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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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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.
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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 :-(
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.
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.
Recommended age is 48 in the US now. Or maybe my GP just doesn't like me.
I get that was obviously not the point of the sentence, though.
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.
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.
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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.
PSN / Xbox / NNID: Fodder185
You didn't say anything; she only said that to fuck with your mind.
3 years later, it's *still* working...
Yes, and his eye sight further deteriorated and he prefers wearing glasses over going in for LASIK again