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[churchmouse]

RIP indygunguy.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/break-room/468886-friends-indygunguy.html

I saw this thread was back say the top and was coming in here to say just this......RIP

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Every time I read 'Cancer' I have to think about my mom & dad.

Colonoscopy saved me from some bad things, probably saved my life, colon cancer is 100% curable when they find it as polyps...
Dad had issues, so at 40 I went for a colonoscopy that most probably saved my life.
One day out of my life, done as an out patient.
Done again at 51, more polyps removed, half day out of my life that time, up & walking out by 1:00 PM.

By the time you have symptoms, you are normally dead already and just don't know it.

Dad's prostrate cancer nearly killed him, which prompted me to get a colonoscopy,
But in the end it was non-small cell lung cancer that got him.

My mom complained about 'Indigestion' over an extended period of time that turned out to be pancreatic cancer.
By the time she actually got around to seeing a specialist, nothing anyone could do...
She was 'Too Busy' to get to an internal medicine doctor after about 6-8 months of 'Indigestion'.

Keep in mind, if you are off a certain age, we are time bombs.
We got hosed down with chemicals, ate chemicals that are considered war crimes to produce now and have been off the market for decades.
We weren't the 'Health Food' generation, we were the sugar & cigarettes generation.
It's even worse if you were working in a shop or farm, from asbestos to PCBs, solvents, cleaners, pesticides & herbicides including Dioxin (agent orange fame), lead, cadmium, arsenic were in a bunch of that stuff.

During the war on polio/mosquitos, they hosed kids down in city park, drive in theaters with DDT and cocktails of other chemicals that are now banned because they caused cancer, and they are presistent, once in, never out...

I've been getting colonoscopies since I turned 40 (now 59). First few always found benign polyps. Last time was clear. Finally I am a perfect *******! As far as chemicals go, DDT probably saved more lives than penicillin by nearly wiping out malaria in some areas. Never heard of the cancer risk with it. It was more about making the egg shells of bald eagles "thin" that got it banned. My tool shed would probably qualify as a superfund cleanup site. Dad used to store DDT, Dioxin, Malathion, and all manner of chemicals out there. Dad used to work for the county health department and was instrumental in starting the mosquito spraying program we currently have in Marion County.