--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "oye34vay" <msilver1951@...> wrote: > > Any of you ol' timers have an opinion about having a Colonoscopy? I > understand that colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer in the US, > 100,000 a year. That's under 3% of the US population. I'm an ol' timer but I > hate these preventive procedures. What do you think? Is it worth it? Have any > of you ol' timers had it done? They recommend starting at the age of 50. I'm > 60 but dam blam it, I think a good shot of whiskey twice a day keeps those > creepy crawlers away! > > Mark >
I've had 3 so far and I am 62. Very easy and no pain whatsoever. No radiation like many preventive tests. I had a friend who died of colon cancer i his 50's and it was not a pretty thing. He did not get a colonoscopy, even when he had the first signs of it. Colon cancer is totally and easily treatable when caught early and so toxic and deadly when not caught early. So I guess my question would be why would you Not get one?
