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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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2cool4school · 46-50, F
Thank goodness you’re still with us !! Very kind of you to post and try and make other people aware.
Edit: just had a mammogram this last summer and luckily nothing looked suspicious.
Ontheroad · M
@2cool4school Good to hear you are getting screened... I think women generally do better at looking after their health than men do. Society long thought women were the weaker sex, which proved to be false and the truth is, women are the smarter sex as well as the stronger sex.
2cool4school · 46-50, F
@Ontheroad Well I think generally women do but I can definitely be an exception to the rule. I’ve gone 5 years between dentist and other types of doctor visits. I’m 45 though and I have to start acting like it. Not fun but must be done. I’m not sure if my parents would agree with you on myself being part of the “smarter sex” and I’ve definitely had times where I tried to prove to myself that I was an example of the “stronger” with mixed results and plenty of broken body parts to show for my efforts. But that’s just me and I often enjoy being different from the pack.

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I love your user name btw the way it reminds me of Jack Kerouac. Dharma Bums and On The Road are some of the favorite books I had to read in high school.
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