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Old 08-28-2015, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b View Post
I get one on the 17th. I've been getting them since age 43 every 5 years since my biological father died of colon cancer.
I've been getting blood tests annually since I was 39. Avoided the colonoscopy to date as apparently it's unnecessary unless the blood test comes back abnormal.
5 years between seems like a VERY long time. I've known people (and family) to be diagnosed, go through chemo, etc and be either in remission or dead in less time than that!
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