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There is a fine line between healthy skepticism about medical testing for conditions that will not be fatal, and those that offer a heads-up to something serious. I personally know several people who had no symptoms but as a result of a routine annual physical, had cancer (prostate, bladder, breast) diagnosed and because it was caught early, are still alive. The statistics of the increase of cancer survivors is significant. Just as I bring my vehicle to a mechanic annually to anticipate something that could leave me stranded on the road at night, I get a physical and even a colonoscopy every 10 years. Heroic measures to obtain a little more life at the expense of the quality of one's last few months is not the same as "an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure." On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > From what I've gleaned from this book in various places, I feel vindicated > by never having had a colonoscopy. > > http://inthesetimes.com/article/21042/Barbara-Ehrenreich- > natural-causes-nickel-and-dimed-imortality-dying > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/opt > ions/marxism/dmozart1756%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
