My mother almost died from a complication from a colonoscopy. She went home and 36 hours later developed uncontrollable bleeding from where a polyp was removed. Thank God for her having enough sense to call 911 as she was fading out of consciousness from loss of blood. I refuse to get one, I’m 62 and I opt for the fecal blood test instead.
I was told after a colonoscopy that the doctor could not clip off the polyp because it was more of a bump and so they recommended surgery to take out the “tumor”, as my doctor described it. It was biopsied and declared to be non-cancerous. Has anybody ever been told That you don’t have to cleanse your bowels before the surgery and you could simply stop eating for three days? I thought that sounded wrong and challenged the doctor, but he said it would be fine. After the biopsy, I remained in the hospital for a week because of a surgical infection which later resulted in a surgical hernia. Seven months later, I had to have surgery for the hernia and today have a mesh in my abdomen, and Life is not the same. I’m almost 68 and I try to do core strengthening exercises and it feels like something is about to tear in my abdomen and it is somewhat painful. I wish I never started the whole procedure in the first place.
The sedative part, propofol is a billion dollars per year. I had one done under pressure due to having stomach problems. I insisted he do upper endoscopy since I was there for stomach problems to begin with and did the exams without sedation. It was a joke, wanted nothing to do with me or stomach problems once they "stuck me" for thr procedures.
When my doc pushed for one I turned him down. I opted for the fecal ca test ! I did my own research & discovered that they get a lot of money for that procedure ! But I also knew that complications can happen! The lab test would show cancer & colonoscopies should not be used unless absolutely necessary !
Many people rail against Big Pharma, claiming their studies are biased (often true), and that they use doctors as a secret sales-force for their products. Procedures, like colonoscopies, are not nearly as susceptible to bias and conflicts of interest for several reasons, and because of this, we should be more inclined to trust in the science behind their effectiveness. There's a massive amount of good data supporting colonoscopies. This data is not aggregated by self-interested pharma companies. In fact, pharma companies would be better off if there were no colonoscopies to remove polyps because they would sell more of their cancer drugs for the 10%+ of polyps that will eventually turn malignant. It is reasonable to question everything, including colonoscopies. But questioning, and promoting the abstaining of a treatment with good science and logic behind it (the risks of a perforation during the procedure are both every rare, and treatable) is irresponsible.
i must say im one of the lucky ones and had a routine colonoscopy my dr ordered in 2014 , im alive today as they discovered that i had stage 4 colon cancer , i was in surgery with in one week and had something called a heli colectomy that saved my life ! it has been over 8 yrs now that i have lived a completely normal life . so im one woman that is gratefulful that they discovered my cancer because of a colonoscopy .
A cousin of mine turned 50 and had her first colonoscopy because it was time to begin routine checks. This colonoscopy resulted in the discovery of colon cancer, stage 1. The cancerous lesion was removed. It's been almost five years since then and she remains cancer-free.
I am 77. I had clear colonoscopies for several decades, but in January 2024 I was diagnosed with colon cancer, stage 4. My last colonoscopy was in 2014 and it had been clear.
Colonoscopies are helpful, but definitely not a guarantee.
I had an escalation in blood in stool over three years when my practitioner said “You have a fast growing polyp and you need to get it taken out with colonoscopy asap”. My biohacker guru cousin said “Slow down! Try this first” and he sent a link to the Weston Price Foundation article that recommended GcMaf Yogurt which activates the macrophages and increases the assimilation of vitamin D. The link said to look online for a probiotic with “400 BILLION”. I made the yogurt with organic milk, sterilized the pots, added colostrum and savored the yogurt sublingually. Six weeks later no more blood in stool. Gone. I keep checking and it is still gone.
My African Antiguan gardener got colon cancer so I looked for the recipe on WP Foundation and the article had been taken down by decree. I called Weston Price and a kind lady forwarded the retracted article. I went to Tree of Life website looking for the 400 billion but it was no longer available. So frustrating. I finally found another company with 300 strains! I paid and immediately got a fraud alert. My dear old friend was dying slowly. Months later I risked the fraud again, but the 300 strain culture was out of stock. Tried again and told the California company about the fraud alert. He said nothing but I ordered anyway. The “13 week kit” arrived.
