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Originally Posted by billethkid
While each person is subject to their doctor's advice there are some that seem to be of a general nature, where applicable.
My wife and I are both in our late 70's and are on a cycle of having a colonoscopy every three years because of prior polyps, colon cancer family history, etc.
My wife had her's done yesterday and it was healthy free and clear. The doctor said she would normally go to every 5 years but her age and history of clear results, she need no longer have future colonoscopies, given continued good health.
I see it as good and bad news.
Hooray! No more colonoscopies  .
Boo-hiss....confirms we are getter deeper into the here today gone tomorrow age group! |
I'm not going to publically disagree with your doctor, but suffice it to say that the "new" recommendation of stopping screening colonoscopy at age 75 (replacing the old one of 80(funny how that happened)), applies to just that, SCREENING CS. With both a personal history of polyps and a family history of colon ca, the decision is much more individual. Given this, I generally recommend CS every 3-5 years as long as the patient is in otherwise good physical and mental health. Even medicare covers CS every 24 months in high risk patients, with no age limit.