Subj : Ailments...  1A.
To   : ARDITH HINTON
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Mar 03 2018 00:58:00

AH>Hi, Daryl!  Awhile ago you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

Hi, Ardith...

AH>Uh-huh.  So it's not a disease affecting only overweight middle-aged
AH>guys who love their meat & potatoes, contrary to popular belief... [wry grin

  Sad, but true. Years ago, people would talk about their bowels and
bladder, and not say a word about sex. Now, it's the other way around.

AH>Reminds me of a neighbour of ours who died from a particularly fast-
AH>growing variety of prostate cancer which then spread elsewhere.  He was afra
AH>he might have cancer, so he put off consulting his doctor about it until the
AH>wasn't much anybody could do to help.  His wife blamed the ER for not notici
AH>he had bone cancer when he broke a couple of ribs as a result of falling off
AH>high shelf at work.  I felt saddened that neither of them got the picture ev
AH>though they lived in close proximity to the home of the SURVIVOR echo....  :

  That's the thing. I know going to the doctor isn't ones idea of a good
time. But, the earlier that they can catch something, the better chance
of survival one has, and the better chance they can remove it. When my
late father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, it was already stage
IV -- they couldn't do a thing for him, and he was dead 6 weeks later.

AH>Because of your IBS, however, you are monitored at regular intervals
AH>for such things.  It seems to me that every cloud has a silver lining....  ;

  The last time I had the colonoscopy, the gastrointerologist said I
could wait 3 years. Well, it has been over 3 years on both the upper and
lower GI, so I'm due.

  My hope is they can do both the upper and lower GI the same day, so I
only have one anesthesiology bill. I'll spend the night at my Mom's
place afterwards, then come home the next day.

Daryl

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