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Hey everyone! Before we get into the post proper, I'm afraid I have to apologize again for having a larger-than-intended gap between update posts. This time, I think I have a fairly understandable reason for it though, as I had a pretty major health scare. Those of you who have been around for a while may remember that my father passed away a number of years ago, from stage 4 colorectal cancer. I won't get into detail with my symptoms, but basically, I had some health issues crop up that could have been pointing towards colorectal cancer for myself. Since my father had it, and I've already had various gut issues over the years, there was
serious potential for that to be the case. Needless to say I've been pretty fucking terrified, especially with my generally mediocre health and high aptitude for anxiety.
To make a long story short, though, I'm completely fine! It took a lot longer than I would've liked to get appointments and everything lined up, so the past 1-2 months have been nerve-wracking for me, and my work speed has unfortunately suffered (but not ceased for once!) - but I finally had a colonoscopy, and there was nothing serious at all. The symptoms I was experiencing are from mundane, far less terrifying things. The only abnormality they found was a 7mm polyp, which was removed and tested; we just got the results from that back a day or two ago, and it was completely benign, so until further notice, I have a clean bill of colon health! My doctor wants me to come back for another one in 5 years, which I fully intend on doing; even though I'm lucky enough to be fine now, I'm still at risk of developing it eventually, but at least now I know it hasn't been secretly ravaging my innards throughout the years leading up til now.
I'm still kind of reeling from the experience of a cancer scare, but I'm so damn glad I just got the testing over with as soon as it became a possibility. My father might still be around if he had done the same, but he ignored his symptoms until it was way too late, and I didn't want that to happen to me too. The experience of getting a colonoscopy is pretty miserable (specifically the prep - iykyk), but the peace of mind is beyond worth it.
Now that all of that is done,