Not necessarily. If you have certain indicators, especially if you have a direct blood relative that had/has colon cancer, your predispostion for it is higher.
Considering that it's a leading form of cancer and a killer if left undiagnosed, I would do it. A lot like prostate cancer, which Roger died of. Fairly easy to treat in the early stages, but will definitely kill you if left undetected. Dan On Nov 2, 2013, at 1:46 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > Well for some reason my dr sent me to get scoped about 5 years ago. That was > fun I tell you. I got a letter in the mail saying it was about time to get > another scope. I have not had that done. As I am a long way away from 50 I > figure they are just trying to rack up a bill or something. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 2, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: >> >> I think the recommended thing is to get scoped around 50, then future >> scopings are based on how things look the first time out. From there I >> believe they say every 10 years if things look good. >> >> My GP has been bugging me about it for 2-3 years. I finally gave in when >> the wife hassled me about it and I used it to push her into getting her hip >> replaced, as in "I'll get a colonoscopy after you get your hip replaced." >> >> I lost that bet, but it was for a good cause. Now it's time for the payoff. >> >> Dan >> >>> On Nov 2, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: >>> >>> For whatever it is worth my resident expert suggests those of a certain age >>> should get scoped every so many years (and I can't remember how many but it >>> is probably such that I need to get scoped again soon myself). >>> >>> --R >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
