Providers, what we used to call doctors, are now required to follow the corporation “cookbook”. If you want to pay cash find an independent doctor who is still allowed to practice medicine from their knowledge base, not the corporate recipes formulation
Exactly! It's standard protocol for everyone. That's all they care about and that's how they are directed by big pharma. If they actually try to help people, they are black listed and their careers ruined. It's a sick world.
You are sooo right. I've been in doctors and let them know to pls test me in some issues cause I done my research and they gave me an attitude telling me that the doctor was him, so he do not test me even though I told I don't feel good....that's how it is in this country..they really don't care
My brother was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 17. He died 1.5 years later. We have no history of cancer in our family.. We live in Canada as well. RIP Alwyn Barry. A year is so later We lost a friend to colon cancer…she was 27…RIP Allen Riddle. I’m so tried of the narrative that colon cancer is an “old person’s disease” it clearly isn’t.
It's an STD. Colon cancer it's an STD. But it's too controversial to speak about it, because it's an STD that only men can transmit. So it put all the blame on men, and society can't handle not been able to blame women. But look at the research, look at PubMed. Sex with men is very unhealthy. If society actually recognises that, pornography and prostitution will become crimes, because it's the nature of men that is the problem, sex with men it's putric.
I got ignored by my doctor like if I was drug seeking. I was suffering. I went in to the ER and they found a football size tumor. I flew me in a mediflight to Seattle. I survived, did not spread, had no chemo, home in 2 weeks. Everyone thought I was going to die, but I just knew everything was going to be fine. I had my Faith in God.
I’m so sorry you’ve gone through this. Have been diagnosed too, after 2 & 1/2 yrs, my cancer specialist said, I’m cancer free, he’ll see me in 10 yrs. Shocked, as I’m stage 2… confronted him, his response is, yes you’re at stage 2 & your cancer free! 🤯 Went to another Dr without saying I’ve got cancer, she removed 3 more polyps 2 months after the cancer specialist told me I’m stage 2 cancer free! It appears this is an issue with Dr’s in every country. Thankful for your testimony! ✨💖✨
@@yummifyit8385 Had anal bleeding off & on, was told it was a hemorrhoid from having my children. After covid, having a colonoscopy, was told a polyp was inside a hemorrhoid. I’d need to go to another surgeon… maybe he can remove it without having a colostomy. Successful, was diagnosed with cancer. That surgeon did another surgery upon my insistence to remove a fissure. It took 5 visits before it was confirmed what stage I was in. It’s been constant gaslighting. Get a copy of every procedure you have for your own privite medical file. ✨💖✨
This is my story. Bleeding for years and then severe pelvic pain. Multiple ultrasounds and rounds of antibiotics that didn't work. HPV positive pap and no one considered it was cancer. Did chemo radiation and was told I would be ok. I'm now incurable. Hoping for a miracle with immunotherapy.
Immunotherapy was the game changer for me… I was so sick at one point from chemo that I actually reached a point where I was ready to die at age 39 and said I couldn’t take any more of the treatment. Once immunotherapy was an alternative, it made all the difference.
I’m ( I’m a female & I’m 43 years old ) from Ontario Canada and the screening age now is 40 for all cancers and they only just lowered it within the last 6-8 months. I was almost turned away from my mammogram and ultrasound even though I was considered high risk for a few reasons including at least 3 IMMEDIATE family members who fought the same cancer I just tested positive for. What’s sad is that even with what I just said, I’m still glad to be in Canada because these things this woman in the video said, myself, my family and so many others would be even worse off. What hurts my heart is that I can actually say that as a nurse myself, it feels like anyone who fights cancer that’s in the medical field get preferential treatment and that’s not all the time BUT it’s enough that I noticed it. For anyone fighting, stay strong & don’t let anyone in the medical field try to gaslight how you feel with your symptoms & general care overall. ❤ I know this is a long response but we need to make taking care of how we’re treated by whom ever less of a stigma & have our voices heard. ❤
NO patient should, when facing any stage of cancer, be forced to take on the role of essentially becoming their own medical director, so they may make their OWN medical appointments with various “specialists” to rule-in/rule-out the top, terrifying medical possibilities on the differential diagnosis list. That is the role of the patient’s physicians, beginning with his/her PCP and ending with single systems practitioners. The Docs and their supposed-to-be-your-advocate social services and nursing staff should do all of this on the patient’s behalf, without delay. By the time most CA patients are Stage IV, they may be critically ill, dealing with intractable pain and struggling just to survive. The patient has final, complete authority over his/her care; to say “Yes” or “No,” but they shouldn’t have to diagnose themselves. This video is heartbreaking and infuriating, because this cancer may well have been prevented and the patient received the Royal brush-off and run-around as she was dying. Perhaps not quickly enough for some of those Canadian doctors. Equally frustrating is that I have heard very similar stories many times before. Too young. Too old. Wrong symptoms- until the sheepish physician divulges diagnosis. This ought never have happened. But it happened to me at age 26 in the States, when I was told no one your age suffers the type sarcoma I developed. Wrong. I wish this patient continued success in her treatment, and I applaud her advocacy. She should be in BC to watch the grandkids graduate college.
