Life can really suck sometimes
I have a former co-worker, a young woman in her early 30's, married, no kids (which I can't decide is a good thing or not), who was diagnosed last spring with cervical cancer. At first, it seemed like it was pretty straight-forward and all was moving forward with the treatments, and then she had some sort of freaky complication with the laproscopic surgery which ended up spreading the cancer to the incision site, and it has since spread to other parts of her body, despite fairly agressive chemo and radiation. In short, things are really not looking good. And I feel so badly for her and her husband, but I keep thinking about her parents and how horrible this must be. That thing they say about how you aren't supposed to out-live your kids? It is so true. My heart is just breaking for all of them.
I am incredibly lucky with my family, and I have been very lucky with the longevity of my family, but that parental anxiety can be so overwhelming sometimes. And it will never end. It can be very hard to not let yourself become consumed by all the things that can go wrong and let your kids grow up the way things will happen. My thoughts are definitely with that whole family.
I will say, new guidance by the AMA or whoever aside, I will keep getting screened every year, not every 3. Because my co-worker had no risk factors and if she had not been screened when she was, her odds would be even worse. Life can really suck sometimes.
I am incredibly lucky with my family, and I have been very lucky with the longevity of my family, but that parental anxiety can be so overwhelming sometimes. And it will never end. It can be very hard to not let yourself become consumed by all the things that can go wrong and let your kids grow up the way things will happen. My thoughts are definitely with that whole family.
I will say, new guidance by the AMA or whoever aside, I will keep getting screened every year, not every 3. Because my co-worker had no risk factors and if she had not been screened when she was, her odds would be even worse. Life can really suck sometimes.