Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 They told my sons 30, but why wait? The sooner the better. With your history you may also want to ask about a PSA (I think that's right) for prostrate. You are young for both cancer in a general way but having these tests now will keep you on top of it. I plan to get my 18 year old Dan tested this summer. This way we have a baseline for his " normal " and he shouldn't need another test until he is out of college. Narice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Hi Don , with a family history of cancer especially colon cancer , its never to early to get checked. My husband was only 33yrs old last Sept when he was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer , his ONLY symptom was lower left side abdominal pain , started off as just a cramp would last a few min then go away , started happening more often and lasting longer, this went on for 5 months with the doctors treating it as everything but colon cancer . You see his mom only had POLYPS non cancerous ( yea now we know better ) They say you should get checked 10yrs before your parent was diagnosed ( or polyp non cancerous found ) Our own children have to be checked before they are 23yrs old The sooner you can get checked the better is my opinion , if they had checked Joe when he first started having symptoms , it wouldnt have been stage 4 , he had non polyp colon cancer fast growing and docs said he had it for only about 6months total when they did find it . He is doing well now but its been one hell of a long year Get checked now Deb Don Kitchen donkitchen@...> wrote: Hi all. I'm a 28 year old male with a family history of cancer. My mom was recently diagnosed with colon cancer at age 49. Her father had prostate cancer, her mother breast, her brother melanoma and her brother's daughter the same (melanoma). I'm wondering when I should get checked out for my first colonscopy? I am in good health and don't show any negative symptoms, other than just my family history. Is the history generally enough of a reason for my doctor to check me out? I may be over reacting but I'd rather be safe than sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Get checked out soon as possible. I had no symptoms either. Felt fine - but what a surprise I got last Sept. Thankfully all is going well and hope it continues so.. Even if you are clean it is good to get it done and then I think it is every couple years, might even be 5 years. If they balk at the scope you just tell them your mom colon cancer it and there is a history of cancer in the family. Always better to be safe than sorry. Take care Jolene First colonoscopy? Hi all. I'm a 28 year old male with a family history of cancer. My mom was recently diagnosed with colon cancer at age 49. Her father had prostate cancer, her mother breast, her brother melanoma and her brother's daughter the same (melanoma). I'm wondering when I should get checked out for my first colonscopy? I am in good health and don't show any negative symptoms, other than just my family history. Is the history generally enough of a reason for my doctor to check me out? I may be over reacting but I'd rather be safe than sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Get checked out soon as possible. I had no symptoms either. Felt fine - but what a surprise I got last Sept. Thankfully all is going well and hope it continues so.. Even if you are clean it is good to get it done and then I think it is every couple years, might even be 5 years. If they balk at the scope you just tell them your mom colon cancer it and there is a history of cancer in the family. Always better to be safe than sorry. Take care Jolene First colonoscopy? Hi all. I'm a 28 year old male with a family history of cancer. My mom was recently diagnosed with colon cancer at age 49. Her father had prostate cancer, her mother breast, her brother melanoma and her brother's daughter the same (melanoma). I'm wondering when I should get checked out for my first colonscopy? I am in good health and don't show any negative symptoms, other than just my family history. Is the history generally enough of a reason for my doctor to check me out? I may be over reacting but I'd rather be safe than sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Get checked out soon as possible. I had no symptoms either. Felt fine - but what a surprise I got last Sept. Thankfully all is going well and hope it continues so.. Even if you are clean it is good to get it done and then I think it is every couple years, might even be 5 years. If they balk at the scope you just tell them your mom colon cancer it and there is a history of cancer in the family. Always better to be safe than sorry. Take care Jolene First colonoscopy? Hi all. I'm a 28 year old male with a family history of cancer. My mom was recently diagnosed with colon cancer at age 49. Her father had prostate cancer, her mother breast, her brother melanoma and her brother's daughter the same (melanoma). I'm wondering when I should get checked out for my first colonscopy? I am in good health and don't show any negative symptoms, other than just my family history. Is the history generally enough of a reason for my doctor to check me out? I may be over reacting but I'd rather be safe than sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Yes there is prep time, which is the most unpleasant part, the scope is nothing, cause you more like than likely would be asleep.. So They also request that you have someone drive you to and from. Though I was pretty clear headed by time they let me go but my daughter still drove.. Jolene First colonoscopy? > > > > Hi all. I'm a 28 year old male with a family history of cancer. My mom was > > recently diagnosed with colon cancer at age 49. Her father had prostate > cancer, her mother breast, her brother melanoma and her brother's daughter > > the same (melanoma). I'm wondering when I should get checked out for my > first colonscopy? I am in good health and don't show any negative > symptoms, > other than just my family history. Is the history generally enough of a > reason for my doctor to check me out? I may be over reacting but I'd > rather > be safe than sorry. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Yes there is prep time, which is the most unpleasant part, the scope is nothing, cause you more like than likely would be asleep.. So They also request that you have someone drive you to and from. Though I was pretty clear headed by time they let me go but my daughter still drove.. Jolene First colonoscopy? > > > > Hi all. I'm a 28 year old male with a family history of cancer. My mom was > > recently diagnosed with colon cancer at age 49. Her father had prostate > cancer, her mother breast, her brother melanoma and her brother's daughter > > the same (melanoma). I'm wondering when I should get checked out for my > first colonscopy? I am in good health and don't show any negative > symptoms, > other than just my family history. Is the history generally enough of a > reason for my doctor to check me out? I may be over reacting but I'd > rather > be safe than sorry. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 I did some reading and found this link to be very helpful and thorough on the subject. http://my.webmd.com/hw/colorectal_cancer/hw209694.asp Actually, kind of made me think " man, this is gonna suck! " > > Yes there is prep time, which is the most unpleasant part, the scope is > nothing, cause you more like than likely would be asleep.. So They also > request that you have someone drive you to and from. Though I was pretty > clear headed by time they let me go but my daughter still drove.. Jolene > > > > First colonoscopy? > > > > > > > > Hi all. I'm a 28 year old male with a family history of cancer. My mom > was > > > > > recently diagnosed with colon cancer at age 49. Her father had prostate > > cancer, her mother breast, her brother melanoma and her brother's > daughter > > > > > the same (melanoma). I'm wondering when I should get checked out for my > > first colonscopy? I am in good health and don't show any negative > > symptoms, > > other than just my family history. Is the history generally enough of a > > reason for my doctor to check me out? I may be over reacting but I'd > > rather > > be safe than sorry. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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