holy shit, it really makes you think
the guy must be pretty young, maybe i should get checked too or something
the guy must be pretty young, maybe i should get checked too or something
TotalBiscuit has Bowel Cancer (Video: Slightly NFSW)
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krazykidd said:
It doesn't work that way...cancer's not going to just going to insta-kill you one day like a headshot in DayZ. Depending on what you have, it could mean different parts of your body slowly ceasing to function. If you have lung cancer, it's not just going to be "one day I'm fine, the next I'm dead." It'll be more like "I'm having trouble breathing, my chest hurts all the time, I get serious headaches, I'm feeling incredibly weak, etc." It'll be like that for months before the end. You'll know something's wrong, long before it kills you.krazykidd said:
Or, you could get regular checkups, and benefit from effective treatment thanks to early detection. If you don't want to know how when you're going to die, just ask the doctor not to give you any predictions.
Probably not, like guppy said, he thought that way when he was 25. So maybe i'll grow out of it ( or something). At least that makes me normal.[small]right?[/small]Linksmash said:
I don't think about much about death anyways, i guess the older you get the more you think about it. Or so iv'e heard.
yeah i posted that before watching the videoClowndoe said:
i think ill go see my doctor for a problem ive been having for some time, definitively not as bad as this but, who knows, better be careful
I'll be honest, i didn't know that. I always though that people died pretty quick from cancer, unless they take chemotherapy, which gives them a few more years. I have zero experience witth cancer. All i know is what i got from the pretty inaccurate hospital television shows :/.dyre said:
So chalk this one down under ignorance.
Nope.krazykidd said:
In the vast, vast, vast majority of cases, whatever disease you eventually end up with...assuming you get one through negligence or willful ignorance...is likely going to be your platonic life partner for a good long time before you finally succumb to it. You don't just romantically shuffle off stage left. You usually spent some time having your quality of life banged in first.
Well, chemo does come with its own problems, but think about what cancer really is; in vague terms, it's a malignant growth that slowly takes over and destroys the cells in your body. That sort of thing won't happen overnight, and you'll start feeling the affected parts of your body slowly shutting down long before it kills you.krazykidd said:
Anyway, I'm not trying to give you a hard time; it's just that I feel that given that you're lucky enough to live in a country that provides this stuff for free, you should definitely see a doctor from time to time. It's not just a matter of "knowing when you'll die"... a lot of life-threatening diseases/conditions can be cured outright if detected early enough!
Well...damn, I guess. Not sure how else to react to this. At least it'll probably work out in the end. Best of wishes to both him and his family for the foreseeable future, though.
All of which fits with what he's discussing in the video.
Not to overreact and go full hypochondriac on this, but uh...
I think I'll go see a doctor sometime this week.
Gonna be honest, this video probably scared me straight in that aspect. I've actually had blood in my stool for quite a while now (As in, significant amounts of time. Probably over half a year), and I haven't actually mentioned it to anyone yet due to the headlogic of 'well I don't feel that bad, and I haven't dropped dead yet. Probably nothing. What kind of problem could this be, anyway? I'm 18. Probably just my shitty eating habits.'Smilomaniac said:
All of which fits with what he's discussing in the video.
Not to overreact and go full hypochondriac on this, but uh...
I think I'll go see a doctor sometime this week.
Yep. My grandparents have done it. It might have actually killed my grandmother. She is still alive, but she has been battling bowel cancer for a couple years now and it shows no immediate signs of completely leaving. The reason it got so bad? She just let it grow without doing anything until she looked like she was in the 3rd trimester of a pregnancy. Not even joking. And even then, when we expressed concern for her safety (something we had to do multiple times), she took a while to get it actually looked at.
I just don't get why they took so long, myself. I mean, something was quite obviously wrong. What causes a person to have such a distrust of doctors that they take that long to get something so obvious checked out? :\
I just don't get why they took so long, myself. I mean, something was quite obviously wrong. What causes a person to have such a distrust of doctors that they take that long to get something so obvious checked out? :\
It's not really distrust but more of embarrassment. In most situations, someone wouldn't want others to see them intimately when they don't know the person. That type of feeling transfers over to having a medical professional have a look at you as well. You don't really know the person, so they might make some comment about your body you wouldn't like. And that leads to being embarrassed so one would not ask questions or ask for help when something major happens, especially in regards to inside the body through the rectum or vagina & uterus/penis & scrotum or testicles.BreakfastMan said:
I'd say the major issue is because of how "puritan" society views the body. Only those you really, really, really trust & love should see you with little to no clothes on, no one else.
Irony sure can be a ***** sometimes.Hazy said:Wow, and after this infamous tweet [https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/128836571297349632] where he tells someone else to get cancer and die.
That's something I guess. Wish him the best and all, even if I don't particularly like him.
Anyway, I wish him the best as well.
I did a research paper on colon (or bowel) cancer for a Biochemistry course.
People know smoking causes lung cancer but the reason is because smoking creates polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that get stuck to the DNA of cells in your lungs and causes errors when the DNA tries to replicate. These errors eventually lead to cancerous cells. Colon cancer is actually caused by the same mechanism. When you cook meat, the same polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are made and they get stuck the DNA of your colon. So yes, cooked meat can give you cancer. Also its the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world. Like Total Biscuit says, genetics also play major role in how susceptible a person is.
So remember to eat more vegetables and get your pooper checked
Edit: I'm also not saying you have cancer, I'm just saying you have reason to be cautious. I believe it's only 4% of adults who get diagnosed but it's no reason to take chances. It's important to get diagnosed when you're young than to wait
People know smoking causes lung cancer but the reason is because smoking creates polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that get stuck to the DNA of cells in your lungs and causes errors when the DNA tries to replicate. These errors eventually lead to cancerous cells. Colon cancer is actually caused by the same mechanism. When you cook meat, the same polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are made and they get stuck the DNA of your colon. So yes, cooked meat can give you cancer. Also its the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world. Like Total Biscuit says, genetics also play major role in how susceptible a person is.
So remember to eat more vegetables and get your pooper checked
Do it. Colon cancer is common in industrialized nations. You're not being a hypochondriacjurnag12 said:
Edit: I'm also not saying you have cancer, I'm just saying you have reason to be cautious. I believe it's only 4% of adults who get diagnosed but it's no reason to take chances. It's important to get diagnosed when you're young than to wait