False positives and false negatives are no fun. I presented with rather obvious signs of colon cancer, but due to my age and lack of family history, my GP misdi

False positives and false negatives are no fun. I presented with rather obvious signs of colon cancer, but due to my age and lack of family history, my GP misdiagnosed it as irritated hemorrhoids. A year later, I went back to him and he decided he better refer me to a specialist who diagnosed me with a 6cm tumor. Luckily that thoracic surgeon was pretty damn good at his job, and I'm here 10 years later to write this post. Sometimes medicine is an easy diagnosis, sometimes outliers bite you in the ass...