Colonoscopy, thoughts?

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Age aside, what are your thoughts on the topic? I'm in the process of getting a second. Not long after I turned 50 I had one and all went well but now my doctor thinks I should have another. I wasn't thrilled to get it then and I'm even less thrilled now. Just wanted to see what your thoughts on this invasive procedure are. Don...
 

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I would never consent to any highly toxic, poisonous and invasive medical procedures.
 
What the hell is so scary about a colonoscopy? You are out cold when they do it. When you are done your friend drives you home. My best friend died of colon cancer three weeks ago and you better get the procedure. Trust me. I have had three. Now the hospitals are filled again with Covid patients so again like last year I can't get the procedure. This two years I can't have it done because the hospitals are too busy with treating people that refused to wear masks. If they find any polyps you will definitely need to go back for follow up procedures years later. It takes roughly 10 ten years for polyps to develop in to tumors.
 
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Dawnkitty, here's a schedule <-- for how to do one.

I've only done three of them and it's been a few years. The first one got out the most gall stones (I didn't count them) and quite a few of them were comparatively large (1/4 to 3/8" diameter). The second was about 6 months later, with about half as many gall stones mostly small to medium. The third one was a year after that, with only a quarter of the gallstones and all of them were quite small. 😊
 
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What the hell is so scary about a colonoscopy? You are out cold when they do it. My best friend died of colon cancer three weeks ago and you better get the procedure. Trust me. I have had three. Now the hospitals are filled again with Covid patients so again like last year I can't get the procedure. This two years I can't have it done because the hospitals are too busy with treating people that refused to wear masks.
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fmdog44 said:
Versus friends and family looking at your corpse in a casket. The choice is yours.
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I'm not afraid to die...you are.
 
I've had 3 colonoscopies. The first one was to make a positive diagnoses for celiac disease, which it did.
Th other two were for gastric complaints I was having.
I'm now 76 and have no intention of having any more invasive tests done.
I will not subject myself to radiation or chemo should I be diagnosed with cancer.
Any treatment or medication will be for the purpose of keeping me comfortable until the end.
 
I'm 28 years late for mine. 😊
Not interested. I'm not interested in an uncomfortable unnecessary procedure that has risk that claims to detect cancer in its early stages in ONE of the many places we can get cancer.
Here are some of the many types of cancer. Should we be tested for all of them?

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One of the claims is that if polyps are found, they can be cut out. Almost everyone over 50 has polyps in their colon; they're a normal part of aging & they are best left alone. Unnecessary cutting of things in the colon doesn't sound like a good idea.
 
Forerunner said:
I'm not afraid to die...you are.
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I am not afraid to die myself just as long as it's in my sleep. If a colonoscopy is where they put that black TV tube thingy up your doo doo pipe then I had it but they render you unconscience with some IV stuff. I think I had a twofer, a colonoscopy and an endoscopy where you have the backdoor TV tube thingy and a TV tube thingy down your throat but they put some kind of mouth block on you. You have to have somebody driving you there and back. Now I know how a stuck pig feels.
 
FastTrax said:
I am not afraid to die myself just as long as it's in my sleep. If a colonoscopy is where they put that black TV tube thingy up your doo doo pipe then I had it but they render you unconscience with some IV stuff. I think I had a twofer, a colonoscopy and an endoscopy where you have the backdoor TV thingy and a TV tube thingy down your throat but they put some kind of mouth block on you. You have to have somebody driving you there and back. Now I know how a stuck pig feels.
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During both a colonoscopy and endoscopy, you are given Propofol. That's why your heart, blood pressure & respiration have to be constantly monitored during the procedure. And that's why it can't be done in a doctor's office (or a patient's bedroom like Michael Jackson's "doctor" did - which killed him when his heart stopped.)
You may recall Joan Rivers dying during her endoscopy - for which the medical center quietly paid her daughter off. Propofol has risks - even with monitoring.
 
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I am not afraid to die myself just as long as it's in my sleep. If a colonoscopy is where they put that black TV tube thingy up your doo doo pipe then I had it but they render you unconscience with some IV stuff. I think I had a twofer, a colonoscopy and an endoscopy where you have the backdoor TV tube thingy and a TV tube thingy down your throat but they put some kind of mouth block on you. You have to have somebody driving you there and back. Now I know how a stuck pig feels.
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When it came time to dope me up, they said, "Oh, you're already on morphine so you don't need anything." I have a paradoxical reaction to morphine, so I was wide awake for it. I hate hospitals...and I'm starting to think they don't like me much, either! Lol
 
I had family with bout with colon cancer, nothing bad treated easily. 10-20 years later they were still getting colonoscopies and between the prep, procedure and/or drugs they basically would lose about 3-5 days of their life doing nothing. One time they came back high. And these were simply a precaution with no symptoms or blood work that indicated a problem. Not for me
 
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I will never forget the prep; that was the worst part. Ugggh, all that stuff we have to drink. I'm due for my 2nd colonoscopy in about 2 years.

And of course, we don't feel any thing when the procedure is done. Poor people who had to look at my butt though. lol
 
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Ruth n Jersey said:
I've had 3 colonoscopies. The first one was to make a positive diagnoses for celiac disease, which it did.
Th other two were for gastric complaints I was having.
I'm now 76 and have no intention of having any more invasive tests done.
I will not subject myself to radiation or chemo should I be diagnosed with cancer.
Any treatment or medication will be for the purpose of keeping me comfortable until the end.
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Nothing wrong with a procedure to diagnoses an existing condition or complaints if that's the only way to do it.
But they recommend colonoscopies for everyone over 40 - which is ridiculous & the only purpose is a big Medicare billing.
 
If there’s a problem, I’d rather have it dealt with while it’s minor. They’ve removed small polyps so I require this test every 5 years.

The drink is disgusting. Not as bad as the first time.
 
PamfromTx said:
I will never forget the prep; that was the worst part. Ugggh, all that stuff we have to drink. I'm due for my 2nd colonoscopy in about 2 years.

And of course, we don't feel anything when the procedure is done. Poor people who had to look at my butt though. lol
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same here..I've had one about a decade ago.. and the endoscope too ..the procedure itself is over in minutes.. if you choose to be sedated and in the UK at least you don't have to opt for sedation..

However it's not the procedure that's the problem... it's the prep the day before( for the colonoscopy)..OMG..if it wasn't for that I'm sure many people who are having intestinal issues would get the procedure done , I'm waiting now for a date for my 2nd procedure..dreading it, but I know it has to be done to address what ails me...
 

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