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Breakfast has become an exact science, 
weighed out to the gram.

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Henning Schnoor has diabetes,
and tries to keep his blood sugar levels

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in check with a strict diet.

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Oatmeal is good
as it doesn't make your blood sugar

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rise so sharply,
in fact it even lowers it.

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He's pretty disciplined.

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But he still tests his blood
regularly to make sure all is well.

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Henning Schnoor was diagnosed
with diabetes almost 2 years ago.

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Left to his own devices,
he wouldn't have made an appointment

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with the doctor.

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It was someone else 
that urgedhim to take action.

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My partner works at the hospital.

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She noticed that I was quite 
thirsty at night and drank a lot of water.

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She told me it's a
typical sign of type 2 diabetes.

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And she was right.

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His blood sugar
levels were very high.

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Type 2 diabetes is usually 
associated with older people.

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But it can occur at any age.

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Henning Schnoor is only in his 30s.

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With type 2 diabetes especially,
you don't have any immediate symptoms.

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You don't notice
your blood sugar is high.

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But the consequences can be serious.

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The condition can lead
to heart attacks, blindness or

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wounds that won't heal.

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Many men are like Henning Schnorr.

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They'll go to the doctor
if they think something's wrong.

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But not just for a check-up.

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I think that's especially 
true of young men.

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If you're not ill,
you don't go to the doctor.

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I think lots of people
 are that way generally.

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Why would I go
to the doctor if I have no symptoms?

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Andreas Massion almost 
left it too late to see a doctor.

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Seven years ago,
his GP sent him for a colonoscopy.

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He was devastated by the result.

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Colon cancer.

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Just the word was 
so scary and such a shock.

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Especially as I never had
any real pain.

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I didn't go to the doctor because
I thought there was something there.

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I had no idea.

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Gastroenterologist Peter Übel
discovered the tumor

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during the colonoscopy.

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It had grown
to nearly 9 centimetres in length.

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Andreas Massion underwent surgery,
which was successful.

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He's now doing well again.

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If you've been cancer-free
for five years, that magic five-year mark,

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you're considered
relatively out of the woods.

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So how can more men be 
persuadedto undergo screening?

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Celebrities can help promote early 
detection of colon cancer, for example.

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And there are many brochures.

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But such campaigns are
not actually that successful.

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Men continue to avoid screening.

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Experts say we need
to start much earlier,

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educating children and adolescents.

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I think it's important
in families that fathers go to the

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doctor with their children,
so that the sons can see that

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their fathers are also 
taking careof their health.

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That's key.

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Just a few weeks after
his cancer operation 7 years ago,

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Andreas Massion was back at work.

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He manages a
children's activity center.

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He's so glad that he went
for a checkup just in time.

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His message to
other men is clear:

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Leave your comfort zone and get it done.

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Lots of excuses
might come to mind:

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I've got no time and this and that.

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That may all be true,
but this is about me.

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I only survived
because I took action.

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I'm very grateful
for that and I can only pass it on:

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Just do it and don't put it off.

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An appeal to all.

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Go to the doctor from time
to time, even when you're young,

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and it could save 
you problems in later life.