[gunsequalfreedom]

Okay, okay, I’ll go to my appointment. Stop bugging me about it.

Kidding aside, good post.

[GOP Poet]

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[burroak]

No drug, procedure, or regimen ever SAVED anyone’s life. The best they can do is extend one’s life.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

The article is half bullshit. Anyone can get a colonscopy. Insurance policies cover it. I know, I’ve had three, with pre-cancerous polyphs removed each time. My copay was around $200 and well worth it. The last procedure was done in the doctor’s office and I walked out after about 1-1/2 hours total.

Obamacare is nothing but a soak the rich/middle class with more taxes to pay for the poor to get something free, which many can get anyway through community health programs. For a doctor to promote it is unethical. It is not an active law now as it is in court over constitutionality issues so why bring it up? A political hack doctor? There are a lot more of them than you would suspect (i.e. the marxist Physicians for a National Healthcare Program, led by Obama’s communist buddy, Dr. Quentin Young and his other Communist Party supporters, Woolhandler and Himmelstein).

I recommend a colonscopy for the ages recommended, regardless of your race or economic condition. Ask your doctor about it and then get it done. (It saved the life of the man in the bed next to me. His polyphs were literally about to break and spread, and he would have been dead soon after).

[Netizen]

“Dizzy spells, sometimes I had profuse night sweats. I would have heart palpitations, bloating. Sometimes I would have some pain under my rib cage like burning sensation,” Brinson said of her symptoms.

First I've heard of the above being symptoms.

Follows the age guidelines unless you have reason to be concerned. My SIL had bleeding and waited several months. She's lucky to be alive. She has to use a bag now. If you have bleeding, don't wait. It could be something else, but best to have it checked out ASAP. jmo

[steve86]

Go ahead and get your butt pokes. When God wants me to have cancer I’m as good as gone same day.

[Revolting cat!]

I had one or two. I hope to never die!

[Steely Tom]

I’m here today because of a colonoscopy.

[MacMattico]

My mother had to have an upper GI endoscopy and a colonoscopy on the same day. She just asked the doctor to do the upper first!

[Nea Wood]

I just can’t tolerate that stuff they make you drink. I gag and throw up and simply can’t get it down. Last time they gave me pills instead, and I only had to drink one glass of the horrible stuff and the rest was water. It was much, MUCH easier and worked just as well.

Also, make sure they give you enough anesthesia to keep you asleep the whole time. I’ve known people who woke up in the middle of their colonoscopy, and it sounds like it was a nightmare! If you do sleep through it, it really is nothing at all. One minute they’re giving you an IV, the next it’s all over.