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Penny Arcade - Comic - Pro Strats

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Penny Arcade - Comic - Pro Strats

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    Good news! If your doctor is up to date on their continued education this is more effectively done via bloodwork than by digital examination. If your doctor is skipping the prostate-specific antigen test ask why before consenting to a less effective test.

  • IndoorsmanIndoorsman Registered User regular
    edited October 2023
    Hevach wrote: »
    Good news! If your doctor is up to date on their continued education this is more effectively done via bloodwork than by digital examination. If your doctor is skipping the prostate-specific antigen test ask why before consenting to a less effective test.

    Came to say this. It's done with blood work now, which should be a part of any comprehensive physical. Through that alone they can check prostate health and much more.

    Indoorsman on
  • BremenBremen Registered User regular
    Xing that. When I turned 40 I booked a physical and I went in expecting it from the stories I'd heard only to get booked for a blood draw.

  • ironzergironzerg Registered User regular
    edited October 2023
    Indoorsman wrote: »
    Hevach wrote: »
    Good news! If your doctor is up to date on their continued education this is more effectively done via bloodwork than by digital examination. If your doctor is skipping the prostate-specific antigen test ask why before consenting to a less effective test.

    Came to say this. It's done with blood work now, which should be a part of any comprehensive physical. Through that alone they can check prostate health and much more.

    I'm going to triple down here, and say to all my friends out there, if you haven't set up a regular yearly physical, and you're over 40, please go do that.

    And yes, while there's no shortage of funny finger/glove snapping jokes to be made, everything starts with a little blood work and testing.

    ironzerg on
  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    ironzerg wrote: »
    Indoorsman wrote: »
    Hevach wrote: »
    Good news! If your doctor is up to date on their continued education this is more effectively done via bloodwork than by digital examination. If your doctor is skipping the prostate-specific antigen test ask why before consenting to a less effective test.

    Came to say this. It's done with blood work now, which should be a part of any comprehensive physical. Through that alone they can check prostate health and much more.

    I'm going to triple down here, and say to all my friends out there, if you haven't set up a regular yearly physical, and you're over 40, please go do that.

    And yes, while there's no shortage of funny finger/glove snapping jokes to be made, everything starts with a little blood work and testing.

    The physical exam can be your reward later for taking care of your health.

  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    But (butt), your doctor might not be up-to-date. Or might hold to The Old Ways. Do a little googling and reading (from good sources, of course) so you're prepared before you go in to advocate for what feels best to you.

  • VitariVitari Formerly: Mercade Registered User regular
    I’m 41 in a few weeks and I’m ashamed to admit I don’t even have a PCP. I worked in healthcare for years, so it’s not white coat syndrome, I’m just terrible at self-care. This comic/thread has me looking into a check-up right now.

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  • IndoorsmanIndoorsman Registered User regular
    Mercade wrote: »
    I’m 41 in a few weeks and I’m ashamed to admit I don’t even have a PCP. I worked in healthcare for years, so it’s not white coat syndrome, I’m just terrible at self-care. This comic/thread has me looking into a check-up right now.

    Good :) Early detection (of most things you don't want) is key

  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    Also, the title of this strip is
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  • tgbennett30tgbennett30 Registered User regular
    Wait 'til you hit 50 and have to jump into the world of colonoscopies.

    On the plus side (for me), my doc and all three of his cute female nurses noted that I am quite funny when awaking from anesthesia, apparently I had them in stitches (intentionally) and yet I cannot remember any of it :-(

  • GrendusGrendus Registered User regular
    Unfortunately for my dad, his blood test came back high for PSH, so he got the actual exam, including taking samples of his prostate for biopsy. Which bumped into a (benign) tumor, so he got to take an MRI.

    Fortunately, the MRI found the very much not benign tumor hiding on the other side, just before it decided to go all malignant on him. Final verdict, all cancer gone, woot!

    Unfortunately for me, that means I now have a family history of prostate cancer. So... that's going to be a thing in a few more years, better to know I suppose. Going by the comic's logic, I started reading this strip in jr high, so I still have a few more years at least. I figure my doc will bring it up at a physical at some point.

