[Sundae]

When I was in my early twenties, one of my closest friend's brother dropped dead playing football. No previous health problems. Heart attack, dead before he hit the ground. He was 21.

Now when I say no previous health problems, I mean that he'd just been to his GP for the usual coughs and colds. Who knows what might have been detected had someone actually listened to his heart.

I'm all for preventative medicine and health checks. I've been asked back for potential abnormal cells after a smear test. Turns out the original test was "contaminated" (evil nurse was rough with the speculum and made me bleed). But cervical cancer is a killer - big in the news in the UK at the moment because a reality tv star has it and is in chemo.

I know you were trying to soothe Monster, LJ. But some things do bear checking.