[anton]

Colonoscopy is bullshit. DNA testing is more accurate and has no risk of complications. Cologuard is the test. $695 from Exact Sciences.

[Paladin2]

$695 from Exact Sciences.

YUGELY overpriced.

[Keyser Soze 84]

Cologuard Doesn’t show polyps and that hides cancer

[nickcarraway]

Well, for one thing Cologuard is contraindicated for people with higher risk for colon cancer. (For example, close relatives who had it.)

And a colonoscopy gives more information. If you have a polyp, they have to remove it anyway.

[nikos1121]

Hmmm. Good idea, let’s wait until we HAVE the cancer to do something about it. Did you ever hear of Familial Polyposis?

[Buttons12]

$695?!! The seniors I know, who’ve had the Cologuard test, paid nothing for it.
Those who have had colonoscopy — I’m told the prep is worse than the procedure. Unless something goes wrong.

[MayflowerMadam]

There’s also the new blood test, “Shield”, being advertised for detecting colon cancer. Not sure of the cost.

My insurance pays for a generic Cologuard test, so I do that. Have had two colonoscopies, and there must have been punctures because both times I came down with raging UTIs within a half hour after the procedures.

UTIs are too close to my artificial hips, and can create problems that last months. You don’t want any kind of infection in that area.