You can keep making several generations of the yogurt with ORGANIC milk and by adding more colostrum to each batch but be aware the virulence of each consecutive batch diminishes. Some of the 300 strains cannot coexist with other strains in the kit over generations. Anyway I stretch the use of my 13 week kit over months. Eat the yogurt with an oil or an egg yolk that has good oils, flax for FIBER and omega 3, banana for the potassium and always take a vitamin D with K at the same time. Read the whole website info that is selling you the “300 strains”. So interesting.
My dear old struggling gardener held me in tight grip after two days of his first generation yogurt. “I must get more of that stuff…I will pay” I know that he can’t afford $400 for the kit of 13 and how was I to get colostrum shipped to Antigua, etc? So I left the last of my ingredients with a gentle woman who is good at reading recipes instructions when I left the country. Though Collie knew that the yogurt was his pathway to longer life, the instructions that I left probably had not been exact enough. Or there had been no access to organic milk$$! I had left a jar of first generation yogurt with a local organic farmer but he didn’t register the value of the gift. They probably gulped the yogurt down without lingering it under the tongue the way another friend of mine had done, still not a waste but not nearly as beneficial. Collie died a month later. But he knew what was good for him.
Colonoscopy is for extreme cases and can cause more damage than they help
I keep offending my doctor and his staff when I refuse their request for mammograms or colonoscopy. I will never ever be put under anesthesia again. It makes them very mad - I tell my doctor I’m here for a consult NOT to be told what do.
My mother almost died from a complication from a colonoscopy. She went home and 36 hours later developed uncontrollable bleeding from where a polyp was removed. Thank God for her having enough sense to call 911 as she was fading out of consciousness from loss of blood. I refuse to get one, I’m 62 and I opt for the fecal blood test instead.
I was told after a colonoscopy that the doctor could not clip off the polyp because it was more of a bump and so they recommended surgery to take out the “tumor”, as my doctor described it. It was biopsied and declared to be non-cancerous. Has anybody ever been told That you don’t have to cleanse your bowels before the surgery and you could simply stop eating for three days? I thought that sounded wrong and challenged the doctor, but he said it would be fine. After the biopsy, I remained in the hospital for a week because of a surgical infection which later resulted in a surgical hernia. Seven months later, I had to have surgery for the hernia and today have a mesh in my abdomen, and Life is not the same. I’m almost 68 and I try to do core strengthening exercises and it feels like something is about to tear in my abdomen and it is somewhat painful. I wish I never started the whole procedure in the first place.
Thanks for posting.
The sedative part, propofol is a billion dollars per year. I had one done under pressure due to having stomach problems. I insisted he do upper endoscopy since I was there for stomach problems to begin with and did the exams without sedation. It was a joke, wanted nothing to do with me or stomach problems once they "stuck me" for thr procedures.
It sounds like in the comments, people who were compromised from this test went to inept surgeons. Holy shit. No pun intended.
When my doc pushed for one I turned him down. I opted for the fecal ca test ! I did my own research & discovered that they get a lot of money for that procedure ! But I also knew that complications can happen! The lab test would show cancer & colonoscopies should not be used unless absolutely necessary !
Not to mention that the goop that they give you to clean out your bowels is POISON in itself. DON’T DO IT!
Many people rail against Big Pharma, claiming their studies are biased (often true), and that they use doctors as a secret sales-force for their products. Procedures, like colonoscopies, are not nearly as susceptible to bias and conflicts of interest for several reasons, and because of this, we should be more inclined to trust in the science behind their effectiveness. There's a massive amount of good data supporting colonoscopies. This data is not aggregated by self-interested pharma companies. In fact, pharma companies would be better off if there were no colonoscopies to remove polyps because they would sell more of their cancer drugs for the 10%+ of polyps that will eventually turn malignant. It is reasonable to question everything, including colonoscopies. But questioning, and promoting the abstaining of a treatment with good science and logic behind it (the risks of a perforation during the procedure are both every rare, and treatable) is irresponsible.
