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Cancer - my friend Sandra with Colon Cancer

Sandra and I have been friends for 25 years. I have had cancer twice, lost my mother to cancer and some lovely friends I have made along the way. Rich or poor, old or young, tall or short cancer does not discriminate. Some try to find a reason why? I guess that is the mystery.
I am currently caring for a very good friend of mine, her name is Sandra. She was diagnosed with Colon Cancer (2 years ago), she is now 36 kg and body seems to be shutting down. She is passing out with black outs, she feels nauseated, tired not her self. She was my boss in a pharmacy years ago, the friendship blossomed from there.
Watching a friend suffer is not very nice, actually watching anyone suffer is not nice. Breaks my heart. We are currently running tests to see why she is in trouble. That is hard. She only had 2 chemotherapy sessions as she could not do it. I will give you some updates on her health as I think that sharing sometimes alerts us to check our own health. If your body is not working right investigate the problem. Prevention is better than cure. If we find things early enough we have a greater chance to beat this awful disease. I am so proud of her head space she is a fighter. Tomorrow we are having an ultrasound on her liver. MRI has put her in kidney failure, her heart is not getting enough blood. I will keep you posted to what's happening she also is having a Colonoscopy this month.

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  1. Iamstillawoman6 January 2012 at 13:13

    After an ultrasound yesterday, there is a lump in the liver. We need Sandra to have a CT scan. She is in chronic liver and kidney failure. They can't do this test as she may have a heart attack. We are awaiting doctors advice to maybe admit her to hospital for this test. She is in good spirits, she is the most amazing woman...

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