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Men, are you getting recommended cancer screenings?

I didn't. After a long, extremely healthy life, I went to the ER because of severe pain in the abdomen and back... thought it might have been kidney stones and it was, but they also found a suspicious tumor in my colon. Turns out it was a Stage III malignant tumor.

For the next (nearly) 3 years I went through radiation, chemo, three different surgeries, two horrible infections post surgery, more chemo, months and months of rehabilitation and am just now getting back to somewhere near well, cancer free and feeling normal again.

The worst part of it is that all of this was my fault - 100% my fault. Had I followed the recommended cancer screening guides, none of this would have happened.

I made this post for one reason, and one reason only. To tell you to [b][u]get recommended cancer screenings, especially for prostate and colorectal cancer. [/u][/b]

This crap hasn't been fun, but I could have, and you can, prevent it from happening to you.

I should add: Women, don't forgo your screenigns either. There are zero reasons to do so.
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Lilymoon · F
Congrats on making it thru that long cancer journey. sounds like you're a fighter and that's probably what got you through it. You are an inspiration to others. ✌️
Ontheroad · M
@Lilymoon Thank you for the kind words, but all I did was let them irradiate me, feed me chemo that tried to kill every living cell in my body, allow them to slice and dice on me and let the cruel therapists torture me back to health. 😁

Honestly, it was my ex who literally held my hand through the whole mess - she, the docs, technicians, nurses and therapists are what got me through it all. Somehow their positiveness kept me from being scared and had me up and fighting it day in and day out. I consider myself to be one very lucky man.
Lilymoon · F
@Ontheroad And you're a survivor.... and that takes a good deal of strength. Congrats again... proof positive nice guys still win. ;)
Ontheroad · M
@Lilymoon Thank you Lily... your words are too kind, but nice to hear 😉.