Very well said. I'm so tired of having to research cancer info and advocate for myself bc my oncology team seems uninformed and indifferent. I hope you are doing well now.
@@Mia444 : Thank you Ms. Mia for your kind words. I am 20+ years cancer free due to strong self-advocacy. And excellent care, and a bunch of other things I got lucky with, but you get the idea. Please continue to read, research and advocate and question for yourself or a loved one battling cancer.
Interesting. A lot of people think that Canada's Universal Health Insurance is to be envied. This is a another spin on it. Thank you for your transparency.
@graciefreebush394 Only if you wish to pass before you are seen... also, there is no such thing as experimental trials for non-responsive cancers here. You can have affordable care, good care, timely care. Now, choose two, because there is no system that has all three.
Bravo! I am also a CRC survivor .... and a Medicinal Chemist. We need to get together and talk ...I advocate for stage 4 patients to find a surgeon that will operate and kick ass to find out if they are candidates for immunotherapy .
This is sad, so sorry! They say colorectal cancer is most treatable if caught early. I started testing at 40 and have had multiple polyps removed. 💞🙏🏼💞
Too often Cancer diagnosis means patients are rushed and pushed into the treatment the particular Doctor they are seeing knows about, or receives benefit from using. Thank goodness you found a good Doctor who encouraged you to take time and allowed you to think. Its so hard to think when you are given a diagnosis, and you need help to be given ALL the options. Making decisions for yourself puts you in a better place mentally. The irony too, of Doctors dismissing patient concerns for months and months, then scheduling surgeries for the following day is lunacy and utterly disrespectful to that human beings mental and emotional adjustment. Please, do not rush or be bullied, give yourself time to think and find someone you really trust, with experience, to help you make those oh so important decisions. Thank you for your story. You are beautiful inside and out and I send my love and thanks to you. I am a Cancer patient too, whose diagnosis took years.
I'm so glad you finally got the care you needed. I've been trying to get a colonoscopy for 2 years. I have diverticulosis, and lots of issues with my bowels. I'm in the United States. I think that because I have depression and anxiety listed in my chart the Doctors don't take me serious.
I'm a Canadian and now a US permanent resident. I've never had preventive health care in Canada and at 40 years old I feel confident with the care I'm receiving regularly. I didn't know I had been prediabetic for many years and my mom sadly, due to lack of preventive care in Canada has vitamin B12 deficiency induced dementia. Canad health care is "free" but so Many ppl don't have care until its too late or once something bad happens.
Getting colonoscopy as a male is so much easier than as a female. Turned 50 this year and I had colonoscopy at 26, 33,45 and just 3 weeks ago. I have IBS that comes and goes over the last 25 years and every time I flare up, my gastro does the colonoscopy. My wife has same issue and can't get any gastro to test her. If you're a woman, it's in your head, it's cramps, it's your diet, its just IBS, its.....
