#485221623 / gettyimages.com One of the toughest parts of being Little Orphan Rosie is that there are so many questions left unanswered. What's worse is that the only reference points I have, come from long ago, as a child. I once had to bath my ailing granny and noticed she only had one breast. Clearly, she'd had a mastectomy, so she'd had breast cancer. I was too young, too timid, too shy to ask my mom at the time and now that she's been out of my life nearly as long as she was in it, that ship has sailed. I knew the medical history of my mother's side of the family, having lived with them. Most died of old age, of heart, of stroke, due to bad social habits. My granddad had everything but the kitchen sink: heart issues, diabetes that gave him "spells" and my mom died of a bowel blockage, though she also had undiagnosed emphysema. Until recently, I had no clue about the health history of my dad's clan. He died when I was small an...
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