# My little sister is Miss January! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196 "2010-09-09T16:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/1 "2010-09-09T16:50:34Z")
My sister was selected to be on a Nationwide calendar…or [“Colondar”…](http://www.colonclub.com/2011January.html)to raise awareness about colon cancer. She is pretty amazing and gorgeous so I just wanted to brag. She has been cancer free since her surgery and chemo in 2008 and I am so happy for her. ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/2 "2010-09-09T17:19:51Z")
She’s gorgeous! I’m so happy for her and your family that she was able to beat this. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/3 "2010-09-09T17:44:33Z")
hubba hubba! What a great way to celebrate beating cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/4 "2010-09-09T17:49:22Z")
She’s pretty brave (pretty _and_ brave? 🙂 ), if I had colon cancer, I wouldn’t be telling anyone about the details, just because it’s one of those “embarassing” areas. ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/5 "2010-09-09T18:39:03Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > She’s pretty brave (pretty _and_ brave? 🙂 ), if I had colon cancer, I wouldn’t be telling anyone about the details, just because it’s one of those “embarassing” areas. That is why she went so long without seeing a doc. Nobody, much less a young little Barbie looking girl, wants to tell the doc about issues with that body part. She and I have lived together for the past 7 years and she ALWAYS had bathroom issues. It just finally go so bad she had to see a doctor. If she had sought help earlier it might not have been so difficult to treat. She really wanted to put her story out there so others might not hesitate to seek medical help. She said she lost all of her shame after about the 3rd colonoscopy anyway;) ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/6 "2010-09-09T19:03:23Z")
A very fine looking young woman. And courageous too. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/7 "2010-09-09T19:06:56Z")
Hoo boy. You got some bragging rights there for sure. Yowzer! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/8 "2010-09-09T19:07:44Z")
Your sister is quite a babe. And big-time conga-rats to her for whipping her cancer! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/9 "2010-09-09T20:15:59Z")
That’s awesome. Congratulations x 2. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/10 "2010-09-09T21:56:30Z")
Congratulations! I may have to reconsider my policy of avoiding celebrities. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/11 "2010-09-09T23:23:14Z")
I’m glad she is doing so well. She is incredibly lucky that she had symptoms that alerted her to the cancer before it was too late to be curable. Most people with colon cancer don’t have symptoms (hence why old people get the routine colonoscopies - but obviously for those rare people like her who get colon cancer at a young age that doesn’t do any good). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/12 "2010-09-10T01:19:59Z")
Cool beans! Sending out a wish of continued health. (She is gorgeous!) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/13 "2010-09-10T01:30:10Z")
Kewl! Tell her an asshole says he’s glad she’s fighting the good fight. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/14 "2010-09-10T13:45:37Z")
Wow, she’s like an icon for ‘the power and beauty of youth’! Send her my congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/15 "2010-09-10T13:50:25Z")
She said to thank you all as she blushed last night while I tried to describe this site to her. You should all know I said, well…The Dope is like a MENSA meeting with a side of clever wit dripping with sarcasm. They are insanely intelligent people. And I have no business attempting participate in any debate here becuase I am very underqualified 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/16 "2010-09-10T14:25:03Z")
Reading her story, I definitely have empathy. I had several stomach operations and my recovery was not too dissimilar. Two years ago this month I was laid off from my job and decided to try and get back my stamina. I took a 6 minute walk and when I got home I literally nearly passed out from the exertion. Good thoughts going out again! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/17 "2010-09-10T14:45:53Z")
That is pretty freakin’ awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/18 "2010-09-10T14:49:14Z")
Um…hey Miss January, How YOU doin’? You gots a lot to be proud of! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/19 "2010-09-10T15:01:29Z")
Nice! She’s gorgeous: and a local girl at that! Congratulate her for me, both on beating the cancer and the recognition. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196/20 "2010-09-10T15:23:33Z")
Terrific! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister-is-miss-january/553196.md?page=2)