Thank you so much for all your replies, and I am glad I find myself in broad agreement with the sentiments expressed. I know some folk think 'fussing and worrying' unnecessarily is counterproductive, and that we are becoming a nation of 'the worried well' who fuss endlessly and imagine all sorts of fatal illnesses.
But, in the end, I'd rather be the worried well, than the supremly untroubled terminally ill (but don't know it yet).
To me, it's not just insane, it's utterly unacceptable, not to use the technology we have to ensure that we do not die prematurely of things that can be avoided by vigilant checking. After all, we don't let cars on the road without an annual MOT - yet we don't insist on human beings having an MOT.
In sheer economic terms the cost of cancer treatment, especially when advanced, is horrendous, let alone the human cost, so it makes far more sense for the NHS to invest in prevention, rather than chasing around when it's too late for far too many (though obviously it's fantastic that there ARE treatments for advanced cancer, and one day they WILL be able to cure such late stage disease.)
Julie
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