I live in a Southern state in the US and I have had to BEG for testing this past year! My general practitioner was SO nonchalant and arrogant! I would up having a benign tumor one of my adrenal glands and a complex cyst on one of my ovaries. My stomach was swelling and it would cause shallow breathing, purple stretch marks on my breast, back and neck pain, and literally out of the blue waves of depression. I’m never been one to cry often but the wave of depression would hit and I could go from laughing to crying in a minute! After finding the adrenal tumor (small 2,3cm benign with that and ovary. Thank goodness!) my doctor dismissed it and I said but what about my stomach bloating and he said, SO nonchalantly, “I think it’s what you’re eating. Eat really healthy for 3 days and then go back to eating carbs, bet you’ll be able to tell a difference” I felt like I was dying! I think that I might’ve been in extreme adrenal fatigue but he didn’t order even one test for it and he should’ve ordered test for cortisol and all of the nephrines along with other test, too. It took months and switching doctors to finally get the testing. My gynecologist was good and was going to help me get the blood test for the adrenal gland but had trouble finding the insurance codes for them. The gals in lab tech at the new doctor were not happy with me because they had to take some time to look them up because they’re not common test (renin/aldosterone etc) So, Don’t expect that you would’ve gotten better or faster care here in the states! The healthcare system and employees are no longer about providing good healthcare
This woman is dying of cancer. Your comments weren’t words of encouragement for her, or empathy for her. You had to turn this around and make it all about you. Perfect. 🤬
This makes me so glad for my doctor. I have Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Region here in Maryland and my doctors have all been amazing. This past Fall/Winter I had uncontrollable menstrual bleeding that caused severe anemia and lasted for 2 months. I finally went to my OB/GYN and was immediately given a pap-smear, pelvic ultrasound, and uterine biopsy. It turns out that eventually my symptoms were hormonal and I haven't had bleeding since December on my hormone medication. Then, in the past few months I've woken up with chills and I've been getting pins and needles. I mentioned this to my doctor and asked for blood tests to check my kidney function, liver function, thyroid function, a CBC, a lipid panel, and vitamin tests. I got an email back saying "labs ordered" and within a day I had gotten my labs and results. All labs were normal, so now I need to figure out what is causing my symptoms, but it feels so good to be taken seriously and to be offered the correct treatments when presenting with a symptom rather than being blown off. I am so sorry for all of these patients who end up with stage 3-4 cancer diagnosis due to being blown off. There should be more consequences for doctors who fail to test for things that should be tested for given a patient's symptoms.
@@SunQueen800 ok so if I were you I saw another video of a young woman who had a hard time getting her diagnosis. I’m so so, I can’t remember her name but she had brownish skin, black hair, beautiful. The reason I thought of this video is because she said she was fatigued all the time and several full CBC, thyroid tests etc.. she had stage 4 colon cancer but her blood panels weren’t showing anything wrong. I will try to find it and send to you but unfortunately, I have seen several stories on here where patient after patient were diagnosed at a late stage of cancer and all the doctors had all ignored her symptoms! I’m hoping that’s not the case with you but I’ll send the info so you can research it, it might help? Thank you for sharing 😊
I’m so sorry you’ve been through this horrid experience! I too am a BC’er. Victoria. My brother is going through end stage Leukaemia. I too have the same mutant gene. My eldest brother passed of Leukaemia. My only sister passed of lung cancer. My mom had cervical cancer which was cured by surgery. Middle brother had different type of disease that killed him. I’m the last one left and who knows what’s in store for the future! Nobody is too young for cancer! I’m so happy you were such a strong advocate for yourself and you’re setting precedence for others. You are STRONG! Sending you and your family warm healing hugs. 😊❤️🇨🇦. My brother got a letter to give to me if I was interested in being test for mutant genes. Like I said I the same as my brother DDX41 myeloproliferative/lymphoproliferativeneoplasms
This is amazing. You are a true warrior. It would be wonderful if there was an outline of everything you went through, to include the trials and medicines, obstacles and how you overcame those, etc.
I live in the US. We have similar issues here. You do need to be a huge advocate for yourself, as Doctors don’t know everything, far from it. The big difference between US and Canada is the extreme expense of health insurance, here. So, whoever doesn’t have money may not be able to afford treatments.I wish there was a happy medium between US and Canada.
That’s not true in my state. Three years ago I went to the emergency room on Christmas Day with Diverticulitis, which I had for 13 years. They checked my records and immediately sent me for a CT scan with contrast and found my colon was ready to rupture. I was put in the hospital on IV antibiotics for 3 days, sent me home on antibiotics for 6 weeks. I had surgery that February 15th and my surgeon removed 14 inches of my colon removed.South Carolina!
