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From EurWeb 

Terrence Howard was really close to his mother!

His mom, Anita Williams, passed away in 2008, due to complications with colon cancer.

But now a year after teaming up with Colon Cancer Alliance, he wants to express the importance of getting screened for cancer.

“I loved my mother dearly, more than anything. I miss her voice and the way she used to sing to me. She is an irreplaceable woman and there is not a day that goes by that I don’t think about her. I lost my mom to colon cancer after a six-year-hard fought battle with the disease. She died too young. She was diagnosed at age 50 and gone by 56,” he revealed.

He credits his mother for making him into the man he is today.

“My mom was a woman of incredible strength. She shaped me to be the person I am today and I am forever grateful to her. While I hate that I’ve lost her, she would love to know that her death — her battle with colon cancer — is able to save other lives.”

His mother influence was great enough for him to get screened for cancer and encourage others to do the same.

“In honor of my kind and gentle mom, I have joined with The Colon Cancer Alliance to share my story and encourage you and your loved ones to get screened appropriately for this disease. It’s a cancer that is largely preventable if detected early. Recommended screening starts at age 50, however looking back, my mom probably should have been placed in a high-risk category and should have started screenings earlier. If she had, she might have been alive today.”

He continued with:

“Colon cancer is not a subject to be avoided. If you have a family history of the disease you should start getting screened earlier than 50. I actually had my first colonoscopy at age 40. While I may have been a little apprehensive, it was really no big deal.”

He encouraged African Americans in particular to get screened!

Read more about Terrence Howard’s mother at EurWeb.com 

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