Thank you for your comment, Judy.  I see you and I walked the same colon cancer path.  Todd was diagnosed at stage IV with mets already to the lung and fought hard for 4+ years - but in the end, the cancer won.  I see you, too, have children - my youngest is 17.  We're determined to keep a positive attitued, as my husband would have wanted, and to keep the kids as stable as possible.  It's tough, though, and the reality is just setting in as he just passed on 2/28/11...any insights you have to offer will be helpful.  God Bless....Gina