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> “Hey! CRC is going up! You should get screened!” Try asking a doctor for asymptomatic screening (for anything), they usually say "There's a schedule for such
by deepsun 5mo ago
> “Hey! CRC is going up! You should get screened!”
Try asking a doctor for asymptomatic screening (for anything), they usually say "There's a schedule for such screenings at age X, you're too young for that. There's also proven negative effects of excessive screenings."
Which kinda makes sense, as they supposed to have protocols/schedules for all kinds of healthcare. We're talking here about changing that protocols/schedules. But doctors (and insurances) are generally reluctant.
So my actionable question is "How do I convince my doctor to get the screening?"
- samlinnfer 5mo agoJust say you saw blood in your stool. You can also google some of the symptoms and say you have some of the more ambiguous ones.
- JoblessWonder 5mo agoYeah, blood in the stool should get it ordered.
- cubefox 5mo ago> So my actionable question is "How do I convince my doctor to get the screening?" I guess we have to pay for it ourselves. It's not exactly cheap, but perhaps worth it.
- glonq 5mo agoThis. In my 40s I asked my doc what I should get screened for and when. He said to wait until 50. Now I wait here on death row with stage 4 colorectal cancer.
- bonsai_spool 5mo ago> In my 40s I asked my doc what I should get screened for and when. He said to wait until 50. What did you want your doctor to say, instead?
- pazimzadeh 5mo agowhat do you think? what do you think he's going to say when he has stage 4 cancer?
- bonsai_spool 5mo agoI just don't understand why the doctor would say anything different than what the national screening guidelines suggest?
- pazimzadeh 5mo agoI think he's arguing that guidelines are dumb/outdated
- bonsai_spool 5mo agoI think the guidelines are fine - we can't stop everyone's disease and that's not what the purpose of these screening tests are.
- pazimzadeh 5mo agothat's because you don't have stage 4 cancer
- bonsai_spool 5mo ago> that's because you don't have stage 4 cancer Several friends broke their arms falling off of swings as children. This maybe means that children should no longer be allowed to have access to swings?
- pazimzadeh 5mo agoin the case of stage 4 cancer, what is the swing?