I found out I had cancer for a long time and didn’t know it, it’s like a huge haze in my mind is being lifted that I had no idea I had the treatments suck but things are clearing up now

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      A routine checkup would look at a lot of broad categories, and there’s an incredible amount of information in your blood tests. A blood test alone wouldn’t be an automatic diagnosis, but abnormalities could trigger more tests to figure out why something is off

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      I ended up getting a bunch of tests when I was acting all weird it’s been months of weird tests and biopsy to find out but they do have screenings that can detect stuff