A 32-year-old poster wrote on 5ch that a gastroscopy had found stomach cancer, prompting a stream of questions from thread regulars about the symptoms, what led to the exam, and the treatment plan.
The poster revealed the cancer was Stage 3A and would require surgery, that cancer runs in the family, and that they don’t have insurance — sparking further discussion about health checkups and diet.
People who cry over getting sick are so lame (lol)
Uuurgh……
Uuurgh……
This "look at me" made-up story isn't even funny🥺
>>2
Would've been nice if it were made up, huh
Would've been nice if it were made up, huh
How'd you find out?
>>6
Found out from a gastroscopy (endoscopy)
My company checkup still only does the barium swallow test, so getting the scope done was a nice move on my part
Found out from a gastroscopy (endoscopy)
My company checkup still only does the barium swallow test, so getting the scope done was a nice move on my part
>>11
What stage is it?
Is it pretty bad?
What stage is it?
Is it pretty bad?
Wait, stomach cancer?
>>8
It's stomach cancer, right?
It's stomach cancer, right?
The fact you got a gastroscopy at that age means you must've already had pretty serious symptoms, no?
>>14
My stomach just kept hurting and hurting, and I kept thinking 'that's weird… that's weird…,' then my mom told me to get checked since grandpa had stomach cancer too
My stomach just kept hurting and hurting, and I kept thinking 'that's weird… that's weird…,' then my mom told me to get checked since grandpa had stomach cancer too
My ID changed for some reason
I don't have any insurance
I mean, people with families might, but who in their early 30s, single, and living with their parents actually has life or cancer insurance!?
I don't have any insurance
I mean, people with families might, but who in their early 30s, single, and living with their parents actually has life or cancer insurance!?
How bad is the pain?
I don't have pain either, but lately I've had this tight feeling around my liver area🥺
I don't have pain either, but lately I've had this tight feeling around my liver area🥺
What's your diet like?
>>29
It wasn't intense pain
More like a sharp twinge, or just a general sense that something was off
>>31
Skip breakfast and lunch (just coffee and cigarettes)
Dinner is mom's delicious home cooking☺
It wasn't intense pain
More like a sharp twinge, or just a general sense that something was off
>>31
Skip breakfast and lunch (just coffee and cigarettes)
Dinner is mom's delicious home cooking☺
I know it probably won't do any good to say this, but I'll say it anyway
Go to your health checkups
And if cancer runs in your family, take that seriously and get screened
Go to your health checkups
And if cancer runs in your family, take that seriously and get screened
>>36
Cancer runs in my family too
Everybody's died of cancer
My dad too
Cancer runs in my family too
Everybody's died of cancer
My dad too
I go for a checkup once a year, but it's only the bare-bones version
That's gotta be pretty pointless
That's gotta be pretty pointless
>>38
Seriously, you're better off skipping the barium test
Seriously, you're better off skipping the barium test
But I guess it really comes down to luck…
There are old guys with terrible diets who are still perfectly healthy
There are old guys with terrible diets who are still perfectly healthy
>>40
Yeah, I think so too
My dad worked at a big company and had checkups every year, but by the time they found it, it was Stage 4 and he died in no time
Yeah, I think so too
My dad worked at a big company and had checkups every year, but by the time they found it, it was Stage 4 and he died in no time
Well, people don't die that easily, so hang in there
There's the high-cost medical care system anyway, so even with treatment it'll only run you about as much as a motorcycle
There's the high-cost medical care system anyway, so even with treatment it'll only run you about as much as a motorcycle
>>45
Thanks
Money should be fine — I've got savings and no kids
But if you've got kids, insurance is a must
Thanks
Money should be fine — I've got savings and no kids
But if you've got kids, insurance is a must
I don't want to die without ever finding out what the One Piece really is😭
>>53
The One Piece is cancer
Because it metastasizes through your whole body and connects it all into one (a pun on "One Piece" meaning "connected as one")
The One Piece is cancer
Because it metastasizes through your whole body and connects it all into one (a pun on "One Piece" meaning "connected as one")
>>53
Oda seems like he lives an unhealthy lifestyle too, there's a chance he goes before you find out
The Berserk tragedy all over again (referencing Berserk's author dying before finishing the series)
Oda seems like he lives an unhealthy lifestyle too, there's a chance he goes before you find out
The Berserk tragedy all over again (referencing Berserk's author dying before finishing the series)
>>53
I'll tell you what the One Piece really is
It's a snake big enough to wrap all the way around the earth
I'll tell you what the One Piece really is
It's a snake big enough to wrap all the way around the earth
Now you get to use that classic pun: "I got GAN (cancer)! GAAN!" (a play on "gan," the word for cancer, and "gaan," the sound effect for shock/dismay)
>>69
I tried it once and it bombed so hard, never again
I tried it once and it bombed so hard, never again
>>71
Probably because you didn't make a funny enough face
Probably because you didn't make a funny enough face
>>71
Keep doing it till it actually lands
Keep doing it till it actually lands
My grandpa got colon cancer too, at 74
>>74
Colon cancer is basically the weakest boss of all the cancers
Colon cancer is basically the weakest boss of all the cancers
Did you get tested for H. pylori?
Getting stomach cancer without H. pylori seems pretty rare, I'd think
Getting stomach cancer without H. pylori seems pretty rare, I'd think
>>75
Company checkups don't test for H. pylori, right?
So I never got tested until my stomach started hurting
Company checkups don't test for H. pylori, right?
So I never got tested until my stomach started hurting
Did you feel nauseous or anything?
>>79
>>80
Just this constant sense that my stomach hurt
I didn't really notice any other changes myself
I'm already prone to feeling sluggish anyway, and my weight hasn't changed
>>80
Just this constant sense that my stomach hurt
I didn't really notice any other changes myself
I'm already prone to feeling sluggish anyway, and my weight hasn't changed
>>89
What kind of pain is it?
Different from the stomach cramps you get from running?
Is it a sharp, stabbing pain?
What kind of pain is it?
Different from the stomach cramps you get from running?
Is it a sharp, stabbing pain?
Does a gastroscopy require an overnight stay?
If it can be done same-day I might give it a try
Lately I've had pain on the opposite side from my heart
If it can be done same-day I might give it a try
Lately I've had pain on the opposite side from my heart
>>84
It's same-day
Out-of-pocket cost is under 10,000 yen, isn't it?
It's same-day
Out-of-pocket cost is under 10,000 yen, isn't it?
You'll probably just get a polyp snipped out and be done — lucky you're young
>>91
It's 3A, so it means surgery
It's 3A, so it means surgery
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nanademo Jikkyo G) thread “Cynical Me (32) Gets Stomach Cancer.”
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