Living with Lynch syndrome, the most prevalent hereditary cancer syndrome and the primary cause of hereditary colorectal cancer, has been a journey filled with unique challenges and exhausting uncertainty.
I gladly drink the colonoscopy prep so many people detest — I view it as an enormous privilege, an advantage that so many who had died from colon cancer before us did not have. Each step of this process served as a poignant reminder of the privilege bestowed upon me—an advantage denied to countless individuals who succumbed to colon cancer without the opportunity for preventive care.
