Recently diagnosed with dcis I contacted my daughter to check when she last went for a mammogram as it was she was booked in for the following week. Then I rang my sister to ask when her last one was ...
I can understand the fear of what I might be told so I do empathise with people who don't get checked. It is so much easier to put your head firmly in the sand. But I try to tell people (as I tell myself), not knowing is not going to make it different - just more advanced and possibly untreatable when it's eventually found. But to add another metaphor, you can only lead the horse to water...
I love the sound of that game of snakes and ladders @primek Do you still have a copy of it?