Married At First Sight star Mel Schilling dies aged 54

Still doesn’t answer the question of why, and these are rich celebs with the time and money to get checked out. Most people are too poor, tired and don’t want to fight with their insurance companies. Doesn’t bode well.

My doctor smartly told me to do it instead of the mail-in option, which, if they find anything will result in a colonoscopy anyway. And might not be insured because of the previous mail-in test. So glad I did. Three polyps removed, one quite big. If insurance would cover it, I’d go back sooner than three years. It’s awesome. You get to reset your bowels, you get one hell of a nap, and you get the peace of mind around what’s going on in your colon.

For Americans, insurance won’t pay for it before 45.

I went last week, I’m 37 Not waiting around for that shit to just spring up and ruin me. Also be aware doctors will fight you on this every time, tell them to eff off, you want the test, demand it

Equally I wonder if it is not always possible to know or catch it, or some types are particularly aggressive? Loved one did screening every two years, no symptoms until a blood clot (colon cancer can increase risk of clots, or maybe all cancers do that? Am not sure). Admitted through a and e, did whatever they had to do for dvt, identified the root cause as colon cancer, already spread to lungs, discharged home with palliative care, dead 11 days after first going to a and e for "sports injury" at 54. Maybe two years is too long a gap for screening? I know it won't detect all types though, so maybe only the full colonoscopy investigation would pick up.

My American health insurance will never approve that 🙃 it’s cheaper for me to die

My wife is 45 and was recently diagnosed with a carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor in her small intestine (not colorectal, but still GI). Thankfully they seem to have caught it pretty early and are performing surgery next week to remove it. Will have to see afterwards if chemo or radiation will be necessary.

Any idea what’s causing this. I got my first colonoscopy at 46 years old and the doctor told me, “see you in 10 years”. I’m not a health nut, don’t eat a lot of fiber, probably drink too much alcohol etc.

People need to eat more fiber

That will happen if things don’t improve with the things we are trying. Probably in summer if it don’t get sorted out. The good news is, I’m not having the *really* scary symptoms like unexplained weight loss and such. But it’s hard not to let my mind wander off into the anxiety zone when I read stories like this :(