maleficent

The best you can really do, is be proactive with your health, especially given your family history. When you go to the doctor, tell him/her your fears and concerns and especially the history that's there - getting checked every 6 months might be excessive, but getting checked yearly is probably in order. Somethings you can do self checks on because we tend to know our bodies and how they change a little better than the doctor does.

Sometimes you just can't fight it - cancer might just happen happen, but it doesn't mean a death sentence, early detection improves your chances considerably.

I had a false scare mid year last year - that really woke me up to the importance of being proactive with health care - Cancer has gotten every single female relative in my family (that I know of - my father was adopted and I know nothing of his biological parents) but given my father's medical history - 2 heart attacks and 3 bouts of cancer (he's 73 and still kicking) I figured a heart attack would get m e and I'm working on fighting that diagnosis...

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