Not sure if 46 is younger adult but it felt pretty damn young for prostate cancer.
As I write this, I’m in a hospital bed recovering from having my sigmoid colon and all the associated lymph nodes, removed.
June of last year they found 17 polyps in a routine colonoscopy/endoscopy. 2 were abnormally large. The rule of thumb is “More than 5 or >5mm you get re-checked.” Well, 17 total, one was 20mm, one was 30m.
But not cancer as of June.
Report back 1/14 - 6 more polyps and stage 2 cancer. Possibly stage 3, we’ll know more in 5-7 days when lab results are back.
If it got into the lymph system, that’s stage 3 and will need chemo.
March is colon cancer awareness month! Wear blue!
- colorectal
- cervical
- pancreatic
- prostate
- kidney
- myeloma
I often wonder if Ultra-processed modern foods, and all these questionable ingredients are responsible for most of the increases in these cancers?
Anything that damages the gut microbiome. Ultra-processed foods are one of many things. Antibiotics may be the biggest factor.
Or microplastics?
Or PFAS, Glyphosate …
Isn’t there an effective vaccine for cervical?
My spouse just went through cervical cancer.
The vaccine that prevents it is the HPV vaccine.
However, it needs to be administered before the age of 14 for it to be effective for the rest of your life.
Apparently, 75% of the population has an HPV.
Sooooo… yeah.
It can be administered at anytime. It’s usually given at 14 because most people aren’t sexually active before then.
If you are older, it can still help. If you are a man without contact with HPV, you could become immune.
I could be wrong, but I got it at 30 even after having partners.
It wasn’t required for millennial men to get the vaccine. It’s only recently they started pushing for everyone to get it.
Hmm, perhaps a diet of energy drinks and sodas isn’t all that good for you 🤔
