If you chose to Pre empt. any health problem which of the following would you choose to do ?

Question

1. Have all your hair permanantly removed to avoid any chance of lice, or related dermitilogical dosease
2. Have your breasts removed to eliminate any chance of breast cancer.
3. Have your teeth removed to avoid any chance of gingivitis, need for root canals, decay, etc.
4. Have your appendix removed to avoid an chance of a ruptured appendix.
5. have your toenails removed to avoid any chance of getting those nasty fungus'
6.Get a preventive hysterectomy to remove any chance of overian cancer.
7.Get a vasectomy after puberty to avoid causing any accidental pregnancy( Freeze some sperm for future use).
8.Circumsize all male babies to eliminate the need for educating good penile hygiene.

Answer 1

Of your list I would

NOT do 1 - a temporary shave is good enough, and there are a ton of good treatments in any case

NOT do 2 - being male, my risk of breast cancer is MUCH MUCH smaller than that of a female

NOT do 3 - I'd prefer to brush my teeth and take my chances

I WOULD do 4 if I was going to antarctica or outer space or some place for a long time where appendicitis means death

NOT do 5

NOT do 6 (am male) and a hysterectomy prevents ENDOMETRIAL CANCER - an oophorectomy prevents ovarian cancer

I have done 7

NOT do 8

Answer 2

i would choose between 4 and 8, probably 4