What would you do to reduce the chance of dying of cancer How far would you go if you had a 70 to 90 percent chance of contracting bowel（肠） cancer -- and your uncle, mother, father, and two of your brothers had died from it
Lynne Fisher decided she would do almost anything. So, even though she showed no signs of cancer at all, Fisher, 51, a former mental health worker, agreed to undergo what might sound like a radical surgery: doctors removed nearly her whole colon(结肠) and rerouted her small intestine(肠) to perform the functions of her large intestine.
The side effects were horrific, she said. For a year, Fisher struggled to control her bowel movements. She fought depression, and she hated her large scars and the 28 staples that had been left in her body. Her Multiple Sclerosis returned. The woman she shared a hospital room with -- who'd had a similar surgery -- did not survive.
"When you're in it, it's like a dark tunnel," she told ABC News in a long phone conversation about her medical history.
But then, one day, she realized the surgery had helped saved her life. And since then, she's never looked back.
"What's a year out of your life compared to dying" the 51-year-old said from her home in central England. "I get to watch my dogs grow up, my children grow up, my grandchild, I get to see my cherry blossoms in the tree, I get to see the sun shining in the morning, I get to go on holiday -- I get to see life."
Genes that cause breast cancer have been discussed widely for years. But less well known is Lynch syndrome, the gene mutation that Fisher and her much of her family inherited.
Roughly one in 370 people has Lynch syndrome, according to Lynch Syndrome International, an organization dedicated to helping people with Lynch syndrome and those who treat them. It's unclear how many Americans choose to have the surgery that Fisher had: prophylactic subtotal colectomy, which doctors describe as a major surgery that, while elective, can often save lives.
A. Because she has already had a cancer.
B. Because she thought the colon was useless.
C. Because she was afraid of dying of bowel cancer someday.
D. Because her doctor persuaded her to do that.
37. According to the passage, what is NOT true about the surgery undergone by Lynne Fisher
A. It is only a very simple and easy surgery.
B. It can bring about some terrible side effects.
C. It’s possible for one to die of the surgery.
D. It takes one maybe a year to recover from the surgery.
38. What can we learn from the underlined sentence
A. Lynne Fisher really regretted what she had done.
B. Lynne Fisher thought it was not worth a year to have the surgery.
C. Compared to death, the suffering during the year was worthwhile.
D. Lynne Fisher spent a painful year in recovering from the surgery.
39. What can we learn from the last paragraph
A. About 0.27% people have Lynch syndrome now in America.
B. We can tell exactly how many people have had the surgery.
C. Lynch Syndrome International helps people with Lynch syndrome only.
D. People with Lynch syndrome will be forced to have the surgery.
40. The main purpose of the passage is to _________.
A. persuade people with Lynch syndrome to have a surgery
B. introduce Lynne Fisher and the disease she developed
C. tell us something about the Lynch syndrome and its effect on our health
D. introduce Lynch syndrome to us and tell us that a surgery can save lives
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