But one way or another, of whatever cause, we're not getting out of here alive.
Staving off one cause of death simply means that something else will catch up with you.
You know what Rush says.
Carrots kill you. He can prove it. Everyone he knows that ever ate carrots is either dead or going to die.... LOL.
but I think you miss her point
Do you want to take the 90% risk that you will die a cancer ridden, in extreme pain, overly medicated shell of your former self....
OR die from something else that is hopefully less torturous and lengthy (e.g. splattered by a Mac Truck)?
Everyone dies but if you can take precautions to prevent what you can, why wouldn’t you?
I watched my mother die a horific death at the age of 56 from breast cancer.
Yes, life is a one way ride to the grave but cancer is a bad way to go.
People get their colons remove because of either familial polyposis or ulcerative colitis to stave off the eventual development of colon cancer. Undescended testical are removed routinely because of the very high risk of testicular cancer. This is no different.
She is making a decission based on risk versus benefit. Sounds rational to me, I’m amazed at the response to this article.
She is considering a condition that may lead to a prolonged, painful death versus some cosmetic issues and the chance to see grandchildren get married.
Sure, but I think it is easier to live with some uncertain something which you don't know if you can prevent at all, and KNOWING that it is a near certainty that you will get breast cancer and could possibly avoid it.