Researchers aren’t sure why but say a combination of factors, including obesity, more sedentary behavior, common medications or chemical exposures, is possible.
Weight gain without any increase in food intake. I gained something like 100lbs in 10 years, and then shed it in 1 year after I had surgery.
Blood in the stool.
Getting winded going up stairs/hills.
Being pale.
I was raised by a narcisist who never took me to the hospital, or dentist. So I was just used to walking it off. Finally my sister saw me at christmas and said “Holy hell!!! You look like shit!” And I thought she was just being an ass. But then she INSISTED I go to the doctor. And they took a blood sample, and refused to believe that I walked into the hospital on my own. Theres a number that measures your blood count. A healthy male of my age/size should have been in the 14-18 range. Any less than 6 is considered at risk for immediate death. I was 4.48. They said I should have been so weak that I should have died long ago from any amount of exercise. Even walking.
Here I was doing work pushing two wheelchairs at once. Sometimes 1,200 pounds at once.
Don’t downvote this guy. He’s just asking a simple question.
It was colon cancer, and I neglected the symptoms because I figured “what 28 year old gets cancer???”
Turns out an increasing number of people, actually.
What were the symptoms though that you didn’t heed?
Lucky you survived. How old are you now (ball park range) and how do you feel it has affected your life?
Weight gain without any increase in food intake. I gained something like 100lbs in 10 years, and then shed it in 1 year after I had surgery.
Blood in the stool.
Getting winded going up stairs/hills.
Being pale.
I was raised by a narcisist who never took me to the hospital, or dentist. So I was just used to walking it off. Finally my sister saw me at christmas and said “Holy hell!!! You look like shit!” And I thought she was just being an ass. But then she INSISTED I go to the doctor. And they took a blood sample, and refused to believe that I walked into the hospital on my own. Theres a number that measures your blood count. A healthy male of my age/size should have been in the 14-18 range. Any less than 6 is considered at risk for immediate death. I was 4.48. They said I should have been so weak that I should have died long ago from any amount of exercise. Even walking.
Here I was doing work pushing two wheelchairs at once. Sometimes 1,200 pounds at once.
Damn, glad you lived to tell the tale
Chad. Glad you’re around! Thanks so much for answering all these questions.