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  • Confirmed: Cancer Free!

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  • This was mine following my 2nd heart attack:

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  • Cancer free without the whole "gutted like a fish" part.

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  • Guys, guys, it's all good. I got what they meant even if it may not have come across that way! We're all fine now, how are you? 😉

    They're right in that a normal, healthy person, not recovering from major surgery, should be on a diet rich in fiber.

    Doesn't apply in my case because, recovering from major surgery, but you can bet once my 2 week low fiber limit expires, I'm increasing fiber. Have a plan all set and ready to go!

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  • The colon is all about pulling water out of your stool to make poop, well... poop!

    The sigmoid colon is the last line of that process. So without it, poop will still be poop, but maybe not necessarily as firm as it would be with it.

    In my case, that works to my advantage, because I take statin drugs and statin drugs make me miserable. Having slightly looser stool might actually make me normal for a change!

  • Chocolate kept in anti-theft boxes as shops warn it's being stolen to order

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  • I just don't buy that there's a market for bootleg chocolate...

    (opens coat) "Heyyyy, uh, can I interest you in a Hershey bar? Maybe some Twix?"

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  • You can see, the doc himself was like $7,800, the bulk of it being "hospital fees". It will be interesting to see the breakdown on the UB-04 as to what those actual fees were. Probably tens of thousands for all the lab work every 3 hours and the heparin drip I was on.

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  • ^ This I'm actually under orders for a LOW fiber diet for 2 weeks!

    I know, counter intuitive. But the idea is to take the pressure off where they re-stitched the colon to the rectum.

    Rectum? Damn near killed 'em!

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  • My pain scale is marred by other things I've had so this really is barely registering. If I peg the 10 at "Spinal Stenosis", so far this is like a 6, currently a 4. I didn't even need the oxy today except to go to sleep.

    And yeah, was laparoscopic, so I have 4 small incision sites instead of one giant one like with the open heart surgery.

    As far as other gastro problems go, I was pretty screwed up by the statins they put me on for the heart stuff. So being a little more "loose" than normal is nice compared to that:

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3291011/

    Hopefully the two will balance each other out!

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  • Anemia brought me in for a colonoscopy in June. They found 17 polyps, 2 from the upper GI and 15 from the colon, but no cancer.

    2 were large enough to be concerning, 20mm and 30mm and when I saw the pictures I was like "Oh, crap, THAT'S CANCER." Nope, not cancerous.

    But the rule of thumb is if they find more than 5 or of they are bigger than 5mm, you wait 6 months, come back, and do it again.

    2nd time, 6 polyps, 1 20mm and full blown invasive cancer.

    The photo also looked TOTALLY different from what I thought was cancer. All pink and bubbly, no black discoloration like on the others.

    I just assumed when they pull something out of you that looks like Tetsuo from the end of Akira, that's cancer, not so.

    Looks more like:

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  • America - for profit everything!

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  • 2026 has been the longest year of our lives and it's FEBRUARY!

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  • 'I can destroy the country': Trump's threat after Supreme Court strikes down his key policy

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  • "a Political Movement that is far smaller than people would think — But obnoxious, ignorant, and loud!"

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  • What would you like to say to the Aliens if/when President Donald Trump invites them up onto the stage during a press conference?

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  • RUUUUUUUN!

  • How do you know youre getting burnt out at work?

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  • You stop caring to argue your point.

    Someone does a big presentation.

    Back of your head: "Well that's obviously a terrible idea for X, Y, and Z reasons."

    You keep quiet and let it blow up instead of trying to fix the process as it's being implemented.

  • Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones, study finds

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  • The sigmoid colon is gone, only question is if it snuck into the lymph system before they got it.

    That becomes stage 3 with chemo. And it's hanging over my head for 5-7 days (more like 2-5 days now.)

  • Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones, study finds

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  • Diabetic so strict glucose control is already a thing.

    This cancer was solved for surgically, we just don't know yet if they got it all. 5-7 days on that!

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  • Started with mild anemia. Low red blood cell count, low hemoglobin, small red blood cells, etc.

    Iron didn't really help so it was colonoscopy #1 and Endoscopy #1, then a follow up colonoscopy 6 months later.

  • Have you ever solved a Rubik's Cube? And how?

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  • Find the center square with the screw behind the sticker, remove the sticker, remove the screw, disassemble/reassemble!

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    Stress Cowboy Cookies

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    Going offline for an indeterminate period of time:

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    I'm going offline for an indeterminate time:

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    Pair shot by federal officers in Portland had unspecified Tren de Aragua ties, police say • Oregon Capital Chronicle

    oregoncapitalchronicle.com /2026/01/09/feds-identify-two-people-shot-in-portland/
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    Six protesters arrested in Portland after two people shot by border patrol agents

    www.theguardian.com /us-news/2026/jan/09/portland-protests-killings-border-patrol-agents
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    US Border agents shoot two people in Portland, city officials say

    katu.com /news/local/ice-shoots-two-people-in-portlandoregon
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    Protests continue after ICE agent fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis

    www.cbc.ca /news/world/livestory/ice-shooting-minneapolis-live-updates-9.7036845
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    Fact check: Trump repeats numerous false claims in prime-time address | CNN Politics

    www.cnn.com /2025/12/17/politics/fact-check-trump-prime-time-address
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Best way to fix a crappy wall?

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    My kid got me a part time job for Christmas...

  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Bondi (Australia) shooting death toll rises to 16, including a child, after gunmen targeted Jewish festival

    www.bbc.com /news/live/ckgk391yzm7t
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    Urban foxes may be self-domesticating in our midst

    www.science.org /content/article/urban-foxes-may-be-self-domesticating-our-midst
  • Movies @lemmy.world
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    Caught "Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair" tonight...

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    ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows

    www.nbcnews.com /politics/immigration/ice-arrested-nearly-75000-people-no-criminal-records-data-shows-rcna247377
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    ‘Heavily intoxicated’ raccoon passes out in liquor store bathroom after breaking in, ransacking shelves

    www.wrdw.com /2025/12/02/heavily-intoxicated-raccoon-passes-out-liquor-store-bathroom-after-breaking-ransacking-shelves/
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Full list of degrees not classed as ‘professional’ by Trump admin

    www.newsweek.com /full-list-degrees-professional-trump-administration-11085695
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    Full list of degrees not classed as ‘professional’ by Trump admin

    www.newsweek.com /full-list-degrees-professional-trump-administration-11085695
  • Dad Jokes @lemmy.world
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    If Australia is the biggest exporter of boomerangs, who's the biggest importer?