[libstripper]

I finally broker down at age 67 3 years ago and had a colonoscopy. Doc said it’s clear with no polyps and to have another in 10 years.
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I’m 78 and had definitive surgery for colon cancer at the end of April, 2015, a cancer that was discovered by a blood test for hemoglobin. I’d had a colonoscopy three years earlier and wasn’t scheduled for another for two more years. Given my direct, personal experience, I’d suggest you have the next one no more than five years after the one you just had.

Good news is I just had one, a bit more than six years after the surgery, and it was totally clean, meaning I can be declared “cured.”

[vis a vis]

Be careful of the “cured” part. My mother was told that (at 7 years for breast cancer) and had a recurrence at 15 years. It didnt kill her although she has since passed.
My husband has had 3 different cancers.
Best of luck to you but dont dismiss any symptoms thinking you are cured totally.

[V V Camp Enari 67-68]

I’m 78 and I’m required to have a colonoscopy every three years. I always have polyps. Last year they found 12 but they were benign but the type that can become cancerous. I believe it’s genetic. I’ll just keep having them (colonoscopies) done till I’m told I don’t have to any longer.

[PROCON]

I’d suggest you have the next one no more than five years after the one you just had.

I consider that prudent advice.