I am very sorry to hear you were diagnosed with colon cancer Mark. I wish for you a full and speedy recovery, and hope any post surgery inconveniences are short term. I applaud your spreading the word on testing, but will add that if your diabetic to lower that age to 40 on the 1st test.
My wife Kathy was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in the spring of 2002 at the age of 42
. She had no family history of cancer but was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at an early age, and i remember the doctor telling the family he wished the AMA would tell diabetics to get tested at 35 or 40 instead of 50.
I imagine there are a few that were here when we were on the old server, who recall some of the posts i made during her 4 year battle that followed her surgery.
Stay strong amigo, your still and will continue to be in our thoughts.