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• funkajunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • Anissem@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I knew I couldn’t trust that bastard

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    • funkajunk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Your first clue should have been when he had both hands on your shoulders.

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Damn it if he doesn’t have a delicate touch, though.

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  • hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You mean it’s not a good sign if the doctor puts both hands on my shoulders during prostata examination?

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  • frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do what? I thought this was a colonoscopy joke, and those are still important.

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    • funkajunk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The joke is about prostate exams.

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  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thank God

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  When am I supposed to go get my butt fingered? 40 or 50? 🤔

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  • Devadander@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They just make you shit in a box unless there’s a concern these days

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Aww cmon! That was the one good thing I was looking forward to! 😩

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    • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There are blood exams that replace both. There have been for years.

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    • Anissem@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Can it be like an Amazon box? I have a few of those

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They made me do it 2 years ago. I’m 42.

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• TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I already had a stroke before 45. Doctors ain’t got nothin on me.

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Cancer at 42 over here.

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    • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You win this round.
      Who else do we have here?

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Try-hard.

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• victorz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • Anissem@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    About mid 40s there’s definitely some stuff like a colonoscopy to consider. Especially if anything runs in your family

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    • kalpol@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Its 40 now for colonoscopy. Incidences of colon cancer are trending younger and younger.

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    • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hearing loss and diabetes do, would a colonoscopy catch that? 🤔😅

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• Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What is this referring to? I had my yearly physical, already.

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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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    • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      could be the difference between living until you’re 60 or 90.

      Sweet, we get to choose?

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    • Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I just do what the physician recommends at my annual physical. Usually, it’s just bloodwork.

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    • hubobes@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Aren’t regular colonoscopies a 50+ thing?

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• Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Serve time, doc?

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