LOU Your Family and especially Your Son are in my Prayers . I Liked Watching You Play Music Yrs ago on here ..And KNow You Are GODS CHILDREN kind of folks ///..Colon cancer is survivable ,,. But Dont Take anything for granted ,,. It Can KILL ,.. They took a foot of my colon out march7,2016, before that operation i felt great ,just had occassional blood in the commode,. everything changed after that ,, TESTS labeled me stage 3 positive with lymph nodes cancer ,. the hospital stay was 14 days, i lost 30 lbs..//10 days later i was able to rake wheat hay,. then they started chemo in mid may , each time i got sicker,. hands could not touch anything cold , by july it was playing trix with my feet,.. The Dr's were watching for that and cut my (meanie) medicine in half . i still had 5 more treatments , the next 2 settled in my lgs and groin and affected my bowels ,. Dr's cut the meanie medicine entirely,. but my legs continued downhill and my hands were miserable ,. by the time i finished in late sept , i was having trouble breathing and walking ,shytin6times a day . and a terrible tailbone ache,everthing taste likesawdust ,. but i ate ,, I was TOLD TO EAR EVEN WHEN YOU JUST DONT WANT To . Plenty Fruits , Protein , Ice Cream , Happy FOODS ,.,and KEEP NOVIN even Though IT HURTS. i was seriously considering selling down the cows ,Feeding Them each Day with the mild winter we got last yr helpt keep me active,. today ,I Function with some grumps and groans ,, i take neurpathy medicine for the numbness in my hands and feet ,. but i am aliveand cancer free , I THINK ,..6 monthes before my condition was discovered ,.,. My farm Insurance agent had inoperable colon cancer,. it was stopt by radiation treatment ,,.he was miserable all sunmmer andoff work for 1 yr .HE Is Well NOW but Vulnerable . we compare experiences ,,radiation was not given to me as a option , All I can State is ,.. get it fixt quik ,.and follow the Dr's closely ,.. And Get RITE with Our Lord and Savior