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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by rococode on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @02:40AM (#30597436)
From what I can tell as a non-medical professional, some of the most concerning warning signs are:

- Sudden weight loss (>10-15 pounds without a change in exercise or diet)

- Any kind of recurring pain, especially headaches

- Your poop is messed up

- Blood anywhere - coughing up blood, nosebleeds when you don't usually have them, blood in your poop or urine

- Mood or behavior changes (helpful if you have someone close to you who may notice this)

- Feeling fatigued even when well-rested

- Swelling or lumps anywhere

- Trouble sleeping

Which is a lot of stuff, but fortunately can be summed up as "If you feel consistently worse than you usually do, go see a doctor".

The key is to make your judgement of "I am indeed feeling consistently worse" within a couple of weeks, not a few months or even years while hoping it'll get better on its own. It's harder than it sounds - life is always busy and it's easy to tell yourself that your discomfort is mild and you can hold out a little longer. I waited too long to act on some bad heartburn and my few months of delay were rewarded with permanent damage to my lower esophagus...

Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by nomilk on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @02:53AM (#30597535)
I'd just add signs of skin changes too:

- New moles.

- Moles that increases in size.

- An outline of a mole that becomes notched.

- A spot that changes colour from brown to black or is varied.

- A spot that becomes raised or develops a lump within it.

- The surface of a mole becoming rough, scaly or ulcerated.

- Moles that itch or tingle.

- Moles that bleed or weep.

- Spots that look different from the others.

Info directly from here: https://www.cancer.org.au/cancer-information/causes-and-prev...

Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by chasd00 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:39AM (#30601940)
when i was in my 20's a drank a lot of dr pepper. I switched to diet dr. pepper just by chance and it stuck as a habit. I lost so much weight so fast i went to the doctor fearing the worst. He did the math in front of me around how much less sugar i was consuming by that switch and it all added up. i was blown away.