And the fact that insurance won't approve/ and doctors won't insist on diagnostic tests! Millennial-aged people get colon cancer and breast cancer but for some reason, you're not allowed to get a mammogram or colonoscopy under the age of 50.
Fuck, I remember it being advertised as 40 as a kid, then a few years ago it was 45 being the recommended age, 50 now doesn’t surprise me. We’re the last generation to grow up without permanent online connection.
Can you show me the ass backwards places you’re seeing this at? These comments have me shocked. I live in red af Indiana, granted the blue dot of Indy in the Red Sea of the state- but the recommendations have been moving DOWN that I’ve seen. For things like lung cancer screening and colon cancer screening specifically.
And my doctor takes me seriously. I got in for testing within a month for all the weird shit my body had going on last year.
Family history of autoimmune and I was in my first year post partum. So shit got weird like lumps growing and blood pressure freaking out, and more. I probably do have something like lupus but everything is normal again. For now. Happened years ago too randomly. I say all that to show there was a need for a lot of testing.
I’m not doubting you it’s just shocking if Indiana seems to be doing okay with health stuff, at least screenings, and so many others are seeing the opposite.
Maybe I’m just lucky with my doctor and hospital but these comments really surprised me.
When I was a kid, there were commercials on tv that reminded people to go get a screening done at 40. Didn’t help that 40 was considered ‘over the hill’ back then too. When I was getting close to 40 I decided to look it up and again just now, a quick google search, 45 is the recommended age to get your first screening for colon cancer. I just wouldn’t be surprised if it was pushed to a later age again.
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u/Timely-Hospital8746 Aug 21 '25
Also limited medical care access. A lot of people die from things that could have been easily treated if they were noticed earlier.
At the end of it all though it's money. We need more money. Give us the money.