The Goodland Star-News / Tuesday, March 8, 2005 5 abigail be tested because they have no family ness Month. It’s a perfect time to start gest “inconvenience” is the prepara- my cousin’s three children and hus- Testing history of the disease or symptoms. raising this important subject and mak- tion for it. Consider it an initiation into band and I went out to dinner at a van buren The truth is, symptoms often don’t ing sure that Americans get the test that a special club — the long-life club. steakhouse, and my mother insisted appear until colon cancer has pro- could save their lives. Do it NOW. The American Cancer Society of- that I slice a portion of my steak and for colon cancer gressed, and no matter what a person’s Don’t put it off. It’s one of the few can- fers a free information kit to help you share it with my cousin, who had al- •dear abby family history or how someone feels, cer tests that can actually prevent the discuss colon cancer testing with your ready started to eat her entree of pasta. if you’re 50 or older you’re at risk for disease. — STEPHEN F. SENER, physician. To get one, call toll-free: Not wanting to create a scene, I could save lives colon cancer. M.D., PRESIDENT, AMERICAN (800) 227-2345 and stop colon cancer obliged. Mother becomes angry with DEAR ABBY: Imagine if, by apply- day, many of them preventable. The There is also the perception that the CANCER SOCIETY before it starts. me when I try to explain that this is not ing what we already know, we could tests allow doctors to remove polyps test will be embarrassing or painful. DEAR DR. SENER: I am pleased to DEAR ABBY: I am a 28-year-old, proper etiquette. She calls me selfish save the majority of lives that are lost before they can become cancerous, While some of the tests may be uncom- help publicize this important message. American-born Asian woman, whose for not wanting to share. What do you to the third-leading cause of cancer in and prevent colon cancer from hap- fortable, colon cancer is far worse. Readers, if there is a history of colon tradition-bound, first-generation suggest I do? — FRUSTRATED men and women. That’s no pie-in-the- pening. These same tests can also de- Bottom line: If you’re 50 or older, cancer in your family, please discuss mother insists that I, or another person DAUGHTER IN CALIFORNIA sky dream. I’m talking about colon tect early signs of the disease as effec- now is the time to get tested for colon it with your doctors, regardless of your in our family, share a portion of our DEAR FRUSTRATED: You will cancer. Regular testing can help pre- tively as mammography detects breast cancer. People with a family history of age. If you’re lucky and there isn’t one, meal with her even though she has al- spare yourself a lot of heartburn if you vent this disease or detect it at its ear- cancer. So why aren’t Americans over the disease or other risk factors should but you’re 50 or nearly there, recog- ready eaten and we have not. This is realize that you cannot change your liest, most treatable stage. the age of 50 getting tested? discuss with their doctors getting nize that adulthood brings with it cer- acceptable behavior in her home, but mother. So, when you are at a restau- This year, colon cancer will claim Many people simply do not realize tested even earlier. tain responsibilities. So don’t be child- is it appropriate for her to continue this rant with her, order a larger portion the lives of more than 56,000 Ameri- they’re at risk beginning at age 50. Abby, March marks the sixth annual ish, don’t be embarrassed and don’t be behavior in public? than you normally would, beat her to cans. That’s more than 150 deaths a Some people think they don’t need to National Colorectal Cancer Aware- afraid. The exam isn’t painful. The big- For example, my mother, my aunt, the punch and offer to share. E=Eagle Cable E=Eagle Cable TUESDAY EVENINGS=S&T Telephone MAR. 8, 2005 WEDNESDAY EVENINGS=S&T Telephone MAR. 9, 2005 ES 6 pm 6:30 7 pm 7:30 8 pm 8:30 9 pm 9:30 10 pm 10:30 ES 6 pm 6:30 7 pm 7:30 8 pm 8:30 9 pm 9:30 10 pm 10:30 Cold Case Files “The Cold Case Files “Bittler; Bounty Bounty Crossing Jordan “Se- Cold Case Files “The American Justice Biography “Bruce Willis” Bruce Willis. 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