@@nancypatterson374 That is not what I was referring to. I have very little issue with my insurance - except that I have had to find good docs, with my insurance, (certain aspects are better than others). My issue is the fact that I have to pay a lot for my "marketplace" insurance because we are in the "middle class" and don't qualify for very many subsidies. At one point, we paid $1500 for 2 high deductible policies and one lower deductible for 3 persons. My husband is on Medicare, now....(thank god) and my son covered through his job. My husband's work place dropped their few employees from coverage. We had to switch to "Obama Care." I am in favor of Medicare for all - or a system that doesn't punish you for making an o.k. living. Sorry this is not the place to discuss health insurance. Just saying it is not hunky dory in the US, that being said - I haven't had an issue with getting imaging because I have very nice docs who are open to listening.
It is. I was dismissed and gaslight for over a year and it ended in a stage 4 melanoma diagnosis. Still having issues with a few doctors but I’m so grateful for the naturopathic doc I starting seeing after the diagnosis. Without him I would be feeling completely hopeless.
In Canada we pay many more taxes than in the U.S. After a certain amount, some people pay 54% of their earnings in income tax. Our gas is higher with the carbon tax and sales tax in Ontario is 13%. Universal health care might sound free but it isn’t and we don’t get proper care or treatment.
You rock my friend! Let’s beat that cancer! God had given you the job of spreading hope through him. There is a reason your here and reason your gonna beat it! ❤
I'm so glad you're NED, Jessica, and bless you for advocating for other patients. Your daughter is beautiful, by the way. Best wishes to your family always.
Dame Deborah James in the UK ("Bowelbabe") did a lot of work in this area. She was also suffering for a long time pre-diagnosis, superfit like you and same age. Such a shame.
You. Are. Truly amazing. Never stop. I believe god is walking with you. You will Inspire others !!! An amazing. Brave strong lady. I. Say. Never ever stop!! God walks with you. You have a divine mission to make a difference Blessings to u ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️♥️
This little Lady is a force to be reckoned with, I can tell from her voice how traumatizing a diagnosis like she received is and to tell her there is no Hope? what right does anyone have to say that to her? or to try to take away her Hope? The Medical Establishment is causing so many people to develop PTSD by Gas Lighting patients when the patients knows beyond a shadow of any doubt that they are sick and something is off with their body. I wish this Gas lighting would stop and we the patients could be heard and taken seriously and treated accordingly with Respect. It really annoys me too when if there tests do not show certain red flags for what they are testing one for they just leave it right there , to sit there, they need to continue with more testing and take the patient seriously. I know Government run medicine is lacking , I was told " do not ever try to steer your own healthcare , especially in Canada cause it won't ever work in your favor". A doctor told me this before he walked out of the room and sent me home from emergency , the next week I was in hospital a six cm cyst burst on my Ovary and I had Sepsis.
Because for every case of cancer like this, dozens of others present with the same symptoms (GI issues overlap symptoms heavily) with benign conditions. It's unfortunate and overall bad luck. Medicine is amazing, but it isn't close to being perfect.
So glad you have no Cancer 🙏🙏🙏 My Father and his Sister are My Grandmother all died from Colon Cancer. Glad to see you are advocating on this in Canada 👏👏👏❤️🙏🙏🙏 I am from California
Wow... she is so young. It seems with younger adults, there's always years or months of medical gaslighting. I demanded a colonoscopy because I could feel something was weird, it was a diverticulosis ... not serious, but also not imaginary.
I’m a bit older but I completely understand. I went over two years complaining with stomach pains. My dr finally ordered a cat scan and there it was…a mass Colonoscopy and biopsy was positive for cancer One thousand percent you have to be your own advocate One year later I’m fighting again with cancer in same spot 😢
I live in Canada. I would rather live in the U.S and pay for health insurance. We have very little control over what doctor we have, there are no second opinions here. We wait months for treatment. Some don’t have a family doctor. I have a family doctor but the last time I spoke to her she said she didn’t have an appointment available until 3 months later. We have a horrible system here. If you have a doctor who cares and can get treatment when needed, you are lucky.
