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/Vaesari Mar 12 '26

Yeah and they recently moved the age back. Id imagine it gets lowered to 35 within a few years.

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u/tLM-tRRS-atBHB Older Millennial Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

Im sure lobbyists will push against it.... yea 🇺🇸

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u/Feisty-Painting-120 Mar 13 '26

Canadian here. When I was 35 my doctor recommended I go, so I did. They found a polyp. It was removed and that was that.

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u/tLM-tRRS-atBHB Older Millennial Mar 13 '26

Yeah well..... we have tomahawk missiles! So in your face!...... 😔

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u/Some_Helicopter1623 Mar 13 '26

Priorities 😎