Dragoness42

My paternal uncle died of colon cancer. My brother, who is 39 (only 2 years older than me), recently had blood in his stool and had precancerous polyps removed on a colonoscopy. I am female. What's my risk here of also having issues? My insurance denied noninvasive colon cancer screening (fecal DNA) because they consider it experimental and I'm too young to get a colonoscopy covered. I have no symptoms but I'd like to get some sort of screening done. What are my options and how important is it? I am hoping my risk is much less than his because I am female, not overweight (he is), and eat a much healthier diet including fiber (he rarely eats a vegetable)

Are you interested in testing brain implants that might let you have a direct neural interface with a computer? I've always thought that if I ever became quadriplegic for any reason I'd be all over that shit.

My little daughter missed out on this due to the pandemic. Swimming a the lake a lot this year though! We have an awesome beach that's less than 4 feet deep for a long way out.

What's the tune that you use to sing the "Gladys the magic chicken" song when you read it? I make up a slightly different ridiculous tune each time but I've always wondered how far off I am.

My kids are in the low body fat category. I make sure they wear life jackets anywhere they can't touch bottom because of this. They're pretty good at doggie-paddle level swimming but they just can't float.