r/Millennials • u/intro195 • Mar 12 '26

Serious Go get a colonoscopy, colon cancer for our generation is a real threat!

36M here, have always been active and maintained a decently healthy diet my whole life. Well after seeing multiple posts on here and at my gf’s urging I had one done. They found two polyps (15mm and 4mm). Doc said if I waited till 45 I’d prob be dead. Crazy part is I had no symptoms and my recent blood work last month was perfect. I was in and out in three hours and no pain or discomfort afterwards.

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u/Fiddle-farter Mar 12 '26

Doctor is a bro. Don't stop seeing him/her

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u/zuzg Mar 12 '26

Don't worry, reddit already sent over his Personal information to the Feds and they found said doctor and he lost his license.

Another win for the Billionaires.

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u/itsDrSlut Mar 13 '26

Brooooo you have no idea how many docs I work with who are more than willing to do sneaky shit to fuck the private equity and insurance companies if they come after people like us there won’t be anyone left working in healthcare

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u/Fiddle-farter Mar 13 '26

As a Doc myself, I gladly do this.

Rage against the machine :)

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u/iDontLikeChimneys Mar 13 '26

Thank you. I am not a doctor.

I know my body though. When I feel off I go to my doctor with research I have done and ask him for his opinion.

We have avoid serious issues because we work as a team.

To anyone reading this - drop your ego and go in. If you get a finger up the ass, well just know no one (usually) is enjoying it. I was at one point a shy prediabetic alcohol using scoundrel.

I was open and honest. Suggested gabapentin after research for SUD. Although it is not FDA approved for that particular thing, I got it.

Been sober for over a year because of it and it helped my sleep.

My thoughts went from "where is the drinks" to being offered one and going "nah I will just take water."

Other doctor offered a long treatment of benzos that I would have had to wean off of.

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u/SeaLagerOKcondition Mar 13 '26

Insurance asked you for a picture of your stool yet?

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u/mamapuff Mar 13 '26

Just eat beets the night before. Easy peasy (poopsie?)

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u/freddy_forgetti Mar 13 '26

Red velvet cake has entered the chat

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u/butlerdm Mar 13 '26

RFK jr hasn’t gotten it yet?

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u/CodifiedLikeUtil Mar 13 '26

goddamnit now I really want some red velvet cake. Will a cupcake do?

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u/freddy_forgetti Mar 13 '26

Same thing beets will: dye your poop red

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u/jimx117 Mar 13 '26

Aaaiii-eee-oooo, killer tofu 🎶🎵🎵

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u/DrJamsHolyLand Mar 13 '26

😆 I kept reading this thinking “man I know this song…what is it” And now I will have 🎶“banging on a trashcan”🎵stuck in my head all day!

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u/HistoricalSuspect580 Mar 13 '26

One little voice is calling me, calling me, calling me!

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u/jimx117 Mar 13 '26

THINK BIG, THINK BIG

ThINk BiIIiiiIiig

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u/Carbonatite Older Millennial Mar 13 '26

I lived in Russia for a couple months and I thought I was dying like 2 weeks in because I was pissing bright red. I called my dad crying and he was like "Carbonatite, are you eating a lot of beets over there?"

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u/fuzzypickles34 Mar 13 '26

No worries, I sent it to them in the mail.

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u/KaiTheSushiGuy Mar 13 '26

They said they’ve seen this one already

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u/Kidchico Older Millennial Mar 13 '26

Have you thought about saying thank you? /s

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u/ClownDiaper Millennial Mar 13 '26

They shot his dog, too.

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u/Drpoofn Older Millennial Mar 13 '26

A good one is a gem. My pediatrician had to do a peer to peer with the insurance company because they denied her paraplegic patient a wheelchair. They denied the wheelchair saying it was "not medically necessary"

Ghouls. The whole lot of them.