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Colonoscopies fall into my "That was how it happened 20 years ago" category. It's a waste of $5500 and completely unnecessary. It's been shown over and over that a check of blood in the stool and a sigmoidoscopy will find any abnormalities.
It has also been shown that the prep drinks are really hard on the kidneys.
"Doc! I have a sore throat!"
"I have a cure for that!"
"Doc! I took the medicine and my sore throat is gone, but I have anal bleeding!"
"We have a pill for that, too!"
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