SkiFletch wrote:I hear ya. That's not really the intent of that tag-line. It's more to try and get the lazy/feaful folks out there to just go get a scope done, but the connotation is indeed there. I will say this, it doesn't matter to me because I refuse to associate with anyone who thinks that getting cancer was my fault. And if it does get someone who is lazy/fearful/uninformed to go get a scope and it saves their life... Then it's worth it
janklo wrote:I am super annoyed by those turning 50 who will not schedule a colonoscopy. Our insurance (as do many I would think) will pay for it 100% with no deductible or copay since it's a preventative measure under health care reform. So there's absolutely no excuse not to do it! I have read way too many stories of people going for their screening 50 year old one and having cancer. It's just dumb not to go in and get it done.
I don't take that message away at all....shit happens....to all of us.... that is life.... just my mileage.Ktwirls wrote:Am I the only one who feels this applied to colorectal cancer promotes to people that it is our fault ...
I am 5 years out and currently NED. I do not consider myself "cured" from it.... I consider myself "put on notice" that it is there, in my life, and I need to be hyper aware and proactive in order to keep ahead of it as best I can, with the medical technology as it exists right now.Ktwirls wrote:we got it and we are cured from it. Is this tag line used for other cancers?
Gaelen wrote:- When caught and removed as a polyp...CRC is preventable, treatable and curable.
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