Re: Bad day today. Trigger warning: death
These stories used to freak me out too - but then I remembered that I am a news reporter and (as bad as it sounds, things that are rare only make the news).
People read about these young cancer victims because it's scary and shocking but noone would read this:
Puzzledlass, aged **, of Nomorepanic-land, was not diagnosed with cancer.
Despite having rectal bleeding, the young woman went to the doctor and was told not to worry.
Thousands of people go to the doctor everyday and get told they're not sick or recover from cancer and other diseases - I'd reckon less than one thousand young people a month are told they do have cancer which is why it's in the news.
Please don't let fear-mongering scare you .
And also, if your doc doesn't think you need a colonoscopy, you don't. It's far worse for them to miss something so they have to be much more certain to deny a test than give one!! xxx
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