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Ha!

That was awesome.

Glad you are being healthy—smart man.

[Thanks, AAG. Oh, I totally forgot. Women need to get checked too! Oh yeah, and while one can get non-invasive tests (usually from a stool sample — yuk) I think they come up negative unless you’ve already got cancer. With a colonoscopy they can find and nip out polyps before they go bad. —fl]

Nice job :)

[Thank you, Astra! —fl]

love the message.
..especially love how the photo goes with the message ;)

[Thanks, M. I bent my rules a bit skipped ahead to get a matching photo. I’ll return to the sequence tomorrow. —fl]

Fantastic post and a great way of putting it out there, Fig!

[Well, he didn’t exactly put it out anywhere. :-) But man I’m glad he put it where he did. Thanks, Enigma. —fl]

Good job, babe. Putting such important information out there is a genuinely altruistic public service. And worth any number of dodgy and groan-inducing jokes.

Although i knew. I just knew. Heh.

Nice photo, by the way. Eminently bitable…

[Thanks for the kind words, Minx. I appreciate it. —fl]

Figleaf:

This has to be one of your best! Thank you!

And yes, next time I will definitely ask for drugs. When I had a sigmoidoscopy (which examines the lower intestine and is therefore not as effective as a colonoscopy), it was performed without drugs. Most people will experience mild discomfort, but in my case the pain was so bad I started losing consciousness. I told the doctor if he ever tried that again I was reporting him to Amnesty International. So yes, colonoscopy with drugs on the side is the way to go.

[My first checkup involved an in-clinic sigmoidoscopy and I don’t remember that hurting at all. I’m sorry yours was so painful. By the way, when I went in that time — on a routine my-insurance-is-running-out full-tilt physical the doc said “you’re really too young to worry about it but as long as you’re here, roll over…” and then he said “forget everything I just said” and recommended a colonoscopy. Thanks, Kochanie. —fl]

excellent pic to go with this post… :)

and good for you…for getting your check ups when its time for them…

peace…

[Thanks, Monkey. —fl]

Wow! You are such an amazing man.
I was a little worried as I was reading the second paragraph jijiji but then I realized what you where writing about.

Thank you for being such a great human being you are an example to all of us.

No wonder you are my internet crush.

[Thanks, Anastasia. One of the interesting things about being a sex blogger is you can get your message across in a whole ‘nother way. :-) —fl]

LOL. I may have to do a similar write up about pelvic exams and mammograms!! too funny! well done!

[Go for it, Lime. Thanks. —fl]

That was fantastic, figleaf!

Someone very close to me was just diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and sadly his has metastasized and spread to his liver. It’s all so sad for me, and I thank you for spreading the message of just how important awareness is.

[Yeah, I’m in a weekly seminar with a woman, quite young, who’s husband is going to die of colon cancer pretty soon. I’m guessing he was probably younger (though maybe just younger) than the typical age you begin getting screened, but you gotta wonder how many people have put it off because of the inconvenience and the perceived (but unjustified) humiliation and/or homophobic implications? Thanks, SD. —fl]

LOL. Great post. :) I’m posting a link from my blog because it quite literally made me laugh out loud, and had a great message. ;)

[Great. I wanted people to wonder what the heck was up, then laugh, then get the message. Thanks TASB. —fl]

Hey,
I’ve posted something about men, patriarchy, masculinity and revolution that I’m curious to see your reaction to. Don’t want to leave all the “fun” for the male bloggers who insist on keeping their clothes on. ;)

[Hey, Darkdaughta. I’m all in love with your post about men being robbed and/or robbing themselves of fathering and your good point that “single mother” might mean tough times and she might be able to use a little help but doesn’t automatically make her victim who needs to be “uplifted.” There must be something in the air, you know, because I’m right in the middle of a post about stereotypes about men and women, mothers and fathers, and who owns contraception. I don’t know if I can but I want to fit in a link to your post because a lot of the same things matter to you. Thanks! —fl]

I must say I was a little disappointed :-( I think of myself as straight, but still somehow I get aroused by men´s dicks. Since I am anal anyway it just fits very well, and I could see myself engaging in gay sex if the situation was right.
A wonderful story to me would have been if you did find that guy that got your imagination going, and had him give you his tool :-) To me that would´ve not made you gay or bisexual, just in tune with sexuality. The difference to me is whether you could picture yourself being in love with someone of your own sex, and to me that´s a definite no. I just love all kinds of sexuality.

[The really important question is whether you’re going to get screened for colon cancer or whether you put it off like too many other men and women who are gay, straight, or in between… and dead of something so easily prevented. Thanks Marco. —fl]