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Colonoscopy. Useful and even necessary procedure or Big Med just banking?
While many including myself may have been and continue to be 'no problems with the poop shooter and tract then no procedure neccessary -not gonna dew it.'
Buddy who's wife it top notch RN and keeps up on all the latest convinced him to get checked, even tho he initially had NO symptoms. Long/short he had colon cancer 2nd stage. They were able to operate, remove and he is now doing fine as far as on schedule, walking talking eating solid food. This started a year ago.
Point, from the time he 1st had some bloody poops til the VA exam took about 6 months. Hey, that's the VA for you. But his surgeons insisted that you can have colon cancer with NO symptoms. Key point here. His paper sample test showed all good. Had he rested on the paper sample test results, may not have been 'scoped and surely would have been Stage 3 or terminal.
So that's a thought for you over 40 crowd. While the sample test is also useful, my doctors and research say the camera up the bum is still the gold standard for testing.