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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This feels like a particular trigger of yours, which I get, but "hey that's a symptom of cancer" is pretty different than making fun of someone's income.[/quote]

Not really; there's a certain glee and tone-deafness in all of these comments. [/quote]

There's no glee in the comments you mention (which I didn't make for the record), which is why I think this is some kind of personal trigger for you that's keeping you from judging the comments accurately. They're dry and factual; so factual in fact that OP responds with a series of tests that have been done, in part to rule out bladder cancer. Had OP not had those tests, the comments would have been useful.

My perspective is this: I have recently had similar symptoms to OP. I did not come to DCUM, but if I had "hey maybe talk to your doctor about cancer" would have been potentially helpful advice that I would have appreciated getting, even if cancer is pretty unlikely. I would be pretty annoyed if the standard for discussion became "don't mention potentially serious diagnoses because that's cruel." It would make the boards less useful not more, unlike genuinely catty comments about income which don't add anything.[/quote]

I think there's a diplomatic way to phrase things; it's a lost art.[/quote]

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