Postby Kerry » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:46 am
In a post called "A Survivor's Story," dated May 6, 2006, I wrote a column for the newspaper I worked for at the time to tell readers of my colon cancer experience----the symptoms, how a series of events would lead me to go in for a physical, and how that would lead to me having a colonoscopy and the finding that I had colon cancer. Each of you reading this has a story to tell, and I know that your local newspaper would welcome a column or story on you where the headline might read "The Diagnosis---Colon Cancer."
When I wrote my column and then submitted it to two other papers, the response was great. People wrote me to share their experiences but more importantly several people went in for a colonoscopy and told me that my column prompted them to do so. You know there are people out there with symptoms who simply choose to ignore them or hope that they will go away. You and I know differently, don't we? They don't just go away.
Let's help save lives by telling our stories.