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re: How old we you when you got your first colonoscopy?
Posted on 11/8/19 at 3:49 pm to TechDawg2007
Posted on 11/8/19 at 3:49 pm to TechDawg2007
I'm 34. I was having GI issues so they did a colonoscopy to rule some things out. I had 6 precancerous polyps. They said if I had waited until 50 like most people I probably would have lost sections of my colon.
Congratulations on not having a colonoscopy, yet.
Congratulations on not having a colonoscopy, yet.
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 3:50 pm to TechDawg2007
I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in December 2018 at the age of 53. I had not had one yet. My doctor said insurance pays for people to get one at 50 but studies now recommend getting one at 40. I wish I would have gotten one at 50. Please don't put it off.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 3:50 pm to bad93ex
50 and had another at 53 and 58
Posted on 11/8/19 at 3:59 pm to TechDawg2007
30
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:00 pm to rd280z
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Talk to your doctor for his opinion but I would say 50 is a good starting age
50 without a family history, 45 for African Americans
Then every 10 years after that
If you have a sibling or parent who has been dx with colon cancer, recommend 10 years before the age at diagnosis of the youngest relative or at age 40 years, whichever comes first.
All of this comes from the colorectal cancer screening guidlines for average-risk individuals from the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer (2017)
LINK
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:03 pm to TechDawg2007
I’m 38, and I absolutely plan to get one at age 40.
I’ve seen too many recent cases of individuals in their 40’s (and early 40’s) with no history being diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer.
3+ decades of suboptimal diet/nutrition, food ingredients, preservatives, and additives, etc... who knows what that’s really doing in our intestinal tracts (myself included).
It’s not a gamble I’m willing to take. 40 for me.
I’ve seen too many recent cases of individuals in their 40’s (and early 40’s) with no history being diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer.
3+ decades of suboptimal diet/nutrition, food ingredients, preservatives, and additives, etc... who knows what that’s really doing in our intestinal tracts (myself included).
It’s not a gamble I’m willing to take. 40 for me.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:04 pm to SSpaniel
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Same here. PSA every year and... the other way as well. So far, so good.
Good. There is really no reason whatsoever for every male over 40 not to get tested. It is so easy.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:04 pm to Sponge
Can't you put some poop in a box and mail it in and they check you that way?
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:05 pm to Cosmo
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You definitely want a GI doc that does it with propofol
This
49 for me. Crohn’s blows
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:06 pm to TechDawg2007
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:08 pm to TechDawg2007
five zero
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:09 pm to jimbeam
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Got a free one as a gift for my college graduation at 21
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:10 pm to SSpaniel
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Can't you put some poop in a box and mail it in and they check you that way?
Let me call and ask
Hold on...
Eta: They said no
This post was edited on 11/8/19 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:10 pm to TechDawg2007
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I don’t mind them. Prep sucks but I shite all the time anyway. And it’s a nice little nap.
I don’t mind them. Prep sucks but I shite all the time anyway. And it’s a nice little nap.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:13 pm to jcaz
My mom died of colon cancer at 42. Diagnosed only 8 months prior.
I’m 26 so I’ll get one before 30.
I’m 26 so I’ll get one before 30.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:15 pm to TechDawg2007
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This post was edited on 6/14/20 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:15 pm to TechDawg2007
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:15 pm to Sponge
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Then every 10 years after that
Depends on if they found anything the first time. It's every three years for me because they found two precancerous polyps. Some folks have to go back every 6 months. It just depends on the outcome.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:19 pm to TechDawg2007
Enjoy the cancer
Posted on 11/8/19 at 4:20 pm to TechDawg2007
50 and every 5 years since. I have one coming up in early Dec. 
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