Ray’s Blog

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According to the American Cancer Society,  the five-year-out survival rate for stage 3C colon cancer is 44% based on data collected between 1991 and 2000. If I had been stage 4, the rate drops to 8%. Thank god we cought it before it went to stage 4! They say that since then, treatments have improved and so these numbers should be going up. And there’s also factors they haven’t broken out such as age, general health, and complications. So I believe my chances are much better than the 44% predicted, but it does give one pause.

After session 11 ended, I was in bed for over a week. Then, for some reason I have yet to discover, I felt better on Saturday than I have in weeks. I took out the garbage, organized the recyclables, and was able to things that I hadn’t done in a while. I had to take Anastasia to a sleep over but realized I was blocked in by my special friend. In order to get the car out, I had to remove part of an ice/snow mountain that had been plowed next to my car a few weeks before. Luckily, Ken was there to help me but I was able to use a pick-axe to chop the ice, while Ken shoveled it out of the way. I thought, man, am I going to pay for this exertion later. Meaning I would be overtaken by sleep soon. But that never happened. I have no idea why on the eleventh session I would be better than I have been - it’s supposed to get worse. But I’ll take it.