I recently found out that my girlfriend of 40 years had to go into the hospital for a hysterectomy. She had a 15 pound growth in her abdomen. Fortunately it was benign, and she is now healing. I could not understand how she could have let it get to that point. After all, both of us had worked for a company (with a union) that provided benefits even in our retirement.
I go every year for a complete physical. I have more doctors checking me for developments than anyone I know. I go to my primary doc for the physical, then to a skin doc, and a heart doc, and a neurologist (for other stuff I won't go into here) the eye doc, the dentist, the Chiropractor, and of course to the gynecologist, even though someone told me that after a certain age you don't have to go to the gyno every year. I asked my doc about that and she said "That might be true, but you are not going to get uterine cancer on my watch" so I still go.
I am now due for my 10 year colonoscopy, and after what my girlfriend just went through, I will be the happiest patient they have ever seen at the hospital for that procedure!!
Please ladies use any benefits you have and stay well. Prevention is the key!
