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[quote=Anonymous]PP here who's husband has cancer. Thank you all so much for your kind words. It is such a cruel disease, especially in situations like my husband and Chadwick Boseman's where its just "bad luck" as the doctors describe it. With young people who get cancer in their 20's, 30's, early 40's (before screening ages)  many cases are undetectable until they're advanced. My husband has pancreatic cancer and has no family history and it wasn't discovered until it was advanced. With colon cancer, its my understanding that insurance won't even cover colonoscopies for young people unless you can prove a family history that puts you at higher risk (we tried to get one for my husband and it was a problem). I've read that colon cancer cases are rising pretty dramatically in young people, which may spur screening earlier than 45 in coming years. But, until then, young people's diseases will be discovered at more advanced stages that are harder to treat.

I do take solace in the fact that every person is a statistic of one. And we have met some long term survivors that give us hope everyday. But, it's such a gruesome disease for everyone connected to the person going through it.[/quote]

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