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TLADT24920 Posts
On April 30 2014 23:57 TotalBiscuit wrote:
For those who don't have the time to watch the VLOG, the TL:DR is this.
It's a large mass that is either pre-cancerous or already cancerous.
It has not spread, CT shows everything else clean and the liver perfectly healthy (this is important since that's generally the first place cancer spreads to and starts to fuck shit up). Colonoscopy confirmed, no other masses or polyps anywhere else in the bowel. Surgery to remove the mass should be a complete cure, at least for the time being. I will need regular check-ups every year or so to make sure it doesn't come back, but the doctors are very confident in a complete recovery.
I encourage all of you, if you have symptoms that last more than a week, to get over the embarrassment and go and see a doctor. Colonoscopy is nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be, in the US (at least at my specialist) they knock you out for it entirely so you don't feel a thing. Doctors are professionals, they have heard everything 1000 times before, they are impossible to embarrass. Do not suffer in silence, get screened.
It's a good thing that it's pre-cancerous and hasn't spread or anything, likely the beginning stages so it's great to hear that you caught it early on. Good luck with the surgery and get well soon!
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Prognosis sounds good. I wish you and your family all the best TB <3
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WTF NOOOOO
Oh my god, worst message of the year 
Good luck TB and be strong!
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Sweden33719 Posts
Scary title, glad the prognosis is so positive  ! Best of luck, pretty sure this scene (and a bunch of other scenes to be honest) wouldnt be anywhere near the same without you.
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Good luck TB. Stay strong.
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United States97276 Posts
Get well soon, Totalbiscuit. Glad you caught it early
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Best of luck, TotalBiscuit.
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You really are a man who does great things TB, and this video proves it. I wish you all the best, and I hope that you'll be able to celebrate the full recovery pretty soon.
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Thank you for coming out and sharing this with us. I have been having similar symptoms and saw my GP a few months ago and was told to take fiber and if symptoms did not improve call back for a referral to a gastroenterologist. Well, my symptoms have come and gone, but I haven't gone back to see anyone, which as you said is dumb. I see on a daily basis something that I know is not normal and potentially dangerous, and just live with it in denial. After I post this I am calling my GP and asking for that referral, hopefully I can get some answers and maybe be able to live without the discomfort I put up with now.
You are correct in saying that whenever anything about our bodies isn't working properly, we should see a doctor. Our 21st century medical technology is pretty worthless if we sit around in denial until it's too late.
Thank you again TB,
-Matt
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We can't lose you TB! The scene won't be the same without you!
I hope you pull through with flying colours!
All the best
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On May 01 2014 00:45 Zarathusta wrote:
Thank you for coming out and sharing this with us. I have been having similar symptoms and saw my GP a few months ago and was told to take fiber and if symptoms did not improve call back for a referral to a gastroenterologist. Well, my symptoms have come and gone, but I haven't gone back to see anyone, which as you said is dumb. I see on a daily basis something that I know is not normal and potentially dangerous, and just live with it in denial. After I post this I am calling my GP and asking for that referral, hopefully I can get some answers and maybe be able to live without the discomfort I put up with now.
You are correct in saying that whenever anything about our bodies isn't working properly, we should see a doctor. Our 21st century medical technology is pretty worthless if we sit around in denial until it's too late.
Thank you again TB,
-Matt
Strangely enough, my doctor told me that the "common knowledge" of just take fiber is bad for this condition because it inflames the mass and causes you to have to go more often and thus bleed more. Fibre is great for keeping things healthy but once they are unhealthy, it can become a negative. They often recommend "low impact" diets which are low in fibre and roughage at that point.
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On May 01 2014 00:28 Dismay wrote:
Guess I'll go get myself checked out to be on the safe side.
It may be worth it. My mom had never got herself checked because she felt it's something that "probably wouldn't happen to her", and she felt no symptoms. Last summer a friend suggested she get checked, so she did. They found 10 polyps in her colon. Doctor said 1 out of 10 people will have 1 polyp. Like, what the hell are the chances of my mom having 10? It was early enough the doctors took it out and weren't concerned, and she'll be getting yearly visits to keep an eye on it.
When I was in the waiting room, I was talking to somebody else who was waiting for his father to get checked (the guy I was talking to seemed over 50 years old), and he told me his brother died from colon cancer. Shit is serious
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TB get well soon. I just opened up an account with TeamLiquid to tell you this, I love cynacicism. Please look into taking Vitamin C in Liposomal form, it has a variety of health benefits but really good for fighting cancer.
Much love man, hope you get well soon, you can overcome it! Esports needs you, SC2 needs you!!!
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On May 01 2014 00:48 PickyProtoss wrote:
TB get well soon. I just opened up an account with TeamLiquid to tell you this, I love cynacicism. Please look into taking Vitamin C in Liposomal form, it has a variety of health benefits but really good for fighting cancer.
Much love man, hope you get well soon, you can overcome it! Esports needs you, SC2 needs you!!!
Esports also needs more people like you :-) Really nice of you to make an account just to support him!!
TL for TB!!!!
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Fuck cancer, get well soon
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Get better soon, TB!
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Get well soon! Best of luck TB!
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