[deepsun]

> “Hey! CRC is going up! You should get screened!”

Try asking a doctor for asymptomatic screening (for anything), they usually say "There's a schedule for such screenings at age X, you're too young for that. There's also proven negative effects of excessive screenings."

Which kinda makes sense, as they supposed to have protocols/schedules for all kinds of healthcare. We're talking here about changing that protocols/schedules. But doctors (and insurances) are generally reluctant.

So my actionable question is "How do I convince my doctor to get the screening?"

[samlinnfer]

Just say you saw blood in your stool. You can also google some of the symptoms and say you have some of the more ambiguous ones.

[JoblessWonder]

Yeah, blood in the stool should get it ordered.

[glonq]

This.

In my 40s I asked my doc what I should get screened for and when. He said to wait until 50. Now I wait here on death row with stage 4 colorectal cancer.

[bonsai_spool]

> In my 40s I asked my doc what I should get screened for and when. He said to wait until 50.

What did you want your doctor to say, instead?

[pazimzadeh]

what do you think? what do you think he's going to say when he has stage 4 cancer?

[bonsai_spool]

I just don't understand why the doctor would say anything different than what the national screening guidelines suggest?

[pazimzadeh]

I think he's arguing that guidelines are dumb/outdated

[bonsai_spool]

I think the guidelines are fine - we can't stop everyone's disease and that's not what the purpose of these screening tests are.

[cubefox]

> So my actionable question is "How do I convince my doctor to get the screening?"

I guess we have to pay for it ourselves. It's not exactly cheap, but perhaps worth it.