Blackhorse":ucmahssw said:
If you feel deprived you can have some of mine!
Always generous to a fault Dave. But thank you, no....
GeoffC":ucmahssw said:
Did you get a signed note from your doctor to give your wife that he didn't find your head up there?
No wife/SWMBO. No woman, no cry!
:cherry:
Appreciate all the other support gents. No, it's not exactly a pleasant thing to go through. But the reality is it's not all that bad either. As always the prep is the worst part of it and even that wasn't awful.
Colon cancer is one of the most preventable of all the big-C's, provided one
is proactive. Polyps that can develop into cancer can be removed. And while I submit a stool sample yearly (ya I know this is gross to talk about) this is also not a guarantee. Only a colonoscopy can reveal if there's any issues.
Some folks are squeamish about this. I get that. But it's also something that can save your life, including and especially if there's been a history of colon cancer in your family.
Fortunately in my family history there is not. That alone does not give me a pass. Hence I got my first one at age 52 (50 is the recommended year) and came back negative for polyps. I was a bit tardy on the 10 yr recheck and just had this second one performed after a further 14 years.
So I'm no shining example, but at the same time I'd strongly encourage each and every one of you age 50 and over to get this done asap if you haven't already. It could quite literally save your life.
Off the soapbox now.......
Cheers,
RR