TotalBiscuit has Bowel Cancer (Video: Slightly NFSW)

[krazykidd]

I can't speak for others, but i'm 25 and never see doctors , even though i live in canada and healthcare is free. I don't really expect to live past 40, but it doesn't really bother me. The only thing worst than dying, is knowing you are going to die.

Wonder if you'll feel the same way when you're 39.

Probably not, like guppy said, he thought that way when he was 25. So maybe i'll grow out of it ( or something). At least that makes me normal.[small]right?[/small]
I don't think about much about death anyways, i guess the older you get the more you think about it. Or so iv'e heard.

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

the guy must be pretty young, maybe i should get checked too or something

He's 30 or less IIRC, in case you're wondering. I don't think it's worth random checks though, since you can't check everything all the time, especially since he had been getting symptoms for a while.

yeah i posted that before watching the video

i think ill go see my doctor for a problem ive been having for some time, definitively not as bad as this but, who knows, better be careful

 

[krazykidd]

I can't speak for others, but i'm 25 and never see doctors , even though i live in canada and healthcare is free. I don't really expect to live past 40, but it doesn't really bother me. The only thing worst than dying, is knowing you are going to die.

Yes, i know i will die. However, i don't think about it , and when i do i think " i will die eventually, but not now". However, if i went to the doctor and he told me i had cancer, and i have between 6 month - 1 year to live for example, it becomes a lot more real, and more frightning.

I could die unexpectedly tonight, and it would be okay because it's unexpected. Tell me i'm going to surely die tomorrow and i will be scared.


Maybe i explained that wrong, i'm bad at explaining.

It doesn't work that way...cancer's not going to just going to insta-kill you one day like a headshot in DayZ. Depending on what you have, it could mean different parts of your body slowly ceasing to function. If you have lung cancer, it's not just going to be "one day I'm fine, the next I'm dead." It'll be more like "I'm having trouble breathing, my chest hurts all the time, I get serious headaches, I'm feeling incredibly weak, etc." It'll be like that for months before the end. You'll know something's wrong, long before it kills you.

Or, you could get regular checkups, and benefit from effective treatment thanks to early detection. If you don't want to know how when you're going to die, just ask the doctor not to give you any predictions.

I'll be honest, i didn't know that. I always though that people died pretty quick from cancer, unless they take chemotherapy, which gives them a few more years. I have zero experience witth cancer. All i know is what i got from the pretty inaccurate hospital television shows :/.

So chalk this one down under ignorance.

 

[Hazy]

Wow, and after this infamous tweet [https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/128836571297349632] where he tells someone else to get cancer and die.

That's something I guess. Wish him the best and all, even if I don't particularly like him.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

I'll be honest, i didn't know that. I always though that people died pretty quick from cancer, unless they take chemotherapy, which gives them a few more years. I have zero experience witth cancer. All i know is what i got from the pretty inaccurate hospital television shows :/.

So chalk this one down under ignorance.

Nope.

In the vast, vast, vast majority of cases, whatever disease you eventually end up with...assuming you get one through negligence or willful ignorance...is likely going to be your platonic life partner for a good long time before you finally succumb to it. You don't just romantically shuffle off stage left. You usually spent some time having your quality of life banged in first.

 

[dyre]

I'll be honest, i didn't know that. I always though that people died pretty quick from cancer, unless they take chemotherapy, which gives them a few more years. I have zero experience witth cancer. All i know is what i got from the pretty inaccurate hospital television shows :/.

So chalk this one down under ignorance.

Well, chemo does come with its own problems, but think about what cancer really is; in vague terms, it's a malignant growth that slowly takes over and destroys the cells in your body. That sort of thing won't happen overnight, and you'll start feeling the affected parts of your body slowly shutting down long before it kills you.

Anyway, I'm not trying to give you a hard time; it's just that I feel that given that you're lucky enough to live in a country that provides this stuff for free, you should definitely see a doctor from time to time. It's not just a matter of "knowing when you'll die"... a lot of life-threatening diseases/conditions can be cured outright if detected early enough!

 

[jurnag12]

Well...damn, I guess. Not sure how else to react to this. At least it'll probably work out in the end. Best of wishes to both him and his family for the foreseeable future, though.

Let this be a lesson to all; If you have blood consistently coming out your ass, it's time to see a doctor.

Gonna be honest, this video probably scared me straight in that aspect. I've actually had blood in my stool for quite a while now (As in, significant amounts of time. Probably over half a year), and I haven't actually mentioned it to anyone yet due to the headlogic of 'well I don't feel that bad, and I haven't dropped dead yet. Probably nothing. What kind of problem could this be, anyway? I'm 18. Probably just my shitty eating habits.'
All of which fits with what he's discussing in the video.

Not to overreact and go full hypochondriac on this, but uh...

I think I'll go see a doctor sometime this week.

