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I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by GirlsCanCode »

rdiddly wrote: post #50
soft_serve wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh we know why! It's just not acceptable to talk about it: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3311490/ Asking people to take responsibility for this one simple thing is taboo. (I have a Colonoscopy just last week as part of a routine exam at my age. The procedure really isn't that bad. A couple hours on the toilet during the prep, and that's about the worst of it).

I wouldn't overlook or absolve the thousands of chemicals that have been recklessly deployed into the biosphere and rather haphazardly regulated. But if the corporate class gets its way (and it usually does), that is also not acceptable to talk about.

I doubt it because health, in general, is getting better. And life expectancy for the non-obese and overweight continues to rise.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by cylinder »

superobserver wrote: post #52

Stop eating anything grown in the US or under the domain of corporate farming, anything grown with chemical (Monsanto/Bayer) pesticides, and look for as much communally, organic grown food as you can. Why has IBS exploded in recent decades? Miracle grow for cancer is literally being added to the food supply.

No surprise this has been downvoted. Apparently if you can't get a 50-year study to prove otherwise, we should assume any chemical added to our food is A-OK. Common sense be damned, we have money to make! That's America for you.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by fb03 »

brianwawok wrote: post #59
andreasgonewild wrote: post #56

I'm sorry to hear that; if you let them in there with their gadgets; they will find a reason to cut, medicate and radiate; that's unfortunately just the way things are. These are not the only options, not even the best options, for patients. Get a second opinion, and a third; preferably from outside of Big Pharma. You might have to make some tough lifestyle choices; like seriously cutting down on meat, alcohol, sugar…

Hey i hear the Steve Jobs fruit diet is fantastic. So is taking medical advice from hacker news.

Maybe he could eat only fruit while reading Hacker News Medical Doctors from a reading nook or abode. Mind over matter, bro.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by lohankin »

lohankin wrote: post #60

Had same thing at age 44. Stage 2.5, was given 60% chance. Had chemo and radiation. There's something I can share with you if you write to tatumizer at gmail dot com. I really hope I can help. I'm 60 now, still working as a programmer.

Forgot to mention most important tidbit I learned. Normally, you need to have your first colonoscopy at the age of 50. Mo matter if you have symptoms or not. But for certain ethnic groups, the probability is much higher. Your doctor may, or may not, tell you this (political correctness? Illiteracy? Not sure. In my case, family doctor was in denial even when he saw it), you need to do your own research. Find out where you belong, you may need it at age 30.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by dom96 »

maxerickson wrote: post #3

Any amount of unexplained rectal bleeding is reason enough to schedule an appointment with a doctor. The doctor is likely to recommend a colonoscopy. Removal of polyps (a likely source of bleeding) reduces the chances of cancer developing and can only be done during a colonoscopy.

I was incredibly surprised how the author dismissed this symptom. Maybe I am just paranoid but if something like that happened to me I would go to the doctor's immediately.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by qntty »

cylinder wrote: post #62
superobserver wrote: post #52

Stop eating anything grown in the US or under the domain of corporate farming, anything grown with chemical (Monsanto/Bayer) pesticides, and look for as much communally, organic grown food as you can. Why has IBS exploded in recent decades? Miracle grow for cancer is literally being added to the food supply.

No surprise this has been downvoted. Apparently if you can't get a 50-year study to prove otherwise, we should assume any chemical added to our food is A-OK. Common sense be damned, we have money to make! That's America for you.

Reading this article make me seriously contemplate my own mortality. The last thing you want to do after doing this is get angry at someone. I downvoted because this isn't the time for a discussion like this.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by andreasgonewild »

brianwawok wrote: post #59
andreasgonewild wrote: post #56

I'm sorry to hear that; if you let them in there with their gadgets; they will find a reason to cut, medicate and radiate; that's unfortunately just the way things are. These are not the only options, not even the best options, for patients. Get a second opinion, and a third; preferably from outside of Big Pharma. You might have to make some tough lifestyle choices; like seriously cutting down on meat, alcohol, sugar…

Hey i hear the Steve Jobs fruit diet is fantastic. So is taking medical advice from hacker news.

Yeah, right, the shame game. Just trust me when I say that there's another perspective, just as valid; where you are the crazy one. And I've been you.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by andreasgonewild »

fb03 wrote: post #63
brianwawok wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey i hear the Steve Jobs fruit diet is fantastic. So is taking medical advice from hacker news.

Maybe he could eat only fruit while reading Hacker News Medical Doctors from a reading nook or abode. Mind over matter, bro.

Can't be that easy, right?

Has to involve nasty chemicals, radiation and flesh-cutting if it's going to work. Because, erm, that's what the profiteering psychos running this world are saying.

Is that the best you're capable of? Have you actually seen people in cancer "treatment"? What about your brain, what are you using it for instead?

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