I was in a fugue state drawing this. If it is in any way upsetting, I will delete it.
Ass ass inate. Believe it! I need sleep.
Ass ass I, Nate.
It’s an Isaac Asimov porn parody where the robots are replaced by an extremely white guy for some reason
to be honest more common reason could be polyps though so dont go crazy the first time you see blood on your stool.
fuck cancer. all my homies hate cancer. good on you for making this PSA.
I read this all in Kwite’s voice
I’ve had bouts of blood in my stool since I was a teenager. No doctor has ever been able to explain it so it’s just something I live with.
Hemorrhoids: Am I a joke to you?
No, that’s lightly colored blood. Mostly on toilet paper. We’re looking for dark red blood here.
Yes and no. It just depends where along your GI tract the cancer is.
If the cancer is further up in your colon, the bleeding can turn your poo a dark color. BUT if you have cancer near to the “exit hole” (in your rectum or anus), it absolutely can involve bright red bleeding.
Also fun fact. Eating a metric fuckload of blueberries will also make your poo very dark lol. Found that out one day and I mildly scared the crap out of myself before remembering what I ate. Beets can also give you some fun colors.
Light colored but surprisingly high volume 😬
Or black.
SHHhh, they still should consult a doctor. Don’t give people an excuse to not seek medical help.
in most places you will first need to consult an intermediary person (like a GP or family doctor) who will tell you to wait and observe for a while anyways. it is not like you go to the hospital and they immediately test you. you need to bleed out of your anus for quite a while before they take you seriously…
Um … nope. I sent me to a gastroenterologist. We just talked, no physical exam. He immediately scheduled the butt probe. After that he sent me to the hemorrhoid guy who only saw me once, procedure on the first visit.
I’ll add that every medical professional that I spoke to about bleeding out of my ass was understanding and concerned. At no point was I not taken seriously.
Sounds like 100% your location issue. In UK shit is taken seriously. Try different GP and report them if you can.
I’m talking from experience too. If they’re not taking bleeding seriously, it’s fucked beyond belief.
well even if you are taken seriously there is a very high chance you will be hit by waiting times still
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/08/cancer-patients-england-deadly-delays
Have not, was seen same day and examined within an hour… 2024 Feb is fairly old, wait times have been being cut.
Just pointing it out as you’re just spreading misleading information. Yeah, it was bad and situations like that suck, but what are you achieving? Are you seriously trying to do what exactly?
One year is old wow? If you are 20 years old maybe but otherwise it means you have spent like 10+ years navigating the problems of this system and getting frustrated at every turn. One year of improvement does not undo all those years of hardships. I have had friends going back to their own countries for treatments because of these waiting times and sometimes because their problem was not taken seriously, my wife being one of them, a close friend of mine another. Calling a fair criticism of a system that has been horrible for the last two decades of someone’s attempt to “achieve something” and “spreading misinformation” sounds directly from the fascist’s handbook.
I understand you’re angry. But you’re yourself and those around you no favors. Undoing “two decades” of damage to the system takes times, but talk like yours undos labour’s efforts and is exactly how reform will take charge.
Get over yourself and look at progress. Accusing someone of “learning how to navigate” and assuming my age is laughable. If anything, it shows your immaturity and lack of rationale. Whataboutism gets us nowhere. Nothing about your comments falls under fair criticism. It’s just ranting. Ranting manifests doubt. Doubt loses labour seat of power and puts reform in. Doesn’t take a crystal ball to see that.
You aren’t getting this. There’s a huge support community out there. People will get help if they reach out. And they should do so.
I freaked out when I saw blood in the toilet after a shit. Went to see my doc. He looked at my butthole and said “it’s hemorrhoids, I can see them”.
Anal fissures too
I’m upset, delete it
Every single time I’ve seen blood in my shit, it’s because a hemorrhoid popped.
sofarmeme.jif
I’m eating. Thanks.
Bon appetite my non-bloody stool dude.
Colorectal people of cancer all affects ages.
And in all sorts of ways …
looks at the blood brownie thing im eating yeah I don’t think im hungry anymore /lh
Oh God no! I’m sorry.
Ooo can I have it then?
I shall ship it to you posthaste. It’s a cranberry flavoured one :3
Well, judging by the name, this is the appropriate community.
Important PSA. Colon cancer isn’t as deadly as other types and a lot of that is because of all the work that goes into early screening and detection. At the same time, it’s on the rise in younger people.
