March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Get checked!
http://www.ccalliance.org/awareness_month/

Painless and relatively effortless. Colon cancer is a preventable cancer but you've got to catch it early.

I was checked several years ago. My father was checked and actually had some polyps removed.

Don't fret, check your rect.

 

Thanks for that reminder JJ!
On the B&B we ran this as a group effort last year and were astonished by how many men got checked and had issues that were easily treated because they GOT CHECKED!

 

Next week. Scope on a rope. I'm a veteran - the night before is the adventure.

Anybody got a smiley for that?

 

Just had the adventure last week- possibly the most miserable of my life

 

The night before, or even a couple days before can be fun.
But when you think about 2-3 days of life saving prep and procedure every 5-10 years.....piece of cake!

 

Got mine done 5 days ago. It's a life saving procedure and its covered under the ACA so it removes the excuse of I can't afford it. Which is more expensive? the colonoscopy or cancer?

 

My last one was 5 years ago. This time I have a Kindle!

 

And if you're in the USA, the FDA approved a new screening test last summer that checks for DNA flags for colon cancer. It's a "take a sample and mail it off" test, with none of the purging beforehand. Some doctors prefer a colonoscopy because they're able to take a look at things, especially if you're a high risk patient. But this looks like an alternative for people who haven't been checked because they don't want to be scoped. It may not be covered by all insurance companies. Google "cologuard" for more information.

 

Great info thank you!