To think my friend was a little insensitive

[Catlady1976]

And wrong
So a year or so ago I experienced dome changes in bowel habits and I was referred for a colonoscopy. Thankfully all was fine.
Now my friend has had similar symptoms and has also been referred. She did alot of research and decided to forgo the test. All fine.
However she has cited one reason for refusing the test is that the equipment is sterilized using disinfect which is considered carcinogenic.
Aibu to think this is insensitive even if there is any truth in it which I doubt.

YABU. It is mildly annoying in the way that people who think vaccinations will cause their children to develop autism, but really she is to be pitied.

Your friend is being extremely foolish. She may already have cancer ffs. She is crazy!

"well you did have that colonoscopy x years ago"

Honestly, a life time of exposure to carcinogens (they are everywhere, we get exposed to them all the time) & she could reliably pin it down to a single 2 hours experience? Honestly, what bollux. If she's that clever she should be up for some kind of international prize.

ps: she may be a lovely friend in other respects, that's for you to decide. But I would do the smile & change subject when she comes up with ... unhelpful comments.

That comment wouldn't even register with me, and I have Crohns so have had more than my fair share of colonoscopies, I'd just think she was being a bit silly as they are necessary for diagnosing some bowel conditions.

Well I think there is a huge mental leap from explaining why she didn't have the test to thinking she'd say you got cancer, god forbid, because of the colonoscopy, so yes, overly sensitive, unreasonable and well, stretching it, quite a lot if I'm honest. 🙄

I wouldn't be surprised if the real reason is because she is scared!

She is an idiot.

You are oversensitive.

Your friend is stupid, and quite possibly scared, as Buster says.

You are being over sensitive. If you think she's wrong, why do you even care?

I understand how you feel op. I was telling my mum about my disasterous hair dyeing recently in which it went wrong and so I had to dye it several times in a few days, and she told me about a friend of a friend who died from a brain tumour and research showing how hair dye had caused it. Made me feel rubbish!!

She is being ridiculous bout the disinfectant.

I agree that it's not very nice to say

That thing that you did - I'm not going to do it. Because I am cleverer than you and did my research. By the way - if you get cancer, it'll be your own fault for not being as clever as me

Is that how she is saying it?

There are a lot of conspiracy theories about cancer. I have a friend who says she wouldn't have any regular treatment for it; she does seem to say it at the wrong time, e.g. When discussing another friends cancer treatment.
Anyway your friend sounds a bit stupid.

She sounds like an idiot. You shouldn't be listening to a single thing she says.