All about Cancer

[sharonkhoo]

starlight1968sg:

slmkhoo:

[quote=\"starlight1968sg\"]Shock of cancer diagnosis despite regular checks

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/shock-of-cancer-diagnosis-despite-regular-checks
So health check or don't check ?

I try for a middle ground. I will do some basic blood checks (especially since they are free - provided as a staff benefit), and some of the \"women's\" checks (pap smear and mammogram), and the free FIT check (as I have a family history of these cancers). Other than that, I just try to live moderately healthily. I don't expect or want to live till 90 or beyond (would prefer not to, actually), so I will probably stop doing so many checks once my kids are grown and independent. Also, too many checks will probably result in too many false positives.

This disease is getting more common yet cures are still nowhere to be found.[/quote]I believe that some diseases cannot be cured, especially when the person is already old. You fix one thing, and something else will give way. The human body is just not designed to last so long! For younger people, controlling infections and leading a healthy lifestyle can do quite a lot to help stay disease-free.

[zbear]

slmkhoo:

I believe that some diseases cannot be cured, especially when the person is already old. You fix one thing, and something else will give way. The human body is just not designed to last so long! For younger people, controlling infections and leading a healthy lifestyle can do quite a lot to help stay disease-free.

:goodpost:

I agree with you wholeheartedly based on personal experience.

[Summation]

Can anyone help? My brother have been diagnosed with a tumor in his pancreas. Half of the doctors say to remove another half say can wait and see if it grows bigger. But if we were to wait got chance to become cancer. So should we remove it?

[Summation]

Another thing is the the surgery is a open surgery instead of pin hole.

[lee_yl]

Just got to know that my grandma’s recent medical check up results were not so good. Hospital found traces of blood in her urine and suspected that she could either have kidney stone, infection somewhere or worst case, cancer!


I asked my mum when is her next appointment for additional tests to find out what exactly is the root cause. My mum told me queue until next year March 2017. I was speechless.

[starlight1968sg]

Lee_yl

Try to call the appt line to ask for an earlier date to see if it helps

[MrsKiasu]

Yes good to try…that is a long wait.

[lee_yl]

Oh yes, starlight, that slipped my mind. Thanks

[hercules]

lee_yl:

I asked my mum when is her next appointment for additional tests to find out what exactly is the root cause. My mum told me queue until next year March 2017. I was speechless.

Public hospitals' long waiting time for such appointment still doesnt improve much.

lee_yl, good luck to you in your try of bringing the appt date fwd. In my experience, theres a 50/50 chance. But blood in urine unlikely cancer (this kind of suspense can kill).

[hercules]

Summation:

Can anyone help? My brother have been diagnosed with a tumor in his pancreas. Half of the doctors say to remove another half say can wait and see if it grows bigger. But if we were to wait got chance to become cancer. So should we remove it?

Go for a third opinion.

Most of the time people will remove as no point taking chance sometimes, esp when a person is still younger and stronger to be able to recover from an open stomach operation much faster.