Seriously, do get a colonoscopy, when appropriate. The risks are minimal and the reward is not having to go through years of chemo, radiation, and surgery and then dying of colorectal cancer.
That was the argument my wife was giving me six years ago. The stool tests she took showed nothing. She died two weeks ago after a grueling battle with rectal cancer. You’re not going to convince me.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I think it’s the top killer for adults. I’ve got the gene but they won’t let me test before 45 (I’m 43). I’m gonna try the poo tests until insurance lets me do a colonoscopy. Take this stuff seriously folks, advocate for yourselves.
Early 60s. She was prone to distrusting authority. She believed the youtube doctors who said colonoscopies aren’t worth the risk, so she delayed getting one for years. Eventually she had to because nobody could explain her symptoms. At that point she was 57. If she hadn’t waited she may have been in time to treat it successfully. After the diagnosis she told her sister (5 years younger) who then went to get a colonoscopy. They found polyps that would have become cancer, but because it was early it was trivial to remove them.
Man, that should be so hard to write. Thank you for sharing this cautionary tale with me and everyone here.
My aunt died in almost the same circumstances. She had Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but was treating her symptoms with baking powder following advice from doctors somewhere in social media. Her death was preventable, and it tore apart my cousins.
Until otherwise proven, I’m not convinced that’s not just insurance company propaganda, with the goal of not covering colonoscopies for younger people.
Seriously, do get a colonoscopy, when appropriate. The risks are minimal and the reward is not having to go through years of chemo, radiation, and surgery and then dying of colorectal cancer.
Recent research has shown pre-emptive colonoscopies don’t reduce mortality rates.
Poo tests are much better without the risks.
That was the argument my wife was giving me six years ago. The stool tests she took showed nothing. She died two weeks ago after a grueling battle with rectal cancer. You’re not going to convince me.
Sorry for your loss, cancer fucking sucks…
I’m so sorry for your loss. I think it’s the top killer for adults. I’ve got the gene but they won’t let me test before 45 (I’m 43). I’m gonna try the poo tests until insurance lets me do a colonoscopy. Take this stuff seriously folks, advocate for yourselves.
Sorry for your loss. How old was she?
Early 60s. She was prone to distrusting authority. She believed the youtube doctors who said colonoscopies aren’t worth the risk, so she delayed getting one for years. Eventually she had to because nobody could explain her symptoms. At that point she was 57. If she hadn’t waited she may have been in time to treat it successfully. After the diagnosis she told her sister (5 years younger) who then went to get a colonoscopy. They found polyps that would have become cancer, but because it was early it was trivial to remove them.
Man, that should be so hard to write. Thank you for sharing this cautionary tale with me and everyone here.
My aunt died in almost the same circumstances. She had Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but was treating her symptoms with baking powder following advice from doctors somewhere in social media. Her death was preventable, and it tore apart my cousins.
Just to add to this comment, this is specifically in population level studies rather than on a per-individual basis.
Until otherwise proven, I’m not convinced that’s not just insurance company propaganda, with the goal of not covering colonoscopies for younger people.