Colonoscopy....

[KenLee]

If you guys get real lucky they will just cut your colon out and you don't have to worry about the colonoscopy part as much down the road.
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That looks less fun than gall bladder removal and them working on my liver

 

[49ereric]

So for next time which route will you choose?

Same as before take the uncomfortable pain as it subsides quickly but in waves and once done no issue with anesthesia.

 

[sndmn11]

That looks less fun than gall bladder removal and them working on my liver

I put it off for over a year due to how the operation is described, but it will be one month this coming Thursday. Mine was rapid thickening of the sigmoid colon walls due to chronic diverticulitis. They cut the whole sigmoid colon out and told me I'd be on the hospital for a bit, but I was discharged the next afternoon.

 

[ScottRK]

start getting the finger in your 30's!

They quit doing that at the office I go to and just do the blood work test.

The doc that left that did it got me at about 40 and said he caught a couple around my age.

I’m due for about my 4th colonoscopy this fall.

Worked with a guy that died of the cancer at about 58 a few years ago. Lifelong alcoholic and smoker. His kids lost their mom too when they were young from an aneurysm.

 

[BBob]

They quit doing that at the office I go to and just do the blood work test.

I asked a couple of doc friends about that. They both said that yes getting the finger has changed. It doesn't need to be a routine test anymore but both said in some cases it can catch issues even when PSA is low or normal. A small percentage of normal PSA can have cancer that the PSA didn't catch. They say there are definitely times where a digital exam could be useful. With the newer MRI screening for prostate the usefulness of the finger is far less than it was they said.