Daniel 3:17-18

Daniel 3:17-18 "If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up."

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Scout Camp

That's how I found out about my tumor. I went to scout camp with my two youngest boys. I had to get a physical to spend the week with them. BSA requirement. Since I hadn't had one in three years my wife called my doctor and told him to give me the works. In hind sight (yep, the puns are everywhere), the prostate exam proved providential. It lead to a Fecal Occult Blood Test which showed positive. My PA, astute man that he is, didn't like the results. He decided that 48 was close enough to 50 and strongly encouraged me to get a colonoscopy to find out what was going on. Now in case you missed the concerning news, the FOBT showed that I had blood in my stool. Nasty tumor! Three weeks later (including a gorgeous week in the mountains with my sons) I went in for my first ever colonoscopy. I say first because with a diagnosis of rectal cancer it will be far from my last colonoscopy.
Get yours today!
Posted by Steve Chamberlin at 6:42 PM

1 comment:

  1. FumigatorSeptember 19, 2010 at 10:18 PM

    Those are incredibly lucky circumstances that led to the tumor discovery.

    I just had a general physical because I turned (ahem) 40ish recently. I was expecting the ol' finger check but my doctor skipped it. I have to admit I was a little confused and even troubled, as I've always heard it's part of the 40(ish) exam. I want to make sure any problems are noticed!

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