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Bowel Cancer Screening - Dying For a Pooh

Scatology IS
a theme we can write about -
I write poop poems

(some folk may prefer this alternative ending! )
Jan's poems are poop

a small testing kit
will plop through your letterbox
it’s simple to do

just three smears of pooh
for bowel cancer screening
it could save your life

with intervention
this cancer can be treated  ...
don't leave it too late!

if you should notice
a change in bowel habits
then get it checked out

don't be embarrassed 
get to the bottom of things ...
dying for a pooh?

11/24/18

Copyright © Jan Allison | Year Posted 2018

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Warren Doll Date: 11/29/2018 11:34:00 AM What a delicate way to handle such a serious disease, Well done, Jan. I love the humor. Warm wishes~ Warren Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/30/2018 2:06:00 AM Thanks Warren I'm glad you approve:-) hugs Jan xx

Jack Horne Date: 11/29/2018 9:07:00 AM LOL, love these witty senyrus with a serious message Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/30/2018 2:06:00 AM Thanks Jack, this is one poop poem I hope folks approve of - best to deal with a serious subject in a humourous way:-) hugs jan xx

Bobby May Date: 11/28/2018 4:07:00 PM I love to poop, I had prostate cancer and had an operation in Jan. I am good to go now but I sure pee a lot. If it wasn't for a simple blood test I would't be writing any poetry right now, GREAT Poem Jan. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/28/2018 4:15:00 PM If it wasn't for my hubbies prostate cancer surgery I'd never have picked up my pen - I just write a lot of poop but its popular lol:-) so glad you are over the surgery and you started writing:-) hugs Jan xx

Gershon Wolf Date: 11/28/2018 2:01:00 PM As Frank Sinatra wanted to sing it: "Scoopy-doopy-doo..." LOL. And just think if we reversed the initials of this organization: Then it would be Soetry Poup! ~ gw Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/28/2018 2:06:00 PM LOL GW:-) I will have to do a poem based on that tune lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Arthur Vaso Date: 11/26/2018 11:25:00 PM Oh nooooo, sorry I mis read this, Bowling Cancer, I had no idea, I am quitting the team!!! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/27/2018 1:07:00 AM ha ha ha:-) hugs Jan xx

Carolyn Devonshire Date: 11/26/2018 3:14:00 PM Hilarious, Jan, but also a good reminder to remain conscious of our health. Hugs, Carolyn Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/26/2018 4:07:00 PM Thanks Carolyn, I worry about my muse but I write whatever comes into my mind and if I can write on a serious subject but with humour to get the message across then that is a bonus:-) hugs Jan xx

Phyllis Babcock Date: 11/26/2018 10:28:00 AM Had me laughing but not a laughing matter. YES most definitely get it checked out. In the last two years I had two different cancers and because of checking it out early was able to catch both early. love phyl Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/26/2018 10:47:00 AM So glad you have got caught early, so many folk leave it too late because they are embarrassed to get it checked out. I like to write with humour and its a way of tackling a serious issue and hopefully people will take notice of it:-) hugs jan xx

Chris Green Date: 11/26/2018 8:28:00 AM Ok, I probably should have waited until a little later in the day to read this, I just had breakfast. Yuck. : ) Well, this is definitely a Jan poem. :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/26/2018 8:38:00 AM lol Chris sorry to spoil your breakfast but it is a subject we should not shy away from writing about, its not my usual form of poop lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Arthur Vaso Date: 11/26/2018 3:31:00 AM Seems is more complicated here, they want different sections of the pooh, it cant touch the water etc...... I tell ya it was a hell of a funny convo at McDonalds coffee time, and I said man Jan should be here!!!! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/26/2018 4:28:00 AM Oh I would have loved to be there when you discussed that topic lol but its fantastic you were talking about it! the test is the same here Arthur - start of the pooh do a sample end the pooh do another sample lol but it saves lives and we all poop most days and you just need to do 3 samples . Oh I would have loved to be there when you discussed that topic lol :-) hugs Jan xx

Lindsay Laurie Date: 11/25/2018 6:57:00 PM G'day Jan … when you get to my age Jan, just drop your undies in and they can check everything. All jokes aside Jan, it's a very important message - thank you Jan - Lindsay Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/26/2018 4:24:00 AM I think many folk are embarrassed Lindsay but gee we all poop and just putting a sample on a card can't be rectum science!:-) hugs Jan xx

Michelle Faulkner Date: 11/25/2018 6:05:00 PM My hubby got a rectum exam for prostate cancer - not fun but very important! Like your 'scoop' on the poop! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/26/2018 4:23:00 AM Thanks Michelle, hubby had plenty of those tests as he had prostate cancer and his surgery kickstarted me into writing. When he went for a check up the doc said 'let me examine your prostate' I piped up from behind the curtain ... err I thought you'd removed it ... what he meant was the area where it had once been lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich Date: 11/25/2018 5:34:00 PM you even make cancer screening funny, Jan. Nice ones. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/25/2018 5:40:00 PM Got to treat it with humour Andrea - sadly so many folk shy away from taking the test because it is with 'poop' or they delay seeing their doctor if they have bowel troubles and sadly they leave it all too late when if they got over the 'poop' they could have early intervention and be cured:-) hugs Jan xx

Tom Cunningham Date: 11/25/2018 3:06:00 PM You're right Jan, only old farts qualify for the test at home lol. Seriously if there's a history of it in the family I would have thought you would be eligible for the test, be worth mentioning to your GP, its true what you say ,it could save your life. Tom. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/25/2018 3:36:00 PM lol @ old farts . As for the family history I only have what my sister told me - and she lives in la la land and so I never know what is the truth or her fantasy world but it would be worth getting tested - the same for cervical cancer they should lower the age the tests are offered ... and still young lives are lost because they are considered too young to get cancer:-( hugs Jan xx

Arturo Michael Date: 11/25/2018 12:58:00 PM You're talking serious poo now...a wonderful concept and execution...All the best Jan Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/25/2018 1:07:00 PM Thanks Arturo - its a serious subject yet so many shy away from even doing the test at home. I've discovered my paternal grandfather and my father's brother and my father all died of bowel related cancers so I need to try and get a test even though I don't qualify for it at the moment as its usually only available if you are over 60. :-( hugs Jan xx