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Old 12-22-2011, 07:26 PM
AGDee AGDee is offline
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Originally Posted by DreamfulSpirit View Post
My mom said she noticed blood in her stool back in October and that's what prompted her to go. My grandfather, her dad, passed away from colon cancer in 2008 and he was only 71. He was diagnosed a few years before, and had major surgery and everything. When he was initially diagnosed, they believed he had the cancer at least 6 years prior.

My brother and I will probably end up having colonoscopies before we're 40.
I am extremely high risk for colon cancer and get them annually but I also have Crohn's Disease so it is justified for that reason too. I figure it's not a case of "if" I get colon cancer, it is "when".
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