Positive
Only logged in members can reply and interact with the post.
Join SimilarWorlds for FREE »

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.
This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »
carpediem · 61-69, M
Thanks for this note and I’m happy to hear you’re in the road to recovery. Thank God you caught it at stage 3. My wife went through stage 3 colorectal cancer and it was awful. She was 53 and too young when it happened. She survived but other complications popped up. So please allow me to give you some additional advice.

Make sure your B12 levels are adequate. Start taking fish oil supplements. If you’re having gastrointestinal distress, keep delving in and uncover the issue. New things can pop up. That leads to you not absorbing the appropriate nutrients.

Good luck. 👍