fuck cancer

Wishing you the best in your fight, Dee. Fuck cancer.

so very sorry, Dee, and wishing you the best!

Good luck Dee <3

Sorry to hear this Dee, but I'm glad you're in a place that'll get you the care you need. Hope things get better.

All the best!

Terrible.

“But what concerns us is what we’re seeing in the clinic every day: More young people, otherwise healthy with no genetic syndrome, being diagnosed with very advanced stages of gastrointestinal cancers.” https://t.co/YnyQqRGcgc

— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) February 12, 2024

I'm not 'young', I'm closer to 50 than not. However I was young to be diagnosed with colon cancer towards the end of last year. After successful treatment I've been referred to NHS Genetic Services to investigate what factors could have caused it

The rise in 20 somethings is terrifying tbh.

Glad the treatment was successful treefell

same, treefell.

I was diagnosed with Stage IIIb rectal cancer in December 2018, 34 years old, but for me, there was an obvious genetic component, as I have Lynch Syndrome, as does my mom, and it is suspected that her father had it, too, as he died young of colon cancer.

I'm still recovering from the surgery (which was more complicated than expected).
The pathology report said I have clear margins so I'm officially clear of cancer. Which was an enormous relief as you can imagine.
They are keeping a close eye on me in case of recurrence.

The initial genetic tests taken after the operation determined that I don't have Lynch syndrome. Three of my uncles had bowel or colon cancer and the one that was tested for it didn't have Lynch either.

It does seem possible that there's some kind of genetic thing going on when there's so many in the family with variants of the same cancer.

Good news, treefell! Sorry it was rougher going than anticipated. Welcome to the NED club!

Glad you're doing ok, treefell.

That article is disturbing for sure, it's on my list to talk to my gastroenterologist about the screening schedule. I hate the colonoscopy and I think I'm too high-risk for cologuard, but since I have (well-controlled) UC and have had another kind of cancer, I really don't want to let anything slide with colorectal stuff.

How are you feeling Jordan?

And how is your mom table?

My mom’s doing fine, thanks for asking!

One of the only advantages of having an ileostomy is that her body processes everything so quickly that she can house insane amounts of food. I have watched this woman, 5’2” and 110lbs, just absolutely demolish a 4 lb chimichanga.

yeah, ileostomy sounds rough :(
i'm really glad to hear she's doing okay though.

Colonoscopy was clear this morning :-)

That's great news, tabes.

happy for you Table!

Yayyyyyy! I thought of you yesterday when the UK government made noise about registering Lynch’s sufferers for an NHS study :)

awesome news tabes!

Yayyyyyy! I thought of you yesterday when the UK government made noise about registering Lynch’s sufferers for an NHS study :)

also thanks yall 🙂

really glad to hear table!!

Good news!

<3 <3

Congrats! great news

sweet! how's your recovery going treefell?

Great news!

Congrats!

Excellent news!

How are you feeling Jordan?

Doing great, thanks for asking. Feeling strong, gained back the 10+ lbs I lost during treatment plus another 5 or so that I could stand to lose (I guess the time for celebratory eating is over). Markers are good and hopefully I won't need re-treatment for another 5 or 10 years. :)

good to hear, Jordan!

well that's great to hear, celebratory eating well earned imo! fingers and all else x'd that this is behind you for a good long while

re: celebratory eating, i absolutely demolished some pho with tendon and brisket about an hour ago. love having soup as first meal post-scope

thats great news tabes

Great news Jordan

Glad to hear Jordan

Well done to everyone giving cancer a good fucking. Here’s another good news story: my mum was diagnosed with bowel cancer ten years ago this month after she did the ‘poo test’ the NHS sent her in the post. They caught it so early she only needed surgery, and has been cancer free ever since. Don’t be squeamish people, scoop your poop into that sample tube when they ask you to, get it done!

Holy cow that’s a great service. I’ve never heard of a mail in poo test in America, unsolicited. Or it would probably be some pervert soliciting poo samples and not my profit-driven insurance company.

Not unsolicited, but you can do the mail test through Ex@ct Sciences.

You get one every couple of years after a certain age, good old universal healthcare.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer-screening/

i had no idea about this. I'm quite stunned that neither of my parents has taken the opportunity to recount this experience to me!

I just did the poo test a few weeks ago. It's pretty great when you can shit in a box and then MAIL THAT BOX to someone, and it's all legit. I pretended mine was going to Mar-A-Lago.

Gd news abt yr mum Madchen. Yes, compulsory poo tests over the age of fifty here in Scotland. I always say a half-remembered limerick when I post mine off ...There was an old man from Newcastle/Who used to send shit in a parcel ...

All clear so far.

Compulsory?

That may be the wrong word. I think they do chase you up if you haven't sent one in though.

That’s vg. I did my first of these a few months ago without being chased so I don’t know whether it’s the same here (bet it’s not as good).

Glad I didn’t get an enforcement visit from the poo squad.

Or the Bottom Inspectors

https://i.imgur.com/f4MI1VF.jpg

was recently made aware cancer finds your tonsils hospitable. just in case you thought parts of your body were safe.

anyway, big yep, that prognosis hit one of my family members.