The woods

Li Fraumeni syndrome is a little bitch. It never loosens its grip. It's sneaky. It's a deep, dark woods. And you're never out. Ever.

On the heels of celebrating 7 years since my breast cancer diagnosis, my colonoscopy revealed they found a polyp (for the first time), which they removed. It wasn't benign. It was pre cancer. Pre. Cancer. I just had a colonoscopy two years ago. I'm only 33. I don't eat meat! I exercise! Oh wait, IT DOESN'T MATTER. Because Li Fraumeni syndrome.

The polyp is removed. If it hadn't been, it would have eventually developed into cancer. I'm grateful for my screenings and for my doctors taking me seriously. 

But this is my life. This is my every day. I'm mad and I'm shocked and it will take me some time to process that I had a precancerous polyp in my colon. Li Fraumeni syndrome is no joke. You're never out of the woods. This mutation doesn't skip a beat. In two years a precancerous polyp developed. In TWO years. I try not to compare myself to the general public who doesn't get colonoscopy screenings until they are age 50, and then gets them every ten years. I forget that's not my life. Every single screening matters, it turns out. Even ones you think are pointless. If you miss a screening you could miss a cancer. 

Never out of the woods. You blink and you could literally miss early cancer cells. This is #LivingLFS.