  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    tgbennett30 wrote: »
    Wait 'til you hit 50 and have to jump into the world of colonoscopies.

    On the plus side (for me), my doc and all three of his cute female nurses noted that I am quite funny when awaking from anesthesia, apparently I had them in stitches (intentionally) and yet I cannot remember any of it :-(

    Enh, you get ulcerative colitis in your 20s and you don't even have to wait. After a few, it's old hat. And the annoying part happens before you even leave your house.

  • YoungFreyYoungFrey Registered User regular
    tgbennett30 wrote: »
    Wait 'til you hit 50 and have to jump into the world of colonoscopies.

    On the plus side (for me), my doc and all three of his cute female nurses noted that I am quite funny when awaking from anesthesia, apparently I had them in stitches (intentionally) and yet I cannot remember any of it :-(

    Recommended age is 48 in the US now. Or maybe my GP just doesn't like me.

  • Emperor MegamanEmperor Megaman Registered User regular
    You know if a college student starts reading Penny Arcade today, he's likely young enough to not have to do that right now. (except of course, if said college student is in his late 30/ early 40) .
    I get that was obviously not the point of the sentence, though.

  • Johnny17Johnny17 Registered User regular
    Veteran Penny Arcade readers shocked by their upcoming medical exam.
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  • LttlefootLttlefoot Registered User regular
    How come in deus ex you never find augments that automatically monitor your body for cancer? I'm sure we're getting that before the run fast and no fall damage augs IRL

  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    Lttlefoot wrote: »
    How come in deus ex you never find augments that automatically monitor your body for cancer? I'm sure we're getting that before the run fast and no fall damage augs IRL

    I considered this in Cyberpunk 2077 and came up with two possibilities:

    1. Those are sufficiently baseline to the central control system that anyone with so much as the phone implant already has it.
    2. The place is such an utter hellscape that it's cheaper to turn yourself into the Terminator than it is to get simple preventative medicine.

  • hiraethhiraeth SpaceRegistered User regular
    Didn't Mike have laser eye surgery, I swear there's a convo Jerry asked him about it and he said he could smell the burning.

  • LtPowersLtPowers Registered User regular
    tgbennett30 wrote: »
    Wait 'til you hit 50 and have to jump into the world of colonoscopies.

    It's 45 now, but there are other screening tests you can take instead (unless you have a family history). It's your choice: Colonoscopy every 10 years, Cologuard every 3 years, or a basic stool screen annually. Though if something comes up on the fecal screens, you'll need a colonoscopy anyway.


    Powers &8^]

  • McFodderMcFodder Registered User regular
    tgbennett30 wrote: »
    Wait 'til you hit 50 and have to jump into the world of colonoscopies.

    On the plus side (for me), my doc and all three of his cute female nurses noted that I am quite funny when awaking from anesthesia, apparently I had them in stitches (intentionally) and yet I cannot remember any of it :-(

    I had a very similar experience after my scopes that diagnosed me coeliac - I dozed off, woke up and the first thing I remember from the nurse is "I love your sense of humour".

    3 years on I *still* sometimes wonder what the hell I said.

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  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    McFodder wrote: »
    tgbennett30 wrote: »
    Wait 'til you hit 50 and have to jump into the world of colonoscopies.

    On the plus side (for me), my doc and all three of his cute female nurses noted that I am quite funny when awaking from anesthesia, apparently I had them in stitches (intentionally) and yet I cannot remember any of it :-(

    I had a very similar experience after my scopes that diagnosed me coeliac - I dozed off, woke up and the first thing I remember from the nurse is "I love your sense of humour".

    3 years on I *still* sometimes wonder what the hell I said.

    You didn't say anything; she only said that to fuck with your mind.

    3 years later, it's *still* working...

  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    hiraeth wrote: »
    Didn't Mike have laser eye surgery, I swear there's a convo Jerry asked him about it and he said he could smell the burning.

    Yes, and his eye sight further deteriorated and he prefers wearing glasses over going in for LASIK again

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