 

[gigastar]

Hm, i thought this thread would have garnered one of those responses by now.

They certainly have in other places.

 

[BreakfastMan]

Yep. My grandparents have done it. It might have actually killed my grandmother. She is still alive, but she has been battling bowel cancer for a couple years now and it shows no immediate signs of completely leaving. The reason it got so bad? She just let it grow without doing anything until she looked like she was in the 3rd trimester of a pregnancy. Not even joking. And even then, when we expressed concern for her safety (something we had to do multiple times), she took a while to get it actually looked at.

I just don't get why they took so long, myself. I mean, something was quite obviously wrong. What causes a person to have such a distrust of doctors that they take that long to get something so obvious checked out? :\

 

[InsanityRequiem]

Yep. My grandparents have done it. It might have actually killed my grandmother. She is still alive, but she has been battling bowel cancer for a couple years now and it shows no immediate signs of completely leaving. The reason it got so bad? She just let it grow without doing anything until she looked like she was in the 3rd trimester of a pregnancy. Not even joking. And even then, when we expressed concern for her safety (something we had to do multiple times), she took a while to get it actually looked at.

I just don't get why they took so long, myself. I mean, something was quite obviously wrong. What causes a person to have such a distrust of doctors that they take that long to get something so obvious checked out? :\

It's not really distrust but more of embarrassment. In most situations, someone wouldn't want others to see them intimately when they don't know the person. That type of feeling transfers over to having a medical professional have a look at you as well. You don't really know the person, so they might make some comment about your body you wouldn't like. And that leads to being embarrassed so one would not ask questions or ask for help when something major happens, especially in regards to inside the body through the rectum or vagina & uterus/penis & scrotum or testicles.

I'd say the major issue is because of how "puritan" society views the body. Only those you really, really, really trust & love should see you with little to no clothes on, no one else.

 

[scorptatious]

Wow, and after this infamous tweet [https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/128836571297349632] where he tells someone else to get cancer and die.

That's something I guess. Wish him the best and all, even if I don't particularly like him.

Irony sure can be a ***** sometimes.

Anyway, I wish him the best as well.

 

[Fappy]

I've had bowel related issues for a couple years now and I am just now seeing a specialist next month. Weird timing.

 

[Skin]

Dysplasia is not yet cancerous, so he is fairly lucky he caught it as early as they did.

Really wish him all the best.

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

I did a research paper on colon (or bowel) cancer for a Biochemistry course.

People know smoking causes lung cancer but the reason is because smoking creates polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that get stuck to the DNA of cells in your lungs and causes errors when the DNA tries to replicate. These errors eventually lead to cancerous cells. Colon cancer is actually caused by the same mechanism. When you cook meat, the same polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are made and they get stuck the DNA of your colon. So yes, cooked meat can give you cancer. Also its the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world. Like Total Biscuit says, genetics also play major role in how susceptible a person is.

So remember to eat more vegetables and get your pooper checked

I think I'll go see a doctor sometime this week.

Do it. Colon cancer is common in industrialized nations. You're not being a hypochondriac

Edit: I'm also not saying you have cancer, I'm just saying you have reason to be cautious. I believe it's only 4% of adults who get diagnosed but it's no reason to take chances. It's important to get diagnosed when you're young than to wait

 

[DaVash]

Wow, and after this infamous tweet [https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/128836571297349632] where he tells someone else to get cancer and die.

That's something I guess. Wish him the best and all, even if I don't particularly like him.

I don't get why people feel the need to post this. The guy made a stupid immature comment (being an human and all we tend to screw up at times) and if he was still doing it I would totally agree with bringing it up but doesn't look like he has or more screen caps/links would show up.

It looks like he learned from his mistake and hasn't done it again. If someone has learned from their mistake it should be left in the past. the past should be the past.

Or at least add more context to the post. https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/329766440850837505

while we didn't see him say the words I'm sorry from the comments looks like they would of patched things up in email

 

[Weaver]

Dysplasia is not yet cancerous, so he is fairly lucky he caught it as early as they did.

Really wish him all the best.

Exactly this, he does not have stage 1 bowel cancer and thus does not have cancer.
If he did not get the polyp removed it would likely develop into cancer. Luckily, he caught it early enough and should be fine after surgery.

 

[Trude]

I can't speak for others, but i'm 25 and never see doctors , even though i live in canada and healthcare is free. I don't really expect to live past 40, but it doesn't really bother me. The only thing worst than dying, is knowing you are going to die.

Same, until January then bam, cancer + metastasis.

 

[silversnake4133]

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hehehe

OT: I really wish it didn't take a cringe worthy youtube "celebrity" to raise awareness for this kind of stuff, but I guess that is the case.

