• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Mine went from zero to stage 2 in 6 months, no family history, no genetic pre-disposition. Surgery 1 week from today.

    March is colon cancer awareness month, get checked and wear blue.

    Pro-tip, the stuff they make you drink before hand is NASTY. It tastes like salt water and not even GOOD salt water, salt water made with that fake potassium salt.

    But if you add Gatorade powder (lime or arctic cherry, green or white drinks only, no orange or red) it’s drinkable. One glass every 12 minutes for 2 hours, wait 6 hours and do it again:

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    Colonoscopy itself is no big deal, you’re out for the whole thing!

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      4 months ago

      When I did mine I made the mistake of trusting a fart… Don’t trust your farts while taking this

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        Was struggling with anemia, low energy, out of breath, blood panels showed low hemoglobin, poor red blood cell counts, small and irregular red blood cells.

        Something was chewing up all the red blood cells. Had a colonoscopy / endoscopy (“Oh, so a spit roast!” - “Don’t call it that!”) and they found 17 polyps. 2 were abnormally large (>5mm) one was 20mm, one 30mm.

        No cancer though, wanted to re-do in January.

        Went back, 6 more polyps, one 20mm + stage 2 cancer.