"During my last, very rare visits to a doctor several years ago he scheduled
me for one of those [colonoscopy]. I still haven't shown up for it."
-- anonymous unless he who said it wants credit

This ng seems to have a lot of over 40 members.
If you want a few more years of boating, and someone has told you to get a
colonoscopy, swallow your pride, set your concerns for dignity aside, and
het 'er done!
Early detection is what makes colon cancer curable!
Just remember to bring wine and flowers (chocolates not necessary) to the
appointment.

That's my last pubic service message. There won't be any others.

"Bryan" wrote in message
news
"During my last, very rare visits to a doctor several years ago he
scheduled
me for one of those [colonoscopy]. I still haven't shown up for it."
-- anonymous unless he who said it wants credit

This ng seems to have a lot of over 40 members.
If you want a few more years of boating, and someone has told you to get a
colonoscopy, swallow your pride, set your concerns for dignity aside, and
het 'er done!
Early detection is what makes colon cancer curable!
Just remember to bring wine and flowers (chocolates not necessary) to the
appointment.

That's my last pubic service message. There won't be any others.



LOL ... umm ... (gulp)

anonymous

"RCE" wrote in message
...

"Bryan" wrote in message
news
"During my last, very rare visits to a doctor several years ago he
scheduled
me for one of those [colonoscopy]. I still haven't shown up for it."
-- anonymous unless he who said it wants credit

This ng seems to have a lot of over 40 members.
If you want a few more years of boating, and someone has told you to get
a colonoscopy, swallow your pride, set your concerns for dignity aside,
and het 'er done!
Early detection is what makes colon cancer curable!
Just remember to bring wine and flowers (chocolates not necessary) to the
appointment.

That's my last pubic service message. There won't be any others.



LOL ... umm ... (gulp)

anonymous


For you and Tom....Enjoy!

QuickTime movie: http://www.cc.nih.gov/drd/vc3_h.mov

Bryan wrote:
"During my last, very rare visits to a doctor several years ago he scheduled
me for one of those [colonoscopy]. I still haven't shown up for it."
-- anonymous unless he who said it wants credit

This ng seems to have a lot of over 40 members.
If you want a few more years of boating, and someone has told you to get a
colonoscopy, swallow your pride, set your concerns for dignity aside, and
het 'er done!
Early detection is what makes colon cancer curable!
Just remember to bring wine and flowers (chocolates not necessary) to the
appointment.

That's my last pubic service message. There won't be any others.

I have a very lucky brother in law. Maybe 4 years ago, when he was
about 55 and on a vacation in San Francisco, he started crapping blood.
He put up with it for a couple of days while his vacation finished up,
and then went to the doctor for probably the 2nd or 3rd time in his
adult life when he got back to Washington. Colon cancer. Very advanced.
A colonoscopy would have detected the growths in an earlier stage,
perhaps when still benign.

Today, he's still alive. They operated and removed the tumors. He is
lucky because the cancer hadn't spread beyond his intestines. He is
lucky because there is an 80% chance of recurrence with in the first 2
years following these operations, and while his "count" is still above
normal in his blood the doctors can't find any active cancers at this
time.

He isn't so lucky in that, as a result of the operation, he had to make
a choice between
carrying a "bag" or wearing diapers the rest of his life. He went with
the diapers. Sounds like a miserable existence to me, but at least he's
still alive and can put in a day's work in a business that's his sole
joy in life.

His two slightly younger sisters (one of them my wife) went in for
colonoscopies, and were OK, but they will be watched carefully due to
family history. The Mrs said she didn't want to hog all the fun and
insisted that I get one too, and I was OK as well.

My doctor and (even my neurologist) always asks everybody over 50 if
they have had a colonoscopy. Colon or intestinal cancer is one of the
easiest deadly conditions to detect and correct at an early stage if
one gets scoped out, and one of the deadly conditions from which one
can easily die if not discovered.

" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
...

"RCE" wrote in message
...

"Bryan" wrote in message
news
"During my last, very rare visits to a doctor several years ago he
scheduled
me for one of those [colonoscopy]. I still haven't shown up for it."
-- anonymous unless he who said it wants credit

This ng seems to have a lot of over 40 members.
If you want a few more years of boating, and someone has told you to get
a colonoscopy, swallow your pride, set your concerns for dignity aside,
and het 'er done!
Early detection is what makes colon cancer curable!
Just remember to bring wine and flowers (chocolates not necessary) to
the appointment.

That's my last pubic service message. There won't be any others.



LOL ... umm ... (gulp)

anonymous


For you and Tom....Enjoy!

QuickTime movie: http://www.cc.nih.gov/drd/vc3_h.mov




Jim,
You're a very funny guy. I had a feeling that would be the end result. Get
it? End result.

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Bryan wrote:
"During my last, very rare visits to a doctor several years ago he
scheduled
me for one of those [colonoscopy]. I still haven't shown up for it."
-- anonymous unless he who said it wants credit

This ng seems to have a lot of over 40 members.
If you want a few more years of boating, and someone has told you to get
a
colonoscopy, swallow your pride, set your concerns for dignity aside,
and
het 'er done!
Early detection is what makes colon cancer curable!
Just remember to bring wine and flowers (chocolates not necessary) to the
appointment.

