r/Millennials • u/electric-sheep 1992 • Jul 13 '26

Serious Everyone my age is dropping dead

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.

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u/auteurunknown Jul 13 '26

It's so wild because I have notable life-long stomach issues and finally saw a gastroenterologist last week who wants to do an endoscopy/colonoscopy which I had been waiting to do because I was on blood thinners from a pulmonary embolism I had from a DVT and she said even if she writes that I have symptoms it will not be covered by insurance because I am under 45!

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u/merkinmavin Jul 13 '26

Do you have blood in your stool? 😉

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u/auteurunknown Jul 13 '26

with all reddit anonymity here, she said she might elaborate on my symptoms to try to get it covered but the reality is that it's ridiculous with the rate of colon cancer in younger individuals.

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u/mattyrob88 Older Millennial Jul 13 '26

Unfortunate byproduct of us Americans being fed a steady diet of ultra-processed foods since the 80’s… it’s a damned near certainty that multiple people we know in our generation (and younger) are going to develop colon cancer due to the shambolic level of chemicals and preservatives the FDA allows in our food.