@calfoxwc said:

Well, while we all are talkin Browns stuff, I went and had my every three year colon cancer screening. I'm in excellent shape.

I am high risk, though, because it's on my Dad's side - he had it decades ago, and a few other relatives....

It's no big deal - you drink the stupid stuff the night before and in the morning (eh... clear video, right?) , and get an IV and it's over and you didn't know

it happened.

I was just thinking - I'd hate to lose an online friend on this board, or anybody else new or old, to this cancer, because I never

said anything about the screening. Check with your family physician, find an expert ....

I think if folks aren't high risk, but over 50 or something like that, they should consider it.

Hopefully, your insurance will cover it.

I don't know if it's our diet for a lot of it in our country, but I know it's so much easier to medically deal with, IF caught early, like so many other things.

Hey, if the Browns go to the Superbowl next year @@ or the year after... you want to be here and not miss it, right?

Just thinkin. Take care, everybody.

thanks for this post, cal.

@wrrebel said:

I was lucky enough to have my prostate checked this year..

It was really weird the dr was able to check my prostate and clap at the same time..

better get a second opinion

I had heard once, that in Japan, they didn't have much colon cancer at all - it was figured it was their diet.

Now, that changed a a bit - they eat junk food more, ... so....

Like I tell the kids I teach (unofficially) how to ride a four wheeler -

"You never be too safe, but you can always not be safe enough"

BTW, it used to be you had to have a straight steel tube shoved in for a similar exam. By comparison the flex sig and colonoscopy are a walk in the park. I, for one, am grateful for this advance in technology.

do the colonoscopy and know there isn't anything there, anywhere.

Thanks for the great input. I didn't want to get away from Browns talk, but even though we are the BEST NFL fans,

we can still get this cancer without knowing it, so...

@wrrebel said:

I was lucky enough to have my prostate checked this year..

It was really weird the dr was able to check my prostate and clap at the same time..

Was the Doctors name Gruden?

It was really weird the dr was able to check my prostate and clap at the same time..

@calfoxwc said:

Wow. I'm going to get rid of the high fructose corn syrup then.

Wait... isn't fructose the sugar found in fruit, and we're supposed to eat fruit... ?

"sigh"

Yes, however naturally forming fructose is recognized by our body to break it down.

The corn syrup variety (and I'm not sure calling it fructose is scientifically correct) is not.

@calfoxwc said:

Wow. I'm going to get rid of the high fructose corn syrup then.

Wait... isn't fructose the sugar found in fruit, and we're supposed to eat fruit... ?

"sigh"

Fruit really doesn't contain that much fructose. An apple has 90 calories while a soda has 140. High Fructose corn syrup is far different than natural fructose found in fruit.

@kosar_for_president said:

There was a study done with cancer cells at the Mayo Clinic. They dropped pure corn syrup on the cells and the protein multiplied x2. When green tea was added, they decreased x2. People, put down the Coke and Pepsi.

Well, ignorantly speaking of the study, cancer cells are still living cells which use sugar to make energy for themselves. It's mitosis of a defective cell out of control. Green Tea has no such sugar and no such energy source for the cells to make energy to make other products. Your body makes glucose for energy, even out of fructose and sucrose. SO it's not like you have fructose circulating through your veins after drinking Coke. But, soda is still worthless and very hazardous to your health.

Wait... isn't fructose the sugar found in fruit, and we're supposed to eat fruit... ?

"sigh"

It is a simulated break down of a complex carb. Sugar, for example, would be broken down into less complex or simple carbs in the body, and turned into energy. I don't have all the scientific mumbo-jumbo to do this explanation justice... but...

Here is the kicker...

Corn Syrup is processed outside the body. So the body no longer recognizes it as something that needs to be broken down. So all it does is go right to the hips and belly. Corn Syrup literally has no redeeming nutritional value, and actually has tons of risk factors that go with it.

No I will be right back to post on one of the football threads right after I get another Mello Yello.

@calfoxwc said:

Seriously, K ?

That coincides with my diet theory. If you eat Brocolli and stuff, that counter acts the sugar in your root beer, and you break even.

So, I drink a lot of tea, green tea sometimes, so that will counter-act the sugar in my chocolate cake.

Corn syrup? Really? Yikes?

Yep. As long as the root beer doesn't use corn syrup. Real sugar is fine. And I think you drink the good stuff. Check the label. Cancer Link.

@kosar_for_president said:

There was a study done with cancer cells at the Mayo Clinic.

When did Helman's open a hospital?

That coincides with my diet theory. If you eat Brocolli and stuff, that counter acts the sugar in your root beer, and you break even.

So, I drink a lot of tea, green tea sometimes, so that will counter-act the sugar in my chocolate cake.

Corn syrup? Really? Yikes?

@gips said:

I will soon will be 48 years old and am set to get butt raped in a couple weeks

Yeah, but what does that have to do with colon cancer?

Its better safe than sorry..

Thanks for the heads up and we're glad your in good health.