Hi everyone. I just wanted to post this & share my story. My FI is 52. Over the past year or so I've been bugging him about getting one (typical guy, hates doctors, tests, etc....). Finally a month or so ago he had a checkup with his family dr & I brought it up to him. He agreed, that it's a good idea, so went ahead & scheduled it for us. Last week he had it done. The test itself isn't hard on the patient, they're asleep. I will admit the day-before prep wasn't fun for him, but not THAT big a deal. Afterwards the dr that did it told us he removed a pretty big polyp & it was normal to send it for a biopsy. He said no news is good news, his office will only call if it shows something. Well, they called. We went in yesterday for the follow-up. It was precancerous! He said if we would've waited 6 mos-a year longer to do it he would probably have colon cancer. I'm now thanking God that I was stubborn on this & made him go. He'll have to have this checked every year to make sure nothing else grows.
The moral of my story, please have all the men in your life, who are 50 or older have this test done!