Probably because that's what it usually takes for the young yuppies to actually pay attention to these kinds of things. Older teenagers and young adults in the 20-30 range don't really think about cancer or certain diseases that may be common in their heredity because they still cling to that feeling of immortality they had when they were adolescents without a care in the world. It takes someone that they enjoy watching or talking about, namely these "youtube celebrities" (who are generally more down-to-earth than Hollywood celebrities), getting serious inflictions like this to actually drive the notion home that cancer isn't just an "old person's disease".

Nevertheless, reading some of the previous comments on this thread really makes me wonder about this community. A good majority of you guys are still relatively young, yet you're talking about death like you're in a nursing home. Also, for those of you who have the convenience of "affordable healthcare", you're a damn fool if you don't take advantage of it and get regular check-ups or physicals to make sure everything is working properly. Granted I'm not too surprised that TB would get something like this, given his track record of bodily ailments stemming forth from his career choice, it almost seems par for the course however nefarious that sounds. Nevertheless, I hope he has a speedy recovery from this issue and can get back to his old self again soon.

If I may nitpick though, I don't really see how this is gaming related. Yeah TB is a big name in the world of games, but the topic itself really is not. I don't want to sound preachy here, but I really don't think it should have been made at all. If you want to spread awareness of the dangers of Colon Cancer or even the various diseases that afflict the Gastrointestinal tract, I would think it'd be in much higher esteem if you didn't use specific people as springboards for conversation. It just doesn't seem very fair to the person in question. After all, we're all humans, we all can get cancer and most of us will get a form of it sometime in our lives. So there's really no sense in highlighting the misfortunes of certain people just because a lot of people know who they are and what they do. I mean hell, you wouldn't want your friends spilling to their whole Facebook friends list that you have to get a colonoscopy because the doctor you went to see thinks you might have a hemorrhoid or a potentially cancerous polyp. I know this may seem a moot point seeing as how he willingly put this information up on the Internet (in a VLOG no less), but I have a feeling he doesn't exactly want it plastered on every gaming site simply because he's TotalBiscuit. But that's just my opinion, take it as you will.

 

[stroopwafel]

Gonna be honest, this video probably scared me straight in that aspect. I've actually had blood in my stool for quite a while now (As in, significant amounts of time. Probably over half a year), and I haven't actually mentioned it to anyone yet due to the headlogic of 'well I don't feel that bad, and I haven't dropped dead yet. Probably nothing. What kind of problem could this be, anyway? I'm 18. Probably just my shitty eating habits.'

Bright blood in the stool or on toilet paper usually indicates hemorrhoids, anal fissures or in the worst case rectal inflammation(most likely Colitis). Annoying and you should definitely see a doctor but it won't threaten your life. Mucus during bowel movements like TB mentioned in his vlog is also non-specific, and can indicate anything from polyps to inflammation to irritable bowel syndrome. Again it depends on the color. Smelly darkish mucus usually indicates something serious while bright mucus usually indicates an irritated bowel(which is harmless). The large intestine continually produces mucus to protect the intestinal lining and some people produce more than others, so passing mucus in and of itself usually isn't reason for concern.

Dark(occult) blood is major reason for concern though, as it is blood that originates from higher up in the colon and might indicate cancer or other potentially life threatening diseases. Other red flags when you should run to the doctor asap are loss of appetite, fever, weight loss or sudden onset and progressively worsening of symptoms. Though I imagine that probably isn't your case.

Unfortunately I suffered from bowel problems for half my life and its definitely(literally) a pain in the ass. Also I'm not gonna lie: a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy is certainly invasive. They usually don't knock you out like they did with TB. I could actually see my insides on a screen while they were shoving that tube down my butthole. Ofcourse, an invasive test stands in no comparison to any potentially untreated diseases or ruling out serious causes.

Also, I think its good of TB that he raises awareness of bowel cancer in young people but its also extremely rare. So have it checked but don't stress out when there is blood in the stool. It's most likely hemorrhoids or a small tear. Both of which are easily treated.

 

[Hazy]

Wow, and after this infamous tweet [https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/128836571297349632] where he tells someone else to get cancer and die.

That's something I guess. Wish him the best and all, even if I don't particularly like him.

I don't get why people feel the need to post this. The guy made a stupid immature comment (being an human and all we tend to screw up at times) and if he was still doing it I would totally agree with bringing it up but doesn't look like he has or more screen caps/links would show up.

It looks like he learned from his mistake and hasn't done it again. If someone has learned from their mistake it should be left in the past. the past should be the past.

Or at least add more context to the post. https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/329766440850837505

while we didn't see him say the words I'm sorry from the comments looks like they would of patched things up in email

We all tend to "screw up at times"?

No, forgetting to do your homework is "screwing up at times," telling someone to "get cancer and die" is something only a complete shithead would do.

Keep in mind, he is a grown man, not some 13 year old punk trying to look edgy. An adult should know how to fucking act. And he has done this multiple times.

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