Jan 13 2009
What’s Next to Cause Cancer?
Every time we turn around, scientists somewhere are telling us that these or those things are causing cancer, too much sun, saccharine, sex, the list goes on, and it seems to be getting longer everyday. Yes I did say sex. Quite some years back, too much sex or having sex at too early of an age (15 and up) was considered to be the cause of cervical cancer. Hmmm I have to stop and think on that one. I had cervical cancer. I was told that it is caused by the HPV virus. The odds of getting the HPV virus increases dramatically if you have sex before the age of 15, have many different sexual partners, and oh yeah, we can’t forget, if you smoke. I think of my case. I didn’t have sex until I was 18, I can count my sex partners on one hand, (and still have fingers left over) and I am a smoker. So was my cancer caused by smoking? I had a hard time tying the two together, so I did some research. What I found was that they consider smoking to be a contributing factor to causing cervical cancer because usually poor people smoke, and they can’t afford insurance, and therefore they don’t have their check ups that can detect the pre cancerous cells before they turn into cancer. Well there I go. I didn’t have insurance, but even if I did, I would not have gone to any check ups, I always felt fine, I never had any symptoms or a sign until it was too late. Okay, at this point, I have to ask, Ladies, if you have never had a bad pap test, how often do you get your exams? I was in that category. I had never had a bad pap test, not until I was pregnant with my first child, then I was told that I had pre cancerous cells. After I had my son, I went back to have more exams and was told that all was clear. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I again told the doctor (a different one) about how the pap tests came out during my first pregnancy. I was told to never worry about or rely on a pap test when your pregnant, they usually aren’t accurate, and at that test, everything came back fine. Okay, I probably put off any tests a bit too long, 13 years to be exact, but again, I never had any pain or any symptoms.
I guess my main point in all this is that it really doesn’t matter what you do, or eat or drink or how ever you live your life, at some point, we grow old, we become more susceptible to diseases, and we are going to die. We all need to learn moderation, eat red meat, but in moderation, get some sun, but in moderation, enjoy life, but remember to go to the doctors, get your tests done, and live life.
