My brother has it - what should I be on the lookout for?
2007-07-17 04:57:21 · 4 answers · asked by Cindy 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Colon cancer can very difficult to detect. The most common symptom is rectal bleeding, or blood detected on a stool test. However, with you family history your best bet is to get a screening colonoscopy done at the age of 50 or 5 - 10 years before your brother's age when he was diagnosed. The problem with colon cancer is other doesn't cause much problems until it is quite advanced.
2007-07-17 05:02:00 · answer #1 · answered by Jeffrey P 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Another symptom is constipation.. In 1995, my son, who was living in Florida at the time, (being an adult,) became constipated, but, didn't bother to do anything about it till he became sick.. from, of course, the toxins building up in his body..
After seeing a doctor, they discovered a grapefruit-sized tumor in his colon, and, so, they decided to operate..
On 23 October, 1995, they did the operation, and, on 30 October, 1995, he died...
Get checked out, any signs at all, or, if you're just feeling bad, get to a doctor so your family doesn't have to bury you. It's very hard on the survivors..
God Bless and keep you safe..
2007-07-17 15:47:04 · answer #2 · answered by chuckufarley2a 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-10 14:48:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We just lost my mother-in-law to colon cancer. What Jeffrey P describes is accurate.
I'm very sorry to hear about your brother. I'll pray for him.
2007-07-17 05:06:00 · answer #4 · answered by Starla_C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