April 21st Surgery for colon cancer. I had been in good health all of my life, never been in the hospital for anything except to have my four babies. Hadn't been feeling quite like myself for a couple of years. Then about a year ago I started craving ice. I would stop at the gas stations and buy a huge cup of ice several times a day. It got so bad that one night while my husband and I were at the movie and I was downing by large cup of ice and he was eating his large bag of popcorn the gentleman in front of us turned around and said, "I don't know what you are eating lady but I will give you $20.00 if you will stop right now." I was so embarrassed, I vowed never to eat ice again.....while at the movies. I learned that craving ice can be a sign if anemia, and I was tired too. So I made an appointment with my doctor and took my list of symptoms and went for a visit. First a blood test, you have anemia, in fact I don't know where you get your energy, your shouldn't have any energy with as low as you blood is. I was given 2 units of blood and I felt much better but still not well. A colonoscopy, a barium colonoscopy, and an endoscopy later I visited with the doctor. After all the tests, stool samples and blood work, we can't find anything wrong sometimes there is something called an intestinal bleed,you are good and healthy. But the nagging feeling wouldn't go away. I really felt there was something they were missing. I asked my husband for a blessing and was told in the blessing to return to the doctor and tell him all of my symptoms and so I did. My doctor listened patiently, wrote down everything and then said there was one more test he would suggest, a CT scan. A few days later the test was complete and the results were in I had an apple core shaped tumor on the right side near the top of my large intestine, a good place to have a tumor if you are going to have one but obviously a hard place to find. A few days later I was heading into surgery. Scary what do you do if you have colon cancer and what are the side effects of the surgery?