I just went to the doctor for a wellness visit and it is suggested that men my age do one of these two options.
I can see pro’s and con’s to both options : )
Thoughts?
- Box
- Scope
- See results
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I’m 71 and have never had the choice of pooping in a box. How soon the doctor tells me to come back for another colonoscopy depends on the results. I had my most recent one last year, and he said to come back in 5 years. I don’t think he wants a stool sample, which I’ve had to provide sometimes. He wants to get the scope inside me and look around.
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My Doctor said that he has had three individuals who chose to go the Cologuard route and it came back positive and then had to go get the Colonoscopy. Two of the Three then were found to be negative. He was not trying to convince of what to do, but he wanted to inform me that the way in which insurance companies categorize it had they went with the Colonoscopy first, compared to having to do it after is different. Had they chose the Colonoscopy outright, it would have been billed as “preventative,” but because they had to get it done after testing positive with the stool sample (whether it was accurate or a false reading), it was billed as “diagnostic” I think he said. So this is why it might be good for me to go with the old school option.
However, on the flip-side, my co-worker told me that her Dad got nicked during the procedure and it caused some problems for him, which I guess you they do tell you is a risk.
Her doughter is a doctor and said that they often will have the med-students perform the procedure, so that they can learn how to do it! I hope this is not the case if I decide to go this route.
My Boss had to get it done twice, because they said he (not to get too descriptive) was not cleaned out enough the first time and he had to go home and drink the stuff again and then come back in.
On the other hand I’ll see it as starting fresh : )
I’ve got some thinking to do.