The Anemic Nurse

[that_pan_chick]

The plot twist meaning absolutely NOTHING to the story is my absolute favorite part 😂

[kimble]

But even if the grandma was adopted that wouldn’t change anything because her children/descendants are the other ones with the cancer, right?

[KKP]

I have Lynch Syndrome. My dad had colon cancer at 52 so my GP sent me for a colonoscopy at 42. I woke up from that first colonoscopy to be told I had cancer. The Lynch diagnosis came later after a lot of factors pointed toward it. Seven years cancer-free, thanks to annual colonoscopies that have caught several pre-cancerous polyps since the cancer.

[robinright]

My daughter had colon cancer at age 33. She tested positive for Lynch syndrome MSH6. I was then tested - I have it also. She survived her cancer and I had surgeries to remove colon, appendix, uterus, Fallopian tubes, ovaries & cervix. Surprisingly not many doctors know much at all, if anything, about LS. Glad to see you covered this. ❤️

[michaelmastell]

But if your grandmother was adopted she would still be your blood relative lol

[TheKjoy]

My grandma had Lynch Syndrome, and my aunt has it, too. They had the breast and uterine cancers associated with it. My dad had colon cancer, but not Lynch Syndrome. We lost him 2 years ago. My mom lost 2 of her siblings to cancer. When I had cancer, I was tested for genetic cancer markers. I came back clear of the most common ones. Getting those test results was important.

[lisatowan]

As someone diagnosed with colon cancer at 45, I appreciate you bringing attention to the disease.

[amandaf]

My mom had 4 different types of cancer throughout her life. They did genetic testing and she had no genetic mutations that they could find about 7 years ago. All my doctors get nervous when something weird comes up for me. I have autoimmune issues so I’m checked quite frequently. It’s so important to know family history regardless.

[MultiJordan]

One of my friends and her fraternal twin both have Lynch Syndrome. They turned twenty one last year when they found out and both had colonoscopies that year. It's such an important diagnosis to make since it really impacts how new symptoms are managed. For instance, if one of them started to have abdominal pain they would be investigated far more thoroughly since it's so much more likely to be colon cancer than something like gastroenteritis

[harmonicaveronica]

Screening is SO important. My husband's dad was a stubborn guy who was the sort to refuse to go to the doctor. He was diagnosed at around the age of 60 with stage 4 colon cancer and was dead 9 months later. Maybe he'd still be alive if he'd been screened a decade earlier. Maybe not - he also smoked his entire adult life and that has a way of causing an assortment of diseases that will kill you. In any case, I am so, so grateful that my husband isn't the same way. He may still end up with a terminal illness or die by accident, but at least I'm not likely to lose him to an illness that's easy to screen for and treatable if caught early

[sophroniel]

I was waiting for a joke.... but instead, it was a timely reminder that bowel cancer is chronically underdiagnosed....

[nicolasmartinez]

My dad and grandfather were both diagnosed with colon cancer before 50 which is common in lynch syndrome.

[maxiefairbanks]

The storyline of this video is so similar to my family 😅
My paternal grandmother was adopted, and she died of colon cancer at the age of 47. A few years ago my dad's brother got tested for Lynch Syndrome at the recommendation of his doctor, and his results came back positive for Lynch Syndrome.
This prompted the rest of us to get tested as well. My dad, my sister, and I all found out that we also have Lynch Syndrome.
Anyway, since my grandmother was adopted we didn't know that much about her biological family's medical history and where her Lynch Syndrome could have come from... That is until we did Ancestry DNA and managed to find relations of my grandmother's biological mother. My great-grandmother lived into her 90s and has no family history of cancer. So we're pretty sure that my grandmother's Lynch Syndrome must have come from her biological father's side of the family since we can't find anything about him and figure that he must have died fairly young as well.
It's really interesting to me how our Lynch Syndrome diagnosis inadvertently lead to us solving family mysteries 😂

[meghanrose]

My grandma has Lynch syndrome and has had 6 different kinds of cancer within the last 18 years! She’s still fighting them one by one! Thankful to for the resources available to her!

[jturtle]

I spent a year trying to get my primary to schedule my first colonoscopy, and they eventually did but by then I was very anemic and spent weeks unable to work. When the doctor woke me up in the recovery area to tell me he found a tumor I said "thank you", because I knew I had cancer and was terrified that they wouldn't find it. He thought I was confused from the anesthesia and said "you have cancer" and of course I said "I know, and there's a tumor in my liver". They found the two metastatic tumors in my liver in a CT scan that day, and the doctor said no one had ever told him where to find metastatic tumors before.

[outsider]

My mind is blown that I just learned so much from a YouTube short. I would pay for a subscription service that was just informative short videos on disperate topics.

[shortysax]

As a genetic counselor, I approve this message! 🥰

[duboisa.]

I get so excited whenever this guy posts a new video even though I only understand like 20% of what he's saying (sometimes) bc I don't know anything about the medical field. The comedic timing, the educational nature of his videos and the wigs are just a great combo.

[kaylapearl]

Thanks for the lynch syndrome recognition doc schmidt! I was diagnosed with MSH2 11 months ago 💙

[candyc]

This is so me. I’m a Nurse. My hemoglobin was found to be low during routine bloodwork. They sent me to the Hospital for a possible transfusion but decided against it because I wasn’t having any symptoms and I felt perfectly normal. Just seen by GI Dr and they are scheduling me for an EGD and colonoscopy. All I keep thinking is I hope it’s not colon cancer. My grandma had it, my mom had polyps yep there goes my family history.