Comments on: I Got PINKED! http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2011/10/i-got-pinked-2/ Navigating through life away from the library Tue, 22 May 2012 15:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: DaenelT http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2011/10/i-got-pinked-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11625 DaenelT Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:29:00 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=6334#comment-11625 I hate that the "experts" don't focus on breast cancer in younger women and men, they get it too. My original doctor refused to give me a biopsy because he said "thyroid cancer only happens to middle aged white guys". Yeah, really.  My father died at 56 of "natural causes" and my uncle died at a young age of heart related issues, my goal is to live a long and healthy life. I hate that the “experts” don’t focus on breast cancer in younger women and men, they get it too. My original doctor refused to give me a biopsy because he said “thyroid cancer only happens to middle aged white guys”. Yeah, really. 

My father died at 56 of “natural causes” and my uncle died at a young age of heart related issues, my goal is to live a long and healthy life.

]]> By: ellie http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2011/10/i-got-pinked-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11619 ellie Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:10:00 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=6334#comment-11619 Pink on!  Had my mammogram yesterday.  There is no breast cancer in my family, but two years ago a 23 year old friend of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer, and there was no history of it in hers, either.  She's "cured" now, but she remains a good reminder that I can't take my family's health history as a free pass. Heart disease, that's our killer... Pink on!  Had my mammogram yesterday.  There is no breast cancer in my family, but two years ago a 23 year old friend of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer, and there was no history of it in hers, either.  She’s “cured” now, but she remains a good reminder that I can’t take my family’s health history as a free pass.

Heart disease, that’s our killer…

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