You don't know what you're saying. I have seen two instacare doctors, my own internal medicine doctor that I had to fight to see sooner, who gaslight me and told me my symtoms were anxiety, I pushed him to do a CT scan, blood work and MRI, referral to Gastro, while waiting and doing all of this I saw an ENT doctor, then a midwife for gyno check, two eye doctors, and I set two different appointment with family doctors for second opinions but the first doctor is 3 months away, second is next year. I finally saw a gastro ( who accidently revealed to me that my internal medicine doctor didn't refer me when he said he would which was over a month ago btw) who isn't alarmed by the blood in my stool and pain in my stomach. He is claiming I have IBD which makes zero sense with my blood work. I fought him for a colonoscopy and endoscopy but it's in late August. And please remember how much money this is all costing me. Through all of this I have to fight my insurance to pay for everything. I had to get everything preauthorized before getting anything done or seeing anyone. I am terrified that my insurance will decline my colonoscopy and endoscopy because they do that to a lot of people under 45. I have seen way too many doctors to try and get someone to take me seriously because I am only progressing in symtoms. I can't tell you how many people in the US go broke over medical bills. All of our doctors downplay our symtoms. And getting second opinions take forever. On top of dealing with insurance companies. I've been on the phone everyday since I started feeling symtoms.
It is the same here... except we have to pay outrageous prices and can lose our homes and lives. I may have cancer right now, but I can't get to see the specialist for 2 months.
Agree. ACA made healthcare more affordable and accessible in US but sad for those who still don’t have insurance…kind of. They can go to the “public” hospital.
That's why when people suggest "free healthcare" for the US, I am very much against it. My mom went to the doctor on a Wednesday, the next day she was at a cancer center getting tests. Monday morning she was diagnosed, that week she started treatment. I couldn't imagine waiting and waiting for answers and help.
Very sad. I'm sorry you endured this and experienced this neglect. Inexcusable. Your baby girl is precious and loves you so much ❤ May you and your family enjoy nothing but blessings and miracles ❤
Thank you for your courage and advocacy and spreading the news of options for those who are sick. I wish it wasn't like this, and change will come with your voice. Don't stop!!
I had the bad News yesterday, and I thought it was behind me. I had a colonoscopy and it looked all great but the biopsy came back positive. Here I am again starting a diet, changing my work habits and toughing it out again. I can understand how you feel young lady, 37 years old.
Thank you for sharing your story and advocating so strongly for yourself and others. I like your theory! You WERE made for this educational mission. 🙏🏻wish you well!
This is awful, but fighting it is the best way to keep your hopes up! Pray everything goes okay for you. I experienced the same thing with doctors at a supposedly #1 hospital gaslighting me. I would have been dead had I not gone to another doctor at another hospital more patient oriented towards good patient care. I was completely ignored and even almost blocked from surgery to save their reputation.
My goodness - seems to be a tremendous increase in this cancer and there has got to be a way to diagnose this so much earlier! Our doctors today just aren’t good diagnosticians and, you are right, protocols have got to change! Sending you warm hugs as you continue your fight.
You are an amazing person. God bless you and your family. It is exactly right that people have to be their own advocate. More people need to speak up and change this corrupt system. ❤
Also a patient of BC Cancer and it's crazy that we have to go to the 5th floor to get our scan results. I know the level of self-advocacy you've had to do and I commend you.
With respect, "changed bowel habits" isn't enough information. It's vague stuff like this which leads to people ignoring symptoms. Please 🙏 ... be specific. How did habits change? From what, to what? How frequent was it? Etc etc. Details are so important.
Years ago I met a Canadian couple on a cruise. The young wife said she was trying to have a gynecological exam she said she was on a 2 year wait list. I will never forget that because I had thought universal insurance was the answer to healthcare.
@@myinmyin1997 my specialists are booked out for months. i have to see an electrophysiologist and a cardiologist for a serious heart arrhythmia and i have to schedule them 6-12 months in advance. and it costs $300 out of pocket for 15 minutes of their time
@@codymitchell1376THIS! I have the “best” insurance money can buy and I still have to wait months to see a specialist if I go through my insurance. Healthcare is so terribly messed up, I don’t fully understand how it happened but all the doctors in my family say they wouldn’t go to med school now because they aren’t allowed to be doctors anymore.
I'm in Canada. You can get a gynecology exam at a walkin clinic if there's reason. You can usually see your GP within a month. A referral to a gynecologist takes about 2-3 months. But a GP can order a ultrasound or other tests ahead of seeing a gynecologist. The key is....the squeaky wheel gets the grease. I had a surgery scheduled for a year out. My symptoms changed and I told my doctor. 1 month later I saw the specialist again, 1 month after that I had my surgery.😉 for FREE.
