I'm so sorry to hear about your sister. That sucks in ways I cannot even begin to imagine. All the women in my family have ended up having hysterectomies long before they hit menopause, and I mean all, most in their 30's like your mom, which may not be a bad thing.
I can totally relate about the numbers thing, as I always feel like if I know enough numbers, facts, etc that something will be less scary and so I look them up and freak myself out more. I know the exact chromasomes that make up the genetic defect that runs in my family, and I know that out of nine types in that family of disorders I have the one that isn't fatal, but at the same time, not so much with the helpful. So my advice is not to look up any actuarial tables, even though that's the first thing I'd do.
I hope that your sister feels better soon, and that you get through this without calculating your life expectancy, and that you never have to go through that yourself. You're in my prayers.
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Date: 2005-05-13 03:26 am (UTC)I can totally relate about the numbers thing, as I always feel like if I know enough numbers, facts, etc that something will be less scary and so I look them up and freak myself out more. I know the exact chromasomes that make up the genetic defect that runs in my family, and I know that out of nine types in that family of disorders I have the one that isn't fatal, but at the same time, not so much with the helpful. So my advice is not to look up any actuarial tables, even though that's the first thing I'd do.
I hope that your sister feels better soon, and that you get through this without calculating your life expectancy, and that you never have to go through that yourself. You're in my prayers.