I am a 34 year old mother of three and was just diagnosed with colon cancer that has metzed to the liver. I go in for treatment every two weeks, I will be going in for my fourth this Tuesday. So far I feel pretty lucky (considering). The side effects from the chemo are very minimal. Just a little tingling in my hands when they get too cold. It's tough to read my doctors but I know they are fighting for me very hard. I will have to have surgery on my colon and major surgery on my liver. The tumor there is very large. My surgeon seems quite capable and I have heard nothing but good things about my oncologist. I try not to think about this too much. I'm just trying to go about my life as usual, zoo trips with the kids, camping, birthday parties etc.. I have changed my diet drastically. Mostly fresh vegetables, fruit, whole grains and little fish and chicken. It's so frustrating though. I hear so many stories about how people were not helped by standard medicine. It makes me second guess everything me and my doctors are doing. Am I doing the right thing going through chemo? Is the fact that I am having no major side effects and feel absolutely wonderful as good of a sign as I think it is? Am I kidding myself that I could actually beat this? I don't hear of too many people my age who have this so it's so hard for me to believe that the negative stories I have read actually apply to me. I would hope that my young age and relative good health (except for the cancer of course) put me in an entirely different category than most people dealing with this. I try to keep up a happy face but the fact is I am very scared and I wish I could talk to someone who has beat this and can give me some hope. If there is anyone out there who has a positive story, I would appreciate hearing from you.