There are different forms of universal health care systems. Canada, France, UK, and Germany all have different systems. Some better than others for what people need.
I am so sorry, I completely understand what you’re going through sweetheart, even as a female U.S citizen. I completely agree the age for a colonoscopy should be determined by the symptoms of the patient Secondary would be an age standards. You are so fortunate to have those organization stand by you and stand by you, support for your health journey. That’s amazing. Many of us do it almost 100% at our own. i’m so so happy that you fought and found a way to advocate for yourself.
I’m so sorry that your symptoms were ignored. Had my first colonoscopy at 44 because of symptoms. I have polyps and now they want to see me every 2 years. I’m in the states and it’s crazy Canada doesn’t take it that serious.
My thoughts on this. Your nana passing at 64 from Colorectal cancer and your digestion symptoms should have immediately resulted in your medical provider getting a colonoscopy. The provider knew your family history. My thought is that a patient who presents with a familial history colon cancer should be test with a frequency of every 3-5 years. I’m so sorry your medical provider didn’t do that a few years ago.
This the problem with socialized medicine. People in the states who know no better want this. 10 months ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer and saw my gyn oncologist in 2 days. After 3 surgeries and 6 chemos I am in remission. I’ve been prescribed an antineoplastic drug to avoid recurrence. This why health care in the US is so good.
Please know that your story is rare here in the U.S. Read through the comments and you will see that. My friends sister died at 35 because her doctors all ignored her symptoms of ovarian cancer. We live in a big U.S city with supposedly the best hospitals and best doctors and I can tell you so many stories like the young lady in this video. You’re one of the lucky few.
Sending you my blessings🙏 and to your beautiful family, adorable daughter and loving husband. ❤Life can be cruel but you have a mother's love in you, that fierce determination to fight and you will be OK my dear. I have you my heart ❤.
I had my own business and when i was 45 my knees were worn out. It took 5 years before i finally got my first replacement. I get addicted to DR prescribed opiates to control the pain so i could continue to work. 6 months before i got my first knee my dr abruptly moved away and i could no longer get pain medicine. I had to quit cold turkey as i couldnt afford the medication they substitute. I lost my business due to my addiction. The system failed me and ruined my life. I have no desire to ever work again. Thanks Canada free health care
I had a similar experience. In US you go to pain drs who want to keep you as patients. To get off the pain meds is simple. It’s a powder called kratom. No withdrawal from pain meds. There is little withdrawal when you decide to go off kratom. Give yourself a few weeks before quitting kratom.
Wow. I used to think that canadas healthcare system was the best and an example for other countries to aspire to. Nevermind… the fact they were willing to write her off so quickly is heartbreakind and obvious that there are gaps in the system. These gaps are for cost saving reasons. Terrible. Terrible. Terrible.
Colonoscopy should be done at patient request if they are too young for insurance to pay but they should also pay for it. My son demanded one, insurance won’t pay so he got an order for cologuard and had to lie about his age! And he paid out of pocket for it, he’s 45.
About having to wait until your 50 there to get a colonoscopy. I watched Dr Gupta talking after Princess Katherine said that she had cancer, which they still haven’t said what kind, but people were speculating and Dr Gupta mentioned that there are very high amounts of young women getting colon cancer now! I’m sure probably due to extreme capitalism and corporations polluting our earth; land, water, and air, but he was advocating the younger women get colonoscopies. I opted to do cologuard this year.
Why have you lost friends & family? Do you mean to cancer or they did'nt want to communicate or see you anymore? I feel for you? I'm amazed at your life's story, keep up the good work? Frm:- South Africa
THE healthcare system SUCKS ! They push the docs to see 4 patients per hour … they DO NOT LISTEN. My husband was always healthy. He had some symptoms of feeling full all Of the time. But they told him to change his diet. over a year he complained. They referred him to a Gastroenterologist, we arrive ( 5-6 weeks later because that’s how long we had to wait ) and they didn’t even accept our insurance. And refused to take my cash to pay for the appointment. I had to take him to ER At that point they found a tumor the size of a large grapefruit and cancer in his bones and lungs. They gave him 3 months to live. WE gave him ivermectin and kept him over a year. He succumbed to YET ANOTHER doctors failure. They put him on antibiotics because I took him in to ER for severe fatigue and they said he had a high white count ( due to his cancer ) but pumped him full of antibiotics and this caused C diff He was too weak to fight it. I lost the love of my life after 44 years of marriage. PLEASE GOD we need help with this broken system…..I’m so sorry this happened to you sweet soul
Lord, reveal yourself to Jess and heal her completely so that she can be here for her little girl. Surrender all to the great physician Jessica! He is your only hope in this life and the next.
