Originally Posted by kluedesigns

DH is now asleep in bed and he's been given a perfect bill of health and we go back in 2 years to do it all again.

its so very rough on him. on his mother's side of the family they have the gene for colon cancer. the longest any one lived was 58.

8 years ago i convinced him to let me test him for the gene. this is typically a very ethical problem because even if you have the gene it doesn't mean you'll ever get the cancer.

i told him this and said but at least this is a very treatable cancer when caught early and had your other family members known their outcome could have been quite different.

well, as you can guess he has the gene. so for the past 8 years (every 2 years) its a battery of tests and a source of major stress for him.

this afternoon when we were leaving he said "some days i wish i didn't know"

and i said "i know - its a burden to carry"