The fact that they don't feel it necessary to see you for three years I would certainly take as positive news.
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Yeah, you're probably right. It just seems to me that a lot could happen in three years.
If the specialists are happy for 3 years I'd take that as a positive outcome.... Good news....
Good news, mate.
We're a bit like cars, a grease an oil every 10,000 klms and were good to go.
Your 3 years is your standard 10,000 klms.
I was going to ask for some 'after-market' products last time l was in, but the wife said, it would be a waste of coin, ha!
Blood test show little change if any.
Some minor things improved, cholesterol is up ( stopped taking needle while on peptides ). Now on half medication. Doc said peptides haven’t disrupted any organ functions. He was quite happy with printout in relation to previous months.
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10 years ago, at my Oz brother's urging, my then doctor referred me for a colonoscopy, but I didn't follow through with the procedure. Now, just turned 72, I am re-thinking signing up for this procedure although I feel fine down there. I have heard two first hand accounts where the scope procedure ripped the colon and those folks suddenly had new problems. Now in my brother's case, 4.polyps were found and removed that were benign. Now exactly what is the "prep" you are all talking about? Does that relate to cleaning your system out so the scope can penetrate unobstructed? It appears that seems more of an issue than the colonoscopy procedure itself. I would add that in the past year my brother (76) was diagnosed with prostate cancer for which he is currently being treated. Following my partner's deceased husband's dairy research into how to obtain (breed) a good milking cow with cow/bull gene combinations (same rule apply to us humans), the first born son has the genetic code and resemblance of the mother's side of the family and the 2nd (me) like the father's (so that's why I got stuck with the R's!) and then it alternates back & forth. So in proof of this dairy theory, I have 5 daughters (so 1st should be like the father, then next like the mother with alternation back & forth. So my daughters, 1, 3 and 5 totally resemble me (straight thick hair, non balding) and 2 & 4 resemble my ex-wife with curly hair and my grandson from daughter #2 also has very curly hair. Now on my mother's family side my grandfather was bald (like my Oz brother) and my grandmother had cancer of the bowel.(Oz brother has prostate cancer).
wifes getting it done wednesday
prep includes drinking 3 litres of orange flavoured liquid and a very restricted diet
not allowed to drive afterwards
Just get it done, Kilburn. I probably wouldn't still be here if I hadn't. Is there no bowel cancer screening programme in Canada?
My Summary - It would seem, after having having it done, hearing of others who had it done and so on, when you have your first procedure, they tend to find 3-5 polyps & cut them out…… each time there after, they don’t find any, it’s just an inspection.
After each procedure, there was absolutely no discomfort, no feeling of being ‘prod at’ … nothing. Would never have known anything had happened!
The biggest bug bear was taking thr ‘juice’ & the ‘clean out’….. Once you get to the hospital procedure stage, it’s all smooth sailing.
Hope this helps.
After each procedure, there was absolutely no discomfort, no feeling of being ‘prod at’ … nothing. Would never have known anything had happened!
The biggest bug bear was taking thr ‘juice’ & the ‘clean out’….. Once you get to the hospital procedure stage, it’s all smooth sailing.
Hope this helps.
A good summary, Didley. As you say, after the first time, there's not that much discomfort, you just get used to it. It's more important than just an inspection, though.
Your genetic theories are wrong. Every child, human or animal, inherits half their genes from either parent. Which specific genes is pretty random and different for every child except identical twins born from a single egg fertilised by a single sperm which then splits. Any supposed patterns are chance. Because of the randomness each child can resemble one parent more than the other, but birth order is irrelevant.
Cancer, baldness, schizophrenia etc on either side of the family can increase your chances of getting cancer or being bald or schizophrenic, but not guarantee it. Even cancer on both sides of the family only increases risk, doesn’t make it inevitable, depending on which random mix of genes were in the egg and sperm from which you were created.
I will agree to disagree.with you. With my own brood of 5 daughters this breeding theory to obtain a good milker, applied to humans, totally holds up and also in the case of my parents and brother.
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Any supposed patterns are chance. An n of 1 does not even create a generalisable theory, let alone a testable one.
This is not a matter of opinion, you are wrong, what you perceive to be your family’s traits are just a coincidence. Read up about genetics. Livestock breeding for particular features happens over generations -30 to 50 generations to permanently fix something complex, controlled by many different genes, like milk yield or carcass weight. You can speed this up by inbreeding……
Kilburn.... Stan is absolutely right . You inherit your genes equally and randomly from your parents.
There is no alternation Like you suggest. Think about it... how would the fetus know " what number" it was.. Add into that the failure rate of the eggs that do get fertilised but then fail , it just adds increased randomness..
It doesn't happen in cows ( whatever your brother says) and it doesn't happen in humans.
Please do not trust your health to any of these ideas as a safeguards
There is no alternation Like you suggest. Think about it... how would the fetus know " what number" it was.. Add into that the failure rate of the eggs that do get fertilised but then fail , it just adds increased randomness..
It doesn't happen in cows ( whatever your brother says) and it doesn't happen in humans.
Please do not trust your health to any of these ideas as a safeguards
Thanks for all your combined advice regarding colonoscopies, I guess I'm on board now and will complete the procedure which a young South African medical clinic doctor here recommended and has referred me for. As for cancer screening programs here in NB, there is the long term Atlantic Path cancer screening program where a participant (I am one) after the fairly initial intensive screening . (family medical history review, bloodwork, nail clippings, hair follicles, BP, weight, BMO etc) you receive every couple of years a test kit where you get to smear poop on a stick and return it for analysis, PSA test I believe.
The PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) test is a blood test used to measure protein levels produced by the prostate to help detect cancer early, typically for men over 50 or those at higher risk (age 40-54 with family history). While elevated levels can indicate cancer, they may also stem from non-cancerous conditions like an enlarged or inflamed prostate.
Key Details About PSA Testing:
- Purpose: Primarily used for early detection and monitoring the progression of prostate cancer, often in conjunction with a Digital Rectal Exam (DRE).
- Preparation: It is advised to avoid ejaculation for 24 hours prior to the test as this can cause temporary, inaccurate elevations in PSA levels.
- Results: Generally, levels above
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are considered high, but this varies with age. - Risks & Limitations: The test can lead to overdiagnosis, identifying slow-growing cancers that may never have caused symptoms, potentially resulting in unnecessary, invasive treatments.
Recommendations:
It is recommended to have a discussion with a healthcare provider to weigh the benefits and risks of screening based on personal health history and risk factors.
Thanks, it was my partner's former husband who died in 2014 who developed this theory and from a very impoverished background put himself through University of Guelph agriculture school, by developing a special breed of good milking cow for the farmers of the tiny village of Cambridge Narrows, NB where he was raised on a farm. He also previously attended Dalhousie University agricultural college in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia about an hour from Halifax. After graduating Guelph large American corporations came after him (Monsanto etc) to come and work for them, but he chose to return to New Brunswick to work for the dairy farmers there through the Department of Agriculture. At his funeral over 1000 dairy farmers and their families attended and they asked that the ceremony in a large hotel ballroom (Delta) be scheduled for a Sunday rather than a Saturday as that was a work day for them and they could in help on the Sunday. He also spearheaded the Mad Cow response by the Canadian government by chairing meeting and bringing provincial groups together. He fell backwards at work at age 60, banged his head and died 3 days later.
I had the joy of my triennial "****-on-a-stick" today 
never had it done
is there an age you should be getting it done
is there an age you should be getting it done
I had the joy of my triennial "****-on-a-stick" today
Don't knock it, that's how I got diagnosed.