Comment on Get cancer screening guys

kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Trilobite@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah just go in ask for blood work they are doctor’s that’s what they do

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  • garbagebagel@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m not intending to be that person but are you a male? Cause many women I know have asked for blood work when things don’t feel right and are turned away (and there are statistics on that statement).

    I’m glad your cancer got caught and is curing up though! I just can’t can’t imagine, after the experiences I’ve had with doctors, being like “oh no can you just run this test” and them just doing it.

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    • Trilobite@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I went to an emergency room acting like a fool doc thought it was cancer and sent me on a months long multi state trip now I’m in a clinical study

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  • kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh cancer shows up in bloodwork? I thought you needed a scan for that.

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    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      A routine checkup would look at a lot of broad categories, and there’s an incredible amount of information in your blood tests. A blood test alone wouldn’t be an automatic diagnosis, but abnormalities could trigger more tests to figure out why something is off

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    • Trilobite@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I ended up getting a bunch of tests when I was acting all weird it’s been months of weird tests and biopsy to find out but they do have screenings that can detect stuff

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