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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please get your colonoscopies! 45 with no family history, younger if you you have a history.[/quote]

James got his. Feels like you are blaming him.[/quote]

I don’t believe he got them as he should have:

- he was unaware that the screening age had dropped from 50 to 45

- he had changes in his bowel habits and attributed it to caffeine intake rather than speaking to a physician[/quote]

What?

Who cares if he knew the screening age if he still got one at what turned out to be the recommended screening age?

[b]People have changes in bowel habits for myriad reasons. [/b]I hope you don’t suggest that one go running to the doctor or for a colonoscopy as the first step every time? In addition to being impractical on a personal level, it’s impractical on a system level.[/quote]

Yes, and one of those can be colon cancer. It's specifically a warning sign that warrants a visit to a doctor.

I'm not posting that to blame Van der Beek for his diagnosis, but because it's apparently something that a lot of people are unaware of.[/quote]

By my math, he was 46 at diagnosis. It's not clear how much his prognosis would have changed if he had gone a year earlier at 45, given that colon cancer is typically slow growing. [/quote]

No one knows how long he had symptoms. No one knows had he done the colonoscopy sooner whether it would have made a difference. What is highly likely, however, is that had he spoken to a doctor when his symptoms began, a colonoscopy would have been ordered (due to his age, abdominal issues, issues with stool habits) and because of his symptoms (unexplained weight loss, unexplained fatigue, pain) it is also highly likely that his symptoms would have been treated very seriously. As mentioned elsewhere, unexplained weight loss is a concern. If he had any rectal bleeding, this is all even more true.

So while we don't know if it would have helped had he done it at 45 OR had he done it when symptoms started, we do know that it could have been caught sooner and at least that gives better chances generally. For example, with pancreatic, surgery is an option if the cancer hasn't spread; if it has, it is not. Months can absolutely matter.[/quote]

Where are you reading he had rectal bleeding and weight loss? All I read was that he felt something was off and he thought it was due to caffeine so he did go see a doctor. Here: ""I was healthy. I was doing the cold plunge," he said. "I was in amazing cardiovascular shape, and I had stage 3 cancer, and I had no idea."
The one symptom that he did experience was a change in bowel movements, which the actor chalked up to an effect of his coffee consumption."

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+1,000,000 Eff off, PP.[/quote]

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