A buddy's polyp tested positive for C

Subsequwnt biopsy was negative BUT due to the type the doc is recommending removing 8" of his large colon for testing along with a lymph node.
The worst part is taking the time to drink the stuff.

In response to this post by VT Pops

Posted: 05/30/2018 at 2:34PM

Oh great; colorectal cancer screening recommendation has changed -- VT Pops 05/30/2018 10:13AM

My father is a colon cancer survivor. He's one of the lucky ones. -- MCL3 Hokie 05/30/2018 4:08PM

A buddy's polyp tested positive for C -- aint2Hokie4me 05/30/2018 2:34PM

"Where no man has gone before" ** -- AZHokie59 05/30/2018 1:46PM

Had 3 already due to family history. You get used to it. -- Burke Hokie 05/30/2018 1:42PM

So- every 5 years even if your test was negative? Crap... ** -- WestEndHokie39 05/30/2018 12:48PM

I thought it meant the age at which the first screening is recommended... -- MP4VT2004 05/30/2018 6:54PM

You are correct... ** -- WestEndHokie39 05/31/2018 09:11AM

You got it ** -- VT Pops 05/30/2018 11:14PM

The prep is worse than the procedure. Had my first at 42 because my dad -- mancunian 05/30/2018 12:09PM

Well, would you be in a good mood? Gives new meaning to "SSDD" ** -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/30/2018 1:29PM

I had one last year at the age of 35. It was easy. -- MP4VT2004 05/30/2018 10:57AM

Yeah, I had my first one a few months ago -- Pylons 05/30/2018 11:10AM

I dreamed about a giant red fish while under propopfol - it was a blast ** -- Technocrat 05/30/2018 10:48AM

Just had mine. Bowl and prep are two words I don't want to hear -- rduhokie 05/30/2018 10:47AM

We do it every year between Thanksgiving and New Years. -- 48zip 05/30/2018 2:46PM

I have my first colonoscopy in mid-July; set it for a Monday -- WestyHokie 05/30/2018 10:40AM

Any day of the week works, start prep after work day before -- Bleedin OandM 05/30/2018 9:44PM

Find it early or sleep peacefully clear ** -- TomTurkey 05/30/2018 10:40AM

There is actually a new screening out there that is more accurate -- HokieAl 05/30/2018 10:34AM

Unfortunately, it is not an option for those with a history of polyps and/ -- Hokie5150 05/30/2018 3:13PM

Cologuard, I thought that was a golf tournament in Tucson:) ** -- AZHokie59 05/30/2018 1:49PM

Not new (2014) and it uses DNA, not an actual blood sample (link) -- 48zip 05/30/2018 10:44AM

I am setting up my first one in the next moth, had to go -- fordham 05/30/2018 11:21AM

Yeah, I noticed that the exclusions included a lot, like polyps. -- 48zip 05/30/2018 1:21PM

Just your age, maybe. Mine has been 5 for a while. ** -- 48zip 05/30/2018 10:28AM

Make sure the doc doesn't leave his car keys ** -- vtturkey01 05/30/2018 10:24AM

Moonriver... ** -- BTHokie 05/30/2018 10:21AM

You using the whole fist doc? ** -- BTHokie 05/30/2018 10:22AM

Not really, pretty much gone during screening - butt have fun ** -- RTFC 05/30/2018 10:20AM

A buddy's polyp tested positive for C

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