Over 50, get the colonoscopy/test! :)

[sam60]

My MD doesn't recommend colonoscopies anymore because they have a risk and they don'\t catch enough to make them worth it. He does yearly stool blood screenings. He states that they catch as many cancers as the colonoscopy. He says it is up to the patient which he/she wants to do.

I have a friend who almost died when a colonoscopy was done to him which ripped open his colon. Was in the hospital for weeks.

I should figure out how to get it into that annual bag instead of skipping that step. Just seems weird but time has passed.

 

[bonz_d]

I'm not a Dr. and not advocating one way or the other to anyone. But because of my condition there are greater risks to having it done. At one time I was set to have one until the Dr. went over my medical record and history. He then refused to do one unless I got a release from my cardiologist because of the meds I am taking. Also because of my condition I have full blood work done twice a year and they check it for everything, including diabetes.

So I say what I did because I'm just tired of every time I go to the clinic I hear the same thing from the screeners. "Why haven't you had this done? Do you want me to schedule one for you?" Yet I don't hear this from my family Dr., cardiologist, or the surgeon that has done the 3 different bypasses on my legs, which I just seen last week for my annual Doppler test.