I had crossed off the word grandmother where it listed family history on the check-in form and the technician asked me about that.
“It was my great-grandmother. My sister corrects me that it wasn’t breast cancer, it was colon cancer.” (As much as anyone can tell from 107-year-old accounts and the fact that ourĀ grandmother was eight when her mother died.)
I asked her to be careful–“I don’t want *you* to get squished.”
“Oh, it’s happened.” A rueful chuckle.
And then, “Your doctor will let you know the results in a day or two.”
A mammogram before age 40 with no history of breast cancerĀ in her family either saved my sister-in-law’s life a few years ago. Don’t put it off.
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And also the colonoscopy at the appropriate age for your history. I had to start early – my dad died of colon cancer and they start you 10 years ahead of that. But for a long time now I’ve felt very secure that my risks are low because we have kept a good eye on it.
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