When am I supposed to go get my butt fingered? 40 or 50? 🤔
Only a few years left
Submitted 2 months ago by Anissem@lemmy.ml to [deleted]
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 months ago
Devadander@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They just make you shit in a box unless there’s a concern these days
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 months ago
Aww cmon! That was the one good thing I was looking forward to! 😩
marcos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There are blood exams that replace both. There have been for years.
Anissem@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Can it be like an Amazon box? I have a few of those
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They made me do it 2 years ago. I’m 42.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 months ago
I already had a stroke before 45. Doctors ain’t got nothin on me.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Cancer at 42 over here.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 months ago
You win this round.
Who else do we have here?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Try-hard.
victorz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Y’all visit the doctor? I live in a country with public healthcare and not even I visit a doctor. 🤔 Should I? Approaching 40 for reference.
Anissem@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
About mid 40s there’s definitely some stuff like a colonoscopy to consider. Especially if anything runs in your family
kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Its 40 now for colonoscopy. Incidences of colon cancer are trending younger and younger.
victorz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hearing loss and diabetes do, would a colonoscopy catch that? 🤔😅
Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 2 months ago
What is this referring to? I had my yearly physical, already.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 months ago
are you 40-45m
have you had your:
- prostate examination
- colonoscopy
- thyroid checked TSH T4 T3
- white BC checks (cancer)
- blood pressure screening
- cholesterol screening
- fiber liver scan
- bloodsugar A1C test
- skin cancer screening
no? then you better. by the time you’re in your 50s, having the results of those tests could be the difference between living until you’re 60 or 90.
getting results sets a baseline result of where you should be and makes it easier for your physician to make decisions on your health later.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 months ago
could be the difference between living until you’re 60 or 90.
Sweet, we get to choose?
Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 2 months ago
I just do what the physician recommends at my annual physical. Usually, it’s just bloodwork.
hubobes@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Some of these test you should do far earlier. I had a full check-up at 30 to decide when we should start regular checkups. My doctor said 40 is fine but we still check a lot of stuff once a year (full bloodwork including B12 and skin cancer screening).
The earlier you catch something the better.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Aren’t regular colonoscopies a 50+ thing?
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Serve time, doc?
funkajunk@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Doctors don’t do that anymore because it’s not a reliable test; they just do blood work now.
If your doctor still does this, it’s probably for nefarious reasons.
Anissem@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I knew I couldn’t trust that bastard
funkajunk@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Your first clue should have been when he had both hands on your shoulders.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Damn it if he doesn’t have a delicate touch, though.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You mean it’s not a good sign if the doctor puts both hands on my shoulders during prostata examination?
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Do what? I thought this was a colonoscopy joke, and those are still important.
funkajunk@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The joke is about prostate exams.
victorz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Thank God