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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OogieBoogie · F

You came [b]back [/b] from stage three cancer?!

Holy shit .

Dayum...not many can make that claim .

So Jesus ....how does it feel to be indestructible?😅

Seriously though ....that's pretty damn amazing .

Ontheroad · M

@OogieBoogie Damn, you really are bored... resorting to reading year-old posts on profiles is a sign of desperation 🤣

Seriously though, I was a bit amazed myself. In reality, I never got the chance to be worried about it.

I was diagnosed with cancer only because I was in the emergency room due to a kidney stone that I, after nearly 40 hours of excruciating pain, went in for.

They ran an MRI on me and found the stone, but when the ER Doc spoke to me, he said "We found the stone and we found something else...cancer, and it looks fairly advanced."

I found out just like that, no preamble, no symptoms, no nothing to prepare me.

An hour or so later, with me high and feeling no pain (morphine), an oncology surgeon came in and told me his plan,

A week later I was starting radiation and chemo.

OogieBoogie · F

@Ontheroad You're right though about people getting checks .
A guy at work ....who was always grumpy, finally collapsed at home one night .
Went it to hospital .
They did a scan .
And he was RIDDLED with cancer .

So bad ....he died 4 days later .

We think now he was prolly grumpy coz he was maybe in pain or discomfort all the time - and he just attributed it to old age .
He ignored it.
Prolly coz his doctor ingnored it .
(Although he was a stubborn old shit )

He never got to retire . He was never happy .

Imagine how long he had cancer for, for it to be all through his entire body .

And thanks for the laugh .😂
It's this flipping feed .🙄

Personally I dont generally like responding to old posts.
But this is kinda exceptional .

Sounds you got lucky with your doctor's .

Ontheroad · M

@OogieBoogie I 100% was lucky with all my doctors, chemo, and radiation techs, and the amazing nurses... just the whole crew who got me through the ordeal.

I never once believed I wasn't going to make it, and I put that down to those who took care of me. Well, there was a moment when, after the first surgery, I ended up with a drug-resistant infection, and I thought I wasn't going to make it, but that wasn't the cancer.

I had several surgeries, long rehabs, and some miserable times, but the support I got from those at the hospital kept me positive all the way through.