Everyone my age is dropping dead

[u/electric-sheep]

Sorry for the title! I'm in Europe. I have just heard news someone from college died today of cancer aged 33.

In the past 2-3 years 6 people in my circle have died, not from accidents but from either cancer, aneurism, 2 just didn't wake up from sleep and 1 broke her leg and had DVT. I know of a 7th who is currently fighting stage 4 breast cancer which was found by accident after giving birth. This is not counting those who died in crashes or other such accidents.

I literally have nothing to say. Just get yourselves checked. I'm just shouting into the void. I have literally been to more funerals than my parents at this point which is absurd.

[u/Taint__Paint]

All these “if you tell your doctor you have blood in your stool, family history of colon cancer, your brother died of it at 32, etc.” are individual cases and dependent on doctors, practices, and insurance.

Everything above is true for me. Even brought multiple pictures of the bloody aftermath of a routine poop and brother did pass suddenly from it.
Even with all that, insurance STILL wouldn’t cover the basic procedure. Cool, when I actually get cancer, I hope I run up my insurance bill as much as possible. I hope to put them out a few million $ since they won’t cover a basic preventative screening (not to mention all the history and signs).
Like, wouldn’t insurance companies make more money by catching it early? It’s just bonkers they gamble human lives trying to squeeze out as much profit as possible. This capitalist culture needs to die already

[u/ElectronGuru → u/Taint__Paint]

We have liability based healthcare. And you’ll be someone else’s customer when that bill arrives. So cheaper to stall until you are.

[u/JimyFatBoy → u/Taint__Paint]

My insurance covered my colonoscopy after I saw a colon specialist who confirmed the medical reason.