Blue jeans, blue shirt today.
Two years ago yesterday I celebrated the start Colon Cancer Awareness Month by having a BM and passing gas. The requirements to be discharged after a right hemicolectomy. I had gone in for my happy 50th birthday colonoscopy in January not expecting any issues but found out otherwise. I had no symptoms other than some slight anemia and fatigue which I chalked up to turning 50 and rolling a car on a wet mountain road (not the same day) a few months earlier. Thankfully I was Stage 0 but if I had put it off any longer my prognosis could have been much different. My check last year was clear and I am due back in 2019 for my next scope. Get it done, if not for yourself, for the ones you love. Ignorance is not bliss.
Congrats Bob.....glad you got a clean bill of polyp!!I got a clean pathology report for my polyp in the mail today. This will sound weird, but I always hope they find one when I go in. I fear that I would get complacent and not be as diligent If I came back clean as a whistle.
Glad you had a clean report. The fine folks here on B&B will be here every year, same time, to remind you if you get complacent.I got a clean pathology report for my polyp in the mail today. This will sound weird, but I always hope they find one when I go in. I fear that I would get complacent and not be as diligent If I came back clean as a whistle.
I got a clean pathology report for my polyp in the mail today. This will sound weird, but I always hope they find one when I go in. I fear that I would get complacent and not be as diligent If I came back clean as a whistle.
I'm only 45 with no family history of colon cancer, so I'm a little young to get checked. But I'll support this with changing my avatar to a blue one, maybe I'll edit it when i get a chance to include some words.
I got deep sixed last week and they checked my prostate while they were at it! Pretty sure they checked my tonsils too!
No cancer history in my family.
My father checked his at 75. Not a single problem. Mother at 75. No issues either.
I am in my 50's and the doctor gave me a choice of giving a specimen or the whole enchilada so I chose to do it right.
No issues. Again in 10.
I'm only 45 with no family history of colon cancer, so I'm a little young to get checked.
I decided to start getting checked last year, at 40.I'm only 45 with no family history of colon cancer, so I'm a little young to get checked.
While the rate of colon cancer is decreasing in those older than 50 due to early detection, there is an alarming rise in the rates of right sided colon cancer in those younger than 50.
So if someone is 50 they definitely need to have a screening colonoscopy but if someone is less than 50 and has symptoms(bleeding mainly), then they probably should have one too.
My sister will have her second round of chemo next week. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer that has spread to her colon. Without going into great detail the BRCA gene runs strong in our family and it manifests itself as more than breast cancer in both males and females.
If you are a male with a family history of BRCA you need to talk to your doctor and schedule a prostate exam and a colonoscopy. After the diagnosis of my sister I am back on the three year plan and I am set for October.
We have hope for my sister and all prayers are appreciated.