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Mostly, I agree with this article. Good stuff. But...
"I got married really young because I really wanted a family," Fisher said, "and I also knew I was going to die young."
Fisher married at 21, had a baby at 22 and was battling breast cancer by 31. She's been in remission for 12 years, but is fighting a new battle.
You have an inheritable problem that predisposes you to cancer. You arranged your life around this. There is no benefit from this, and the odds are that you'll die young. So you got married early to have kids?
Genetic testing revealed that her daughter, Kate, has the BRCA-1 gene, which is associated with colon and breast cancers.
I don't want to say anything I don't mean, so listen carefully. I don't think this woman or her daughter would've been better off, or the daughter (or woman) hadn't been born. I think people need a lot of education about various disabilities before saying "oh, this kid might have *blank*, I should get an abortion". But in this case, she knows the problems involved in this, they're not pretty... *shrugs* I would've adopted, that's all.
"I got married really young because I really wanted a family," Fisher said, "and I also knew I was going to die young."
Fisher married at 21, had a baby at 22 and was battling breast cancer by 31. She's been in remission for 12 years, but is fighting a new battle.
You have an inheritable problem that predisposes you to cancer. You arranged your life around this. There is no benefit from this, and the odds are that you'll die young. So you got married early to have kids?
Genetic testing revealed that her daughter, Kate, has the BRCA-1 gene, which is associated with colon and breast cancers.
I don't want to say anything I don't mean, so listen carefully. I don't think this woman or her daughter would've been better off, or the daughter (or woman) hadn't been born. I think people need a lot of education about various disabilities before saying "oh, this kid might have *blank*, I should get an abortion". But in this case, she knows the problems involved in this, they're not pretty... *shrugs* I would've adopted, that's all.
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Date: 2004-10-01 09:29 pm (UTC)Nope, you wouldn't. But if they hadn't fucked when they did, you wouldn't be here either, so what's the difference? ;)
Seriously, it's an interesting conundrum, but not one I'm going to spend time on when dead tired.
I don't mind anyone asking anything about me or my health. If I can answer the questions, then I will :0)
Well, mine was generally "hey, what's up with you always having dialysis*?" so that's answered. But now I know what specifically to ask you about if it ever comes up.
*Is it just me, or does that sound uncomfortably like diaresis?