Last Friday I had a colonoscopy. There were big plans to write of my sleepless night of “cleansing”, the ghastly intestinal Drain-O that made my brain shiver and the silly things spoken under the influence of anesthesia. However, the humor of the situation faded when on Sunday we learned that my father in law may possibly have colon cancer. The lack of hilarity was driven home on Monday when I learned that a coworker has stage four lung cancer.
The message is simple: Get tested.
The insurance I can afford for my family has an extremely high deductible, but when I called for benefits on my recent physical and colonoscopy I was informed that due to the new laws in the United States, they would be fully covered. Even if I had to pay it would be worth the cost.
We live in a wonderful time. Medical advances have made it possible to catch and treat many of the diseases that in the past would have surely been fatal. Who knows? I still may get sick and die. But, in this war I have the ability to gather intelligence on the enemy. Last week I discovered that the enemy isn’t coming at me from the rear. On the other hand, have excellent information that he’s attacking me on the skin of my head. Fine. If he wants to make a bold frontal assault in full daylight, he better be prepared to be cut down in his tracks. I’m not going down without a fight.
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My Dad was diagnosed with Colon Cancer 12 years ago. Lucky for him it was caught early. I'm sure you guys are already aware how curable it is when caught early so I pray that that is the case for your Father-in-law. Regardless you are right we live in an amazing time where treatments are rampant and cures are in sight.
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