“They won’t do them on Mom any longer. Her intestines are too thin.”
Another thing that I don’t hear about much is that the membrane separating the “poop chute” from the urethra gets to thin, and brittle, in older people causing “things” to go where they’re not supposed to. For my MIL, it caused a chronic UTI situation for a few of her final years. Not a pleasant way to live life.
A couple of colonoscopies I’ve had apparently punctured the membrane — UTIs within a few hours.
My sister worked in medical malpractice insurance for years and never will have a colonoscopy. Too many horror stories.
Sounds like Cologuard might be the way to go — no anesthetic, and not invasive.
Mom has constant UTI’s. The doctors say it’s from the C-diff and diarrhea but you are probably right about the colonoscopy causing it to begin with. She has had digestive issues for years and multiple colonoscopies.
Cologuard is definitely the way to go if you aren’t high risk. The doctor can order it and have it sent to you. You do the test and send it back by UPS within a certain time frame. Since it’s DNA based it has a limit on how long it can sit before processing. I think it’s 24 to 48 hours. My granddaughter was working at Staples at the time and sent mine off for me. I refuse to do another colonoscopy.