Why I Hate Senior Forums

Tony Nathanson said:
Yes, colon cancer is serious business, but.....
How often do colonoscopies detect cancer?

Less than 1% to 2% of routine screening colonoscopies result in a finding of cancer. However, the exact rate depends on whether the procedure is for routine screening or a diagnostic evaluation, as well as the patient's age and symptoms.
Routine Screening: Cancer is found in less than \(1\%\) of asymptomatic individuals undergoing average-risk screening.
Diagnostic Evaluations: If a colonoscopy is performed because a patient has symptoms—such as gastrointestinal bleeding or abdominal pain—cancer is detected in about (2%) to (4%) of procedures.
To each his own. For me, not worth the risk.

Interesting that your experience bears this out. Your frequent colonoscopies failed to detect (as you said) "A large cancer." I would be asking my doctor why colonoscopies failed to detect it, since that is their advertised purpose.
Much like doctors recommending yearly flu shots & their patients getting the flu, anyway.
Sooner or later, wise people will be asking questions.....like...."What's wrong with this picture?"
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They didn't fail to detect it, it grew big around but flat in under 3 years. They took photos of my entire colon and the previous photos don't show even a polyp there. Not all colon cