R.I.P. Looneytech

white-rhino said:
He handled his situation with grace. Never complained, whined or went into a lot of detail. He knew it was coming and never played the “woe is me” card.
We can all learn from that.
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Never knew much about his unfortunate circumstance, glad he took his time and shared what he wanted on here with us.
Always thought he was a level headed member on here.

Ones I interract with on this forum don't appear to be attention whores, for those I have not the time.

We are all climbing our life mountain individually, everyone has stuff going on.

And yes: look at me phase ingrained in people today will be a fad at some point down the road.
 
I spoke to LoonyTech's wife, she asked that I share this:
If you could put something on your board like any male out there that has questions about their colonoscopies and the their doctors say oh that’s nothing to worry about Please get a second opinion because John ask his doctor what a little lump was no thicker than a penny what that was and the told him it was nothing to worry about and it was cancer. Thank you for getting back in touch with me I don’t know what state you’re in but there is going to be a celebration of life for John later this summer it will last all weekend. Anyone one the board is invited. I’ll keep your number and let you know when it is so you can announce it on the board.
Thank you.
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When they get that set up for this summer I will be sure to share.
 
My Mom passed from colon cancer and I promised her I would get mine done, and I did. Woke up twice though. I asked the nurse about my blood pressure on the monitor and scared the hell out of her.

She hid the fact her whole life that both her Mom and her sister had Colon Cancer and beat it, and she refused to tell me until the end, and she never got a colonoscopy.

Everybody just do it, it’s not as bad as it seems.
 
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white-rhino said:
My brother is a two time colon cancer survivir. I think he lost about 18” of his colon. They gave him 4 years after the second surgery, it’s been 13. :cool2: Interestingly his cancer would not be found by a mail in poop test. Only by a colonoscopy. Thankfully I’ve been clean every time.
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Were you told why the mail-in 'test de merde' misses em? I don't doubt you at all - just wanna know because I lost an aunt to colon cancer.

Mrs. and I are talking a lot more about diagnostics after this happened with Looney. I guess it's another gift he gave us.
 
KenV said:
Were you told why the mail-in 'test de merde' misses em? I don't doubt you at all - just wanna know because I lost an aunt to colon cancer.
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From the Mayo Clinic:

"A false-negative result means that the test says you don't have colorectal cancer or polyps when you may have either. A false-negative can happen if you have cancer or polyps that don't bleed. Or if there is blood or DNA changes that the test doesn't find."
 
KenV said:
Were you told why the mail-in 'test de merde' misses em? I don't doubt you at all - just wanna know because I lost an aunt to colon cancer.

Mrs. and I are talking a lot more about diagnostics after this happened with Looney. I guess it's another gift he gave us.
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Honest answer - I don’t know. All I know is my brother told me that it wouldn’t be found without a scope. Maybe too small, maybe wouldn’t transfer to poop, I don’t know. But when a guy who had surgery, chemo and radiation says don’t trust the box and get a scope, I wouldn’t argue with him.
 
Guys, as one with Ulcerative Colitis, get a scope, my first was at 50, no meds, and distinctly unpleasant. With meds, no big deal.

Given the crowd of manly men I am talking to, show up with a dark sense of humor and the team will love you.

Get the scope.
 
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