That's my last pubic service message. There won't be any others.

I have a very lucky brother in law. Maybe 4 years ago, when he was
about 55 and on a vacation in San Francisco, he started crapping blood.
He put up with it for a couple of days while his vacation finished up,
and then went to the doctor for probably the 2nd or 3rd time in his
adult life when he got back to Washington. Colon cancer. Very advanced.
A colonoscopy would have detected the growths in an earlier stage,
perhaps when still benign.

Today, he's still alive. They operated and removed the tumors. He is
lucky because the cancer hadn't spread beyond his intestines. He is
lucky because there is an 80% chance of recurrence with in the first 2
years following these operations, and while his "count" is still above
normal in his blood the doctors can't find any active cancers at this
time.

He isn't so lucky in that, as a result of the operation, he had to make
a choice between
carrying a "bag" or wearing diapers the rest of his life. He went with
the diapers. Sounds like a miserable existence to me, but at least he's
still alive and can put in a day's work in a business that's his sole
joy in life.

His two slightly younger sisters (one of them my wife) went in for
colonoscopies, and were OK, but they will be watched carefully due to
family history. The Mrs said she didn't want to hog all the fun and
insisted that I get one too, and I was OK as well.

My doctor and (even my neurologist) always asks everybody over 50 if
they have had a colonoscopy. Colon or intestinal cancer is one of the
easiest deadly conditions to detect and correct at an early stage if
one gets scoped out, and one of the deadly conditions from which one
can easily die if not discovered.


Damn you, Chuck. :-)

Now you've done it. The diapers got to me.

RCE

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I have a very lucky brother in law. Maybe 4 years ago, when he was
about 55 and on a vacation in San Francisco, he started crapping blood.
He put up with it for a couple of days while his vacation finished up,
and then went to the doctor for probably the 2nd or 3rd time in his
adult life when he got back to Washington. Colon cancer. Very advanced.
A colonoscopy would have detected the growths in an earlier stage,
perhaps when still benign.

Today, he's still alive. They operated and removed the tumors. He is
lucky because the cancer hadn't spread beyond his intestines. He is
lucky because there is an 80% chance of recurrence with in the first 2
years following these operations, and while his "count" is still above
normal in his blood the doctors can't find any active cancers at this
time.

He isn't so lucky in that, as a result of the operation, he had to make
a choice between
carrying a "bag" or wearing diapers the rest of his life. He went with
the diapers. Sounds like a miserable existence to me, but at least he's
still alive and can put in a day's work in a business that's his sole
joy in life.

Is he happy that he chose the diaper over the bag?


His two slightly younger sisters (one of them my wife) went in for
colonoscopies, and were OK, but they will be watched carefully due to
family history. The Mrs said she didn't want to hog all the fun and
insisted that I get one too, and I was OK as well.

Well, they say to keep things interesting you've got to be willing to
experiment a little.


My doctor and (even my neurologist) always asks everybody over 50 if
they have had a colonoscopy. Colon or intestinal cancer is one of the
easiest deadly conditions to detect and correct at an early stage if
one gets scoped out, and one of the deadly conditions from which one
can easily die if not discovered.


Guys are the worst patients until we're hospitalized. I don't know what it
is about us, but we just don't see the doctor as often as we should. We
could save some serious grief if we'd stop being so macho all the time.
Heresy! I know. Glad to hear your BIL is doing ok.

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Also glad your brother-in-law is still with us.

RCE

On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:55:15 GMT, "Bryan"
wrote:

Guys are the worst patients until we're hospitalized. I don't know what it
is about us, but we just don't see the doctor as often as we should.

Here in FL the doctor is doing you a favor if they actually agree to
make an appointment to see you in person. Our guy likes to do phone
diagnostics via his nurse practitioner.

Appointment is the wrong word of course since it implies a commitment
to do something at a certain time. A doctor's appoinment in my
experience, and especially here, is a commitment to wait for an hour
in a room with crummy magazines and/or day time network television.
How about some internet service at the very least?

Women seem more willing to put up with this for some reason, don't
know why. I'm willing to pay more for a barber who makes meaningful
appoinments and would do the same for a doctor if I could find one.

I used to find doctor's in Manhattan to be better in this respect,
perhaps because they tend to have smaller waiting rooms, perhaps more
competition, or maybe it's because they have fewer retirees as
patients.

On 3 Feb 2006 10:32:08 -0800, wrote:


My doctor and (even my neurologist) always asks everybody over 50 if
they have had a colonoscopy. Colon or intestinal cancer is one of the
easiest deadly conditions to detect and correct at an early stage if
one gets scoped out, and one of the deadly conditions from which one
can easily die if not discovered.

Got my first one at about 48. Had a apparent bleeding internal
hemroid, scared the beejeezus out of me. The procedure wasn't that
bad. Damn good 20 hour or so high afterwards, just don't trust a
fart.

My neighbor, who's in the health care industry, is struggling with
colon cancer. Ignored the signs, I guess do to vanity. Looks like
he'll be a survivor, was it wasn't a pretty battle. No bag, no
diaper.

I guess I'm a little unusual as far as guys go. I get a decent check
up twice a year due to medications I'm on. So far, so good.

bb