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Anyone done Cologuard instead of the full work up?*
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Posted by voiceofreason
on March 31, 2024, 9:55:24, in reply to "
Getting my first butt film in May
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what should I expect? Pain?
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Getting my first butt film in May
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ATL
March 29, 2024, 13:52:25
The last time I had a prostate exam, the doctor said, “this is just a routine medical procedure.
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bbonb
April 5, 2024, 9:51:05
lol*
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meanjeans
April 5, 2024, 15:48:04
Thanks to Wikipedia, I finally know what Captain & Tenille's "Do That To Me One More Time" is about.
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complainant
April 5, 2024, 14:19:05
RMSBob, don’t get inside*
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bbonb
April 5, 2024, 14:58:23
"that'd be in the butt, RSMBob"*
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Sammich
April 5, 2024, 15:25:21
What what, in the butt
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IlliniSax05
April 5, 2024, 18:02:08
I'm not a Royal Mail Ship or a Root Mean Square*
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RSMBob
April 5, 2024, 15:11:36
Fvck me*
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bbonb
April 5, 2024, 15:25:15
I think that’s what Captain and Tenille were singing to each other *
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ATL
April 5, 2024, 17:53:15
Na-na Na-na Na-na Na-na Na-na Na-na Na-na Na-na
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VIV
April 2, 2024, 15:36:55
I found this NYT article helpful, as well as the links snapper provided and the info below
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ATL
April 1, 2024, 9:42:25
Anyone done Cologuard instead of the full work up?*
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voiceofreason
March 31, 2024, 9:55:24
I have done Cologuard and its predecessor for a while.
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BoCool
April 5, 2024, 13:52:07
I tell all my patients to do the colonoscopy first. If it's clear and have no family history
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ibdoc
April 1, 2024, 7:59:32
Close friend did cologuard for insurance reasons only to have her doctor tell her later it’s useless
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Blazer
March 31, 2024, 10:32:47
My doctor suggested that I could do it had I not had the family history*
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ATL
March 31, 2024, 10:44:07
Just check on insurance issues.
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OWWDig
March 31, 2024, 10:18:21
That's what happened to me. Cologuard came back positive, and insurance wouldn't....
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Illiniphil
April 1, 2024, 6:55:59
Yep, thanks. I think that changed as of 2022, but I’ll follow up on that to be sure. I’m concerned
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voiceofreason
March 31, 2024, 10:28:49
To me, as a survivor, not worth that false positive rate. Get the full work up and make certain
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OWWDig
March 31, 2024, 11:01:38
^^^this^^^*
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Illiniphil
April 1, 2024, 7:02:31
Best medical system in the world. You couldn't improve upon it.*
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ATL
March 31, 2024, 10:24:19
good*
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Tooldresser
March 30, 2024, 9:06:41
have to schedule mine*
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rozoben
March 30, 2024, 9:01:01
The current deuce leader is me with 4 polyps
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timmer
March 30, 2024, 8:14:29
i had 4, but had to have my ascending colon removed to take care of the last one
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Throwsize
April 1, 2024, 9:51:26
I think Throw wins, timmer*
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ATL
April 1, 2024, 9:52:26
How much does cancer count for? *
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OWWDig
March 30, 2024, 9:02:48
Same as navigating the minefields of STD while evading a military draft.*
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complainant
March 30, 2024, 9:17:10
Glad you’re doin it, bud. Hope everyone gets it done at 45 and there after.
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OWWDig
March 29, 2024, 21:42:17
get an appointment in the AM. Getting knocked out by an anesthesiologist is just fun. Afterwards I
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cpsteine
March 29, 2024, 17:37:37
I got a 9AM appointment but need to be there at 8. *
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ATL
March 29, 2024, 18:22:39
Easy peasy. Had mine in January.
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EffinIllini
March 29, 2024, 17:00:10
What did you use for Prep? PEG is god-awful stuff... *
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Quiz
March 29, 2024, 17:46:32
4 Dulcolax & mixed a bottle of Miralax with 64 oz of Gatorade
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EffinIllini
March 29, 2024, 21:51:46
Miralax is PEG -- it tastes like drinking plastic*
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Quiz
March 29, 2024, 22:08:32
Huh. All I tasted was Gatorade. *shrug* *
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EffinIllini
March 29, 2024, 22:31:53
Yeah, it tastes like whatever you mix it with. Also, the Dulcolax is overkill.
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complainant
March 30, 2024, 9:16:04
They had me take the Dulcolax 4 hours before the Miralax.
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EffinIllini
March 31, 2024, 22:42:51
I'm glad you bumped this thread, because I didn't notice the autocorrect.
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complainant
March 31, 2024, 22:59:41
Peg?
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ATL
March 29, 2024, 18:21:11
He means "pegging." You'd need to get Mrs. ATL on board, of course.*
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complainant
March 29, 2024, 18:57:50
Prep is awful, procedure is nothing. Best nap you'll ever have*
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Blazer
March 29, 2024, 15:26:09
and then you get to eat one of the best meals of your life*
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Sounder
March 29, 2024, 16:17:21
Here are some resources:
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longsnapper
March 29, 2024, 15:15:22
Heh. My pcp warned me about the scheduling issue DT met with. But I was able to get a scheduled
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ATL
March 29, 2024, 15:21:30
Because of COVID causing delays, they're a little behind.
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ibdoc
April 1, 2024, 8:07:43
Rambo: First Butt Part 2*
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Sammich
March 29, 2024, 15:02:57
Buttenheimer*
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timmer
March 29, 2024, 15:09:07
Buttenheimer
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IlliniSax05
March 29, 2024, 15:08:38
Interesting. I had you pegged as an ankle/toes kind of guy
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timmer
March 29, 2024, 13:56:53
would love some self-censoring on the topics raised here
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suburbanmyth
March 29, 2024, 13:53:34
Are you kidding? We've had many many discussions here about colonoscopies and have had
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Taz
March 29, 2024, 15:10:58
Agreed...I'd be willing to guess discussion here prompted some to have colonoscopies*
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RSMBob
March 29, 2024, 15:37:48
It's pretty routine, everyone should get one,
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Sounder
March 29, 2024, 16:15:07
Yes. Getting my head out of my ass on this topic
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ATL
March 29, 2024, 16:10:44
The prep isn't fun, but it's really not that big of a deal*
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Sounder
March 29, 2024, 16:16:08
Consider yourself lucky that the prep isn't that hard for you. Some of us, not so much*
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Taz
March 29, 2024, 16:50:06
What exactly is hard about it?
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Sounder
March 29, 2024, 16:50:46
I drank magnesium citrate and could have nothing else. It made me incredibly nauseous
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Taz
March 29, 2024, 16:55:01
Have you had a second opinion, or explanation about why your prep needed
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complainant
March 29, 2024, 17:56:37
Magnesium citrate is the standard preparation*
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Sounder
March 29, 2024, 18:41:45
Bullshit.
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complainant
April 1, 2024, 7:26:24
It's pretty standard, so not the wrong hospital, it's doctor dependent.
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ibdoc
April 1, 2024, 8:11:34
It's the same thing. You can mix the polyethylene glycol in a glass
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complainant
April 1, 2024, 8:29:59
No, at the time I just figured it was normal. And then I learned not everyone does that anymore
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Taz
March 29, 2024, 18:03:34
But it’s ATL! Everyone has to know every detail of his life!!!*
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Stu
March 29, 2024, 15:07:19
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