Originally Posted by
mapeiboy
I had my done last year in a hospital and the result was good . I was told my the doctor that I do not have to do another one for 10 years .
My question is why everyone here is doing it every year ?
Most docs recommend every five years, unless they remove polyps. If they do, they want you to do another one in three years to see if the polyps return or if you have polyps in new locations. If not, then it goes back to every five years. I was good until I had three polyps removed and had to repeat the colonoscopy three years later. That was a year and a half ago and it was clean so now I have another three and a half years until my next one is due.