Prairie Fare: Be aware of cancer risk factors

While we cannot control our genetics, we all have the capacity to make some lifestyle changes that can reduce risk of cancer. (Pixabay photo)

While we cannot control our genetics, we all have the capacity to make some lifestyle changes that can reduce risk of cancer. (Pixabay photo)

Prairie Fare: Be aware of cancer risk factors

Prairie Fare: Be aware of cancer risk factors

Prairie Fare: Be aware of cancer risk factors

Prairie Fare: Be aware of cancer risk factors

“Twenty-seven,” the doctor said to the nearby nurse. “She tolerated the procedure fairly well,” he added.

I was lying on the examination table with my eyes tightly closed. My life was flashing before me.

From the time I got my “positive” cancer screening result, I was living in fear. I had recently lost a friend to colon cancer, so I knew what I might be facing.

“Do I have 27 polyps?” I asked weakly.…