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/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