I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer

Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by ajuc on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @03:00AM (#30597596)

I have to have colonoscopy every year since I was 18 because of risk factors. I agree it's much less awful than people think (and I especially agree that laxatives and liquid diet prior to it suck much more than the procedure itself). I never take sedation cause it doesn't really hurt and doctors say it's better to have feedback from the patient.

I also have to do MRI every year and it's much more frustrating for me because they always complain I'm breathing wrong, and I have asthma so it's not easy to "breath right". It takes ages.

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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by speedgoose on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @03:31AM (#30597819)

I think it depends. It doesn't hurt for you but it does for me. I had to take some pain killers during mine. The doctor told me that having a bigger belly would help, though I should not become fat for the next time.

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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by hardlianotion on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @05:37AM (#30598470)

Yes - mine was no-fuss, but my sister had major reflux-like complaints and great discomfort after hers.

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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by Teknoman117 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @03:51AM (#30597937)

The first (and only) time I ever had a CAT scan was pretty awful because they didn't tell me exactly what to do.

I walked into an urgent care because I had severe back pain. They put me through a bunch of chest x-rays where they told me to inhale and hold my breath, then they bring me over to the CAT scanner and tell me to hold my breath when the light goes green. So I inhale and hold my breath. Then the tech comes out and tells me "did you inhale? don't do that, it ruins the results".

They decided not to re-run them because the odds I had something wrong even with those symptoms were apparently less than the odds of the additional CAT scan giving me cancer down the line. Certainly didn't help my peace of mind.

But the muscle relaxants and a proper desk chair seems to clear it up within a week so I guess they were right...

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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by faeyanpiraat on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:16AM (#30598692)

I actually enjoy my annual MRI scans. It's a meditative experience.

"Fortunately" they only have to scan my head, so no issues arise from (wrong) breathing.

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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by adamredwoods on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @03:30AM (#30597813)

In my experience, the entire process takes up about 3 days: 2 for the colon cleansing, 1 for the process and recovery from sedation and possible biopsies.

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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by tluyben2 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @04:44AM (#30598199)

Mine takes in total 1 evening and 1 morning; the cleansing is 1 evening and they biopsy on the way through which makes it take up a little bit more time but not much. And I never take the sedation as I want to really get out of there asap and I don't feel much anyway.

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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by copperx on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @04:10AM (#30598032)

What is the purpose of the yearly MRI, if I may ask?

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Re:I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer by ajuc on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @04:31AM (#30598145)

I have colitis ulcerosa and liver problems associated with that - called PSC in English I believe? When I was younger I did MRI every 2 years but now they told me to do it every year.

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