I believe that more and more people are dying of cancer-treatments.
Peaky Blinders season 6, on Netflix, was full of red-pills......
i must say im one of the lucky ones and had a routine colonoscopy my dr ordered in 2014 , im alive today as they discovered that i had stage 4 colon cancer , i was in surgery with in one week and had something called a heli colectomy that saved my life ! it has been over 8 yrs now that i have lived a completely normal life . so im one woman that is gratefulful that they discovered my cancer because of a colonoscopy .
Once again, follow the money! Seems that greed prevails over common sense and the good of the patient, physically and financially.
A cousin of mine turned 50 and had her first colonoscopy because it was time to begin routine checks. This colonoscopy resulted in the discovery of colon cancer, stage 1. The cancerous lesion was removed. It's been almost five years since then and she remains cancer-free.
I am 77. I had clear colonoscopies for several decades, but in January 2024 I was diagnosed with colon cancer, stage 4. My last colonoscopy was in 2014 and it had been clear.
Colonoscopies are helpful, but definitely not a guarantee.
I aspirated during my one and only c-scope. Close call.
Reminds me of the Baby Cooking Womb Saunas of the unnecessary ULTRASOUND practice... stop the insanity of Procedures for Profit!
Anyone read Dr. Peter Attia's book, Outlive? It's worth your time.
I had an escalation in blood in stool over three years when my practitioner said “You have a fast growing polyp and you need to get it taken out with colonoscopy asap”. My biohacker guru cousin said “Slow down! Try this first” and he sent a link to the Weston Price Foundation article that recommended GcMaf Yogurt which activates the macrophages and increases the assimilation of vitamin D. The link said to look online for a probiotic with “400 BILLION”. I made the yogurt with organic milk, sterilized the pots, added colostrum and savored the yogurt sublingually. Six weeks later no more blood in stool. Gone. I keep checking and it is still gone.
My African Antiguan gardener got colon cancer so I looked for the recipe on WP Foundation and the article had been taken down by decree. I called Weston Price and a kind lady forwarded the retracted article. I went to Tree of Life website looking for the 400 billion but it was no longer available. So frustrating. I finally found another company with 300 strains! I paid and immediately got a fraud alert. My dear old friend was dying slowly. Months later I risked the fraud again, but the 300 strain culture was out of stock. Tried again and told the California company about the fraud alert. He said nothing but I ordered anyway. The “13 week kit” arrived.
You can keep making several generations of the yogurt with ORGANIC milk and by adding more colostrum to each batch but be aware the virulence of each consecutive batch diminishes. Some of the 300 strains cannot coexist with other strains in the kit over generations. Anyway I stretch the use of my 13 week kit over months. Eat the yogurt with an oil or an egg yolk that has good oils, flax for FIBER and omega 3, banana for the potassium and always take a vitamin D with K at the same time. Read the whole website info that is selling you the “300 strains”. So interesting.
My dear old struggling gardener held me in tight grip after two days of his first generation yogurt. “I must get more of that stuff…I will pay” I know that he can’t afford $400 for the kit of 13 and how was I to get colostrum shipped to Antigua, etc? So I left the last of my ingredients with a gentle woman who is good at reading recipes instructions when I left the country. Though Collie knew that the yogurt was his pathway to longer life, the instructions that I left probably had not been exact enough. Or there had been no access to organic milk$$! I had left a jar of first generation yogurt with a local organic farmer but he didn’t register the value of the gift. They probably gulped the yogurt down without lingering it under the tongue the way another friend of mine had done, still not a waste but not nearly as beneficial. Collie died a month later. But he knew what was good for him.
Colonoscopy is for extreme cases and can cause more damage than they help
I keep offending my doctor and his staff when I refuse their request for mammograms or colonoscopy. I will never ever be put under anesthesia again. It makes them very mad - I tell my doctor I’m here for a consult NOT to be told what do.