I have experienced the journey of fighting the disease cancer, coping with it and dealing with whatever curve ball it throws at you. How does one keep up? I believe that shareing is what empowers one to be stronger. Knowing that you are not alone, and if you unite the troops against this disease, you WIN.

Sharing what I know, and empowering others to share is the purpose of this type of blog.

I would like to dedicate this blog example to the actual site www.HopeForHolly.com

I was so touched and connected to this blog I found, that I spend the next 2 hours reading it. I don't think I can convey my message better than to point you to the actual site.

The purpose we build this site is to empower the less web savy audience to express themselves and share their experience without having to build their own site. To also share good information you found from the internet to others that might benefit from it.

Enjoy.. Lynn Ooi

I thought I would share my personal experience about colonoscopy, as many like myself was scared to death about the idea of inserting a tube through a one way street all the way into your colon. What trigged this decision even though I am younger than the suggested age to get one, was because I was experiencing some rectal bleeding. I have read and heard too many stories about people who found polyps and how if "they had caught it sooner" it was no big deal to remove them.

The anticipation for the day, started as soon as the appointment was made. On the day leading up to the procedure, I had to drink the laxative that tasted like drinking salty soap water. For the next 12 hours, I had officially lost 5 lbs and moved to the bathroom. The next morning I was at the hospital bright and early, the first customer for the service, joy..

Dispite the doctors and nurses telling me not to worry, I was nervously anticipating what is next...

Next never came, it was done and over before I even realize. The nurse told me they are going to knock me out and I will wake up and it will be over. True enough, One minute I was chatting to the nurse about my vacation plans and the next I was waking up and the doctor was telling me that it's all over and I am ready to go as soon as the he go through the results.

I'm writing this post because I hated the fact that I was afraid of getting a colonoscopy. It honestly scared me. I don't like hospitals. I don't like entries into exit lanes and its scary that they could find something. Bottomline is that your life just might depend on getting tested for colon cancer. There is absolutely nothing to be afraid of. Its truly easy and breezy. Do it.