Originally Posted by
Bikey Mikey
I put off mine until last year, after I had turned 53. They found two polyps, both non-cancerous nor pre-cancerous. But, they were the type that can become pre-cancerous and cancer. So, I go back in 3 years. Good advice, don't put off colonoscopies.
This. I finally had my first one at age 53, but it took a few years of pestering from my wife and my doctor to get me in there. Good thing, because I also had a couple of noncancerous polyps that could easily have turned malignant if left alone. Had my followup colonoscopy three years later and I was clean (bad joke). And yes, the prep and the procedure are much better than they used to be.
Do it.