Colonoscopies suck, but I'm glad you're getting screened! A couple of years ago I got one that was done poorly after having some problems. It was exciting. I woke up in the middle and was watching the scope glide up the tunnel of my colon on a huge monitor before I scared the sheeeeet out of everyone else by remarking, loudly, how COOL that was. I was back under pretty fast. LOL Anyway, 8 months later when I got a better one they found that the reason they couldn't see anything was a large tumor in my cecum. It kinda blocked the view and my second (better) surgeon examiner made all the arrangements to have its cancerous self removed immediately while I was still in the recovery room from the procedure. One month later, cancerous tumor out and 24 lymph glands all turned up clean due to fast removal. I made them do a CT scan, an MRI and another colonoscopy before I believed I could be cancer-free. I did, however, lose about 1/3rd of my colon, my appendix and the little valve between the large and small intestines. Two years later, and two more only partly related surgeries, still, knock on wood, cancer-free. SO, I'M the poster kid for getting screened!
Speaking of that, my daughter had a large pre-cancerous polyp removed at 44 and now her insurance won't cover her 2 year scan that she needs. She can't afford the procedure that she needs. We're both angry.
Colonoscopies suck, but I'm glad you're getting screened! A couple of years ago I got one that was done poorly after having some problems. It was exciting. I woke up in the middle and was watching the scope glide up the tunnel of my colon on a huge monitor before I scared the sheeeeet out of everyone else by remarking, loudly, how COOL that was. I was back under pretty fast. LOL Anyway, 8 months later when I got a better one they found that the reason they couldn't see anything was a large tumor in my cecum. It kinda blocked the view and my second (better) surgeon examiner made all the arrangements to have its cancerous self removed immediately while I was still in the recovery room from the procedure. One month later, cancerous tumor out and 24 lymph glands all turned up clean due to fast removal. I made them do a CT scan, an MRI and another colonoscopy before I believed I could be cancer-free. I did, however, lose about 1/3rd of my colon, my appendix and the little valve between the large and small intestines. Two years later, and two more only partly related surgeries, still, knock on wood, cancer-free. SO, I'M the poster kid for getting screened! Speaking of that, my daughter had a large pre-cancerous polyp removed at 44 and now her insurance won't cover her 2 year scan that she needs. She can't afford the procedure that she needs. We're both angry.