Originally Posted by
big john
A doctor asked if there was a history of heart disease in my family. I told him all the men in my family die from cancer long before they are old enough for heart disease. He was not amused.
Mine wasn't amused either. Then he glanced at the history I had provided and he was concerned. But I'm 52. Most of us don't see 40, so I guess I'm doing ok.
You know it's bad when the head of cancer genetics at Dana Farber Cancer Institute has your family on her personal Christmas card list.