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Date Posted: 13:28:05 12/22/02 Sun
Author: Shell
Subject: Re: OT, kinda gross, but MUST read
In reply to: Ann 's message, "OT, kinda gross, but MUST read" on 11:21:04 12/20/02 Fri

I know I'll have to get a colonoscapy before I turn 50.(I just turned 31) My Grandfather died from colon cancer, my father had it(he only got cheched when my grandfather died. He was 47) but it was caught early enough) Then this summer my aunt on my mother's side was diagnosed with colon cancer. She had been sick for a while before they figured out what it was. We all felt bad because she's always been a hypochondriac and we thought it was nothing. She's lucky. They removed a good portion of her colon and she didn't need a bag(sorry, I don't remember the medical term) My family just isn't healthy. We have that, my grandmother died from lung cancer(of couse she smoked for years) my mother has Lupus and a thyroid problem, my aunt has a thyroid problem(opposite than my mother)and had 2 small heart attacks(their 54) my father has heart problems, I have a heart block and have had a stroke.It seems every time I go to the doctors I have to update my family medical report.

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[> Re: OT, kinda gross, but MUST read -- Ann, 19:26:36 12/22/02 Sun

Ordinarily, 50 is the age to have a first colonoscopy, but if there is family history it is usually done sooner.
I was told not to have anything else with that awful "beverage" so there was nothing to kill the taste. :(
Shell, sorry to hear about all your medical problems. At least we live in an age when something can be done to treat them.
Oh, regarding the "bag--apparently is not necessary anywhere near as often as it once was due to earlier detection and better surgical procedures.

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