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				 Hang in there mj 
 
			
			Mucin Secreting Acidocarcinoma is the technical term they put on the type of colon cancer I had.    Slow growing kind and best to be discovered and irradicated early.  I had the resection in 1996.  I was 26.  When you hear those words for the first time, it is a bad day to say the least.   I do know a little about it first hand, I lost my dad to colon cancer when he was 38 years old, I was 6.  Runs in our family.  I will never forget that day, my doctor knew it was cancer from the scope, he was so smug about it.  I asked him how he could be sure?  He said he had seen it many times before..  They put me in the hospital and a day later I was going under the knife.  Recovery wasn't bad and I was back to work in 6 weeks.  Year of chemo for me but it was a cakewalk.  Insurance paid for 99.99% back then, THANK YOU AVMED!  So I have the "UP Periscope"  procedure at about every 2 to 3 years.  The cleanout is a hell of a treat ain't it?   They find polyps and an occassional start of some cancer about every other time they go in.
 
 So  I feel for you and the missus.  You keep your head up and remember, it may not be cancer at all..  It could be a cyst or numerous other things..  Maybe its a Snickers bar that has been stuck in there since you were a kid...    OK, mental images cannot be unseen....  maybe I went too far..
 
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