT MANY TESTS EVENTUALLY A LAPAROTOMY WAS ORDERED AND DONE 24 HOURS LATER THEY FOUND A TUMOR IN THE COLON AND REMOVED IT LEAVING HER WITH A COLONOSTOMY TEMPORARILY THEY SAY.
AFTER ONE WEEK MY MOTHER IN LAW WAS GIVEN THE RESULTS OF HER OPERATION SHE DID NOT NEED CHEMO AND SHE WAS FREE OF CANCER.
SHE RETURNED HOME THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND WILL RETURN 6 MONTHS LATER TO HAVE HER BOWEL REVERSED FROM HAVING A STOMA TO HER ANUS ONCE AGAIN.
SO PLEASE DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE YOU CAN DO IT.
I MUST ADMIT MY MOTHER IN LAW HAD A VERY SMALL APETITE FOR ABOUT A WEEK AFTER RETURNING HOME
THEN SHE ATE AS NORMAL.