I’m sure it’s all those lovely chemicals they put into food mixing and combining weird in your body, if you can create a new drug your body just by snorting cocaine and drinking alcohol I’m sure there’s much worse stuff we don’t even know about going on from all these weirdchemicals
Can’t blame the situation on “them”. When was the last time you personally cooked some spinach? Do you have wild rice in your kitchen? How about fresh or dried fruit? Nuts?
If you cook for yourself and make good decisions about what you eat, you will immediately lose weight, your skin will clear, your guts will start working correctly … oh … and you no longer worry about what “they” are doing to your food.
That takes money, time, and mental energy. None of which are in high supply for most people working shift jobs or 8-5. The best personal solution is to make and freeze your meals on your off day so you can just heat them up whenever. The best systemic solution is to guillotine a capitalist for producing toxic food that masquerades as healthy and delicious, then ask the others if they have any questions about the new food regulations.
This is far less of a problem in other countries. We don’t have to let corporations treat us as an exploitable resource.
The only bit of sense you made was mentioning meal prep. The time, money, and mental energy spent on your own health are rewards, not costs. Being responsible for your health can be difficult for Americans to fathom, but its cheap and easy.
It’s really not cheap. We have the studies about how it’s more expensive and about how food deserts exist. And time? Lmao. You get home from an 8-5 job at 6-7 depending on your commute. Which means you have 2-3 hours for relaxation, food, exercise, social activity, bills, and house chores before you have to go to sleep so you can get 8 hours.
And expecting someone to work all day and still have abundant mental energy is just pure toxic positivity. That’s not the experience of most people. We also have historical studies showing we didn’t “work” as much in pre-industrial times and that with the rise of shift work comes the rise of prepared food as a calorie source.
The answer here is plainly to regulate the prepared food, not blame people for their lack of a pocket universe operating on a different timescale.
How much do you think rice and beans actually cost? Good luck eating more than $10 worth in a month. Pork loin ($12) is super-cheap, slice and freeze, got food for a couple weeks. Bag of mini oranges is $4 and that’s desert for a week. Add a (freakin huge) bag of Popeye fresh spinach for $4. So far I’ve spent $30 and have enough food to feed myself and even guests. Dunno who these “most people” are. These studies you mention … and all this navel gazing … that’s not real.
It can be hard to break out of the American processed food trap. Requires practice. Gotta do it in order to understand. Go buy some groceries and cook something.
Pork loin is 7 dollars a pound. Ground beef is cheaper. Chicken or tofu are by far the cheapest proteins.
And I’m sorry but you cannot survive on spinach, oranges, pork, rice, and beans. Not to mention that rice is a 20 minute cook and dried beans take literal hours.
You can’t just say something is cheap when the knock is time, money, and mental energy. You sound like those yuppis born into money, just telling people to buy a house to get on the financial freedom train.
I meal prep, but i eat home cooked food every day. Anyway, since I gave up all the processed junk food, my acne is gone, I feel healthier, I AM healthier. I don’t work though, so I doubt I could work AND home cook meals.
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Yep, was 34 when I got my diagnostic. A year later I had my last chemo last week.
Survive, buddy. Survive.
I had a very dear friend pass this year from Pancreatic cancer.
The dogshit thing about Pancreatic cancer (aside from it being cancer) is you generally don’t feel unwell until you’re quite advanced with it / stage 4 (terminal). That is what happened in my friends case. They gave so much in their short life and had so much more to give.
I’m sorry, I don’t think my comment was overtly substantial; I wanted to echo your point about how insidious cancer can be.
I’m so sorry for the loss of your friend. I have a close relative that was just diagnosed with pancreatic cancer AND my friend’s dad was diagnosed too. They both slowly were losing weight and were forced into the doctor.
Anyone reading if you’re losing weight and not doing anything different go to the doctor!
Oh that sucks, sorry for your loss.
I get a test mailed to me every year and I get it done. Fuck cancer of any kind, including colorectal cancer.
Is that a blood test? Those aren’t always effective. I kept testing negative even when I had a massive tumor in my bowels. The only thing that really works is going in there and taking a look, i.e. a colonoscopy.
It’s a poop test. Its pretty good at finding cancer, but if there’s any blood at all its invalid. A good option for people in their 30’s and 40’s. Older folks probly just need the probe.
Ah, that sounds better. My tumor was found when I was 30 and initially caused me lots of IBD problems, and then proceeded to blood in my stool. Butt probe then confirmed it even though my doctor was expecting something else because I was so young. A test like that might not have helped much in my case but I wasn’t the most average case anyway.
They’re correct, it’s a poop test.
No one may have asked for it, but everyone needs to know about it.
If this upsets anyone, that’s a small price to pay. Good job, op.