@@LauraGraham-m5tJesus is real and is all powerful. Prayer and turning to Jesus always helps. He has answered my prayers and helped me in times of emergency more than any dr ever has. I'm sorry you are an unbeliever. I pray that you find and know the Jesus that I know. He is coming soon🙏
I lost my nan ,dad and recently my brother to colorectal cancer lost my son and sister had different cancers who passed five months apart but we have an inherited condition called juvenile polyposis syndrome, i recently had a colonoscopy which they found polyps in my colon,and few other things i had a gastrectomy in 2020, had some bowel removed and appendixs because of polyps.
Cancer Society won't help us if my friend refuses kemo shes had cancer before. When she called about her diagnosis and they only help you if you do kemo and radiation. She's devastated 😢
I’m in the States and have always admired Canada and considered Canada far superior to the States in most ways. I still think that - except that there are treatments offered to CRC patients here, and those with stage IV can be maintained for years sometimes. Of course, in this country, without government-paid healthcare, our problem is affordability. Btw, I’m no doctor, and my cancer was breast, not CRC, but I follow people who are surviving all kinds of cancers. I think the recommended first age for colonoscopies should now be forty.
First i so appreciate your positivity, and courage, and i'm glad you've overcome...prayers for your future. But im wondering what CELL TYPE was your cancer? And now in retrospect, WHAT could have been done preventatively to detect your cancer earlier?? As a primary care MD, whose emphasis was on preventive care/early detection of colon cancer(my motto was that NO ONE should die of a "preventable" cancer), i STILL had to STRUGGLE to get patients to do their stool tests, to get the lab to dispense the tests as part of my patients' annual lab work. And though a lot of the issues you bring up are obviously valid, the true logistics are more complicated and multifactoral, and a LOT of providers like myself are quite frustrated with the current medical system. Their are perceptual barriers(patients, providers, specialists), educational issues,INSURANCE is a BIG barrier(they often override a providers request as "not medically necessary"). Differentiating iron deficiency anemia in menstruating females can be difficult. Sometimes the only hint you may have is a linear PROGRESSION of iron deficiency or anemia over time--i once sent a male in his late FORTIES for colonoscopy for this reason, and th GI initially refused to do it, until i pointed out that a MAN has no physiologic reason to be anemic, much less iron deficient...he was ultimately found to have a late stage rectal cancer, but he unfortunately died... So what SHOULD have been done PREVENTIVELY, DIAGNOSTIVELY for you?? What can providers learn from your journey? I think i might have been mislead by your neg FIT test as well though some colon cancers only bleed intermittently or not at all. Though i would have thought if you were bleeding enough to be anemic that your FIT test would have been positive 🤔.
this is the case all the time in this series, the bad doctors who dont care if you sick or not. who dismiss people and do not listen. i dont know at what point these doctors lose their humanity. but if they could get really sick themselves before their carreer started, they could be better doctors and actually care. i think everyone who was dismissed and found out they had so serious cancer case after,should sue these doctors. otherwise there will never be a change, these doctors play with peoples lifes.
I am praying for you and your family and I know what you're talking about. I'm going through that. It seems like they're gaslighting my doctors every test I get done. They say it comes back positive but I know it deep down. There's something wrong. I can feel it like I say. We've known our bodies all our life. They've only known us for 5 minutes. I had one test done and ever since I had that 1 Test done I could find out what it was called. I have to get it looked up if you are interested. What was that Doctor's name in Toronto for your lungs? I'd like to get a talk to him for myself. Like. I said there. I know deep down. Something is wrong with me somewhere. I'm wishing you the best and your family. All I have is myself but I'm going to keep fighting. Until I get my answers. God bless you.🇨🇦💕💞
