[ConservativeMind]

I think most of us would prefer fewer colonoscopies, while being assured of virtually no serious consequence.

[ConservativeMind]

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[Az Joe]

I’ve had 3. You don’t need to be sedated. I had 2 under sedation and my last one without. Felt the same and I could drive myself home.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I’d love to have fewer colonoscopies, but some of my polyps are always precancerous.

[adorno]

The exam interval of 15 years is a no-go.

Not acceptable to the professionals that perform the exams, since that would mean losing half the business and perhaps 2/3 of their business.

If there were cures for all medical problems, would doctors and hospitals and clinics and medical specialists and drug companies agree to go out of business?

Just rhetorical questions, and not really meant to get real answers. ;)

[mass55th]

15 years is a bit too long. My youngest son was diagnosed with cancerous polyps at the age or 48. His doctor told him they were the biggest he’d ever seen, and wished he had come to him 10 years earlier, but they weren’t testing 38 year olds at the time. My own gastroenterologist told me they have been seeing colon cancer more in younger men, so have started screening earlier. After 2 re-sections that took quite a bit of his colon, removing over 70 of his lymph nodes, six months of chemo treatments, he passed a recent colonoscopy, and after five years has been declared a cancer survivor. He will still have to get scans done periodically.

[doorgunner69]

San Fagsicko denizens are deeply saddened.

[SamAdams76]

I'm scheduled to get one later this month but thinking of cancelling it.

No history of colon cancer in my family. Also, for the past few years, I've had a very clean diet with virtually no processed foods.

[mewzilla]

Unless this is being used to obscure a link between colon issues and CoupFlu vaxxes...

[roving]

during my first colonoscopy, they screwed up so bad I will never do it again.