"Michael Meeropol" <[email protected]> wrote:
> It isn't as bad as you think to drink that "glop" and the alternative -- a > painful experience with colon cancer --- is NOT ACCEPTABLE. It's going without food that is annoying. And getting bowel movements back to normal takes a while. > Sorry to act like a Dutch uncle but once you're over 50 you've GOT to start > getting these! If you don't have any polyps, you can put off the next colonscopy for 10 years. One or two polyps means 5 years, and a half-dozen might mean 6 months. The polyps are removed during the colonscopy since they are suspected of developing into cancer. > [done it twice so far and it really isn't that bad --- you just make the > stuff VERY COLD and drink it through a straw - and "chase" it with GInger > Ale] There is an improved solution that doesn't require as much fluid. Virtual colonscopies are a less invasive way to be checked, but if you have a polyp, they still need to go in to remove it. -- Ron
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