Season’s Greetings from Kate

In this season of light and joy, I wish all of you health, happiness, and something nice in your stocking. Writing these posts has been a special blessing for me over the past few months, and I am thankful that C3 – Colorectal Cancer Coalition has made this space available. I’m looking forward to the coming year with many new posts full of more effective treatments and even better ways to ease the difficulties of living with colorectal cancer.

So much is on the horizon. There is real hope that we can end the death and suffering from this disease. Prevention is becoming a stronger possibility as screening methods improve and awareness that screening prevents colorectal cancer grows.. Treatment of early stage disease is making even more cures possible. And survival times in advanced colorectal cancer has doubled with current therapy.

Enjoy the coming days. Eat cookies, walk in the snow (or the sunshine), buy a bone for the dog, hug the children, sing even if you can’t carry a tune. Tonight many candles on my mantle will be lit and shining for all of you.

Love from me and Santa.

Kate

SANTA AND MRS

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Posted by Kate Murphy on December 24th, 2005

Comments

Pam Seijo

December 24, 2005 at 2:36pm

Kate,

Thanks for everything that you do and all of the knowledge and encouraging words.

My candles will also be lit for all that has or is traveling the path of colorectal cancer.

You and Santa make a great picture.

Jim and Gwyn Rice

December 24, 2005 at 3:29pm

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from SW Oklahoma.

Thanks Kate for being a partner in managing the CC List. You are a true gift and provide lots of inspiration and knowledge to our members.

May your new year provide you with much personal happiness, filled with good health, and hope for a cure to end this disease we have all come to know way too mych about.

Our most precious gift this year was hearing from our youngest son, age 36, that he will be having his first colonoscopy 2 days after Christmas.

It’s been more than 8 years since I was dx’d and over 18 years since my mother was dx’d. Our other 2 kids, aged 37 and 38 have already had theirs and all was clean and pink. We have our fingers crossed for such an outcome for our baby.

With much tenderness and hugs,

Jim and Gwyn Rice

Lynne FitzGerald

December 30, 2005 at 2:42pm

Dear Kate,

I don’t know what I would have done if I had not found this site and YOU!

You have been a Godsend. I have learned so much here, I have made contact with other stage IV cancer patients. I am often uplifted and often moved to tears.

Thank you and have a very happy new year.

love

Lynne

Colorectal Cancer Coalition