Cologuard Test...

[Muse]

They gave me pill laxatives...two bottles of the fuggers. And now I'm told they didn't work and weren't able to complete the colonoscopy ...so I get to do this all over this time with a liquid laxative..and shite and shite all over again. This happen to anybody else??

Yes, it happened to me. Said I wasn't clean enough, reschedule and do it all over again. The procedure is a breeze IMO compared to getting your intestinal tract clean enough to have a good look with a colonoscopy. Done it ~ 1/2 dozen times I guess. Not fun, but there are easier and worse ways to do it. It's well worth researching it.

 

[pcgeek11]

Damn...just saw the bill submitted to my insurance for the colonoscopy. A skosh over $12,500...for about 30-45 minutes work. Happily, it looks like it will be zero $$ copay. (so far)

WTF!

I had mine done last January and it was all told $5,078.and change. Also zero co-pay / zero deductible.

 

[BoomerD]

How much coffee do you drink? I read that the more you drink coffee, the lower your chances of anything cancerous in the colon. Makes sense too since coffee reduces the chances of a cancer cell living long. Another thing you can do is to consume at least a tablespoon of vinegar in your meals. It helps to improve longevity of normal cells while keeping cancer cells at bay. Vinegar + coffee or chocolate AND/OR Moderate wine consumption + coffee or chocolate are the key to a longer, healthier life.

As I’ve gotten older…and no longer work, my coffee consumption has dropped from 3-4 pots per day to 2-2.5 cups per day. I don’t really care for anything “vinegary.” Wine gives me the shits…so I avoid it.

 

[BoomerD]

You guys are lucky, both in the docs themselves and not having to require chemo.

The docs that dealt with my mother. Well, there will always be a degree of unresolved uncertainty whether she actually needed it or not. The gastroenterologist in not taking a picture of the particular polyp said to have late stage cells leaves open the door of whether another's sample was swapped instead of the actual sample my mother had.

Chemotherapy, one with a recovery is not a full recovery.

My mom died of/ from/with colon cancer. She also had lung and liver cancer. It was presumed that it started as lung cancer and metastasized to her liver and colon. Because of that history, I was concerned when I started having issues in my lower abdomen. Turned out to be diverticulitis…but that really put the pressure on for a colonoscopy.

 

[BoomerD]

Yes, it happened to me. Said I wasn't clean enough, reschedule and do it all over again. The procedure is a breeze IMO compared to getting your intestinal tract clean enough to have a good look with a colonoscopy. Done it ~ 1/2 dozen times I guess. Not fun, but there are easier and worse ways to do it. It's well worth researching it.

The doc’s report said my “prep was poor.” I don’t know what else I could hve done. Low fiber diet for a week, took Miralax 2x daily for a week, took the DucoLax as prescribed, no food of any kind for 2 days…and drank all of their prep liquid. By the time I had the procedure, I could have squirted through the eye of a needle at 50 yards…

 

[Muse]

The doc’s report said my “prep was poor.” I don’t know what else I could hve done. Low fiber diet for a week, took Miralax 2x daily for a week, took the DucoLax as prescribed, no food of any kind for 2 days…and drank all of their prep liquid. By the time I had the procedure, I could have squirted through the eye of a needle at 50 yards…

Yeah, I didn't know what I'd done wrong. Was long time ago now, maybe 10 years. I decided to start earlier than they recommended and be more stringent than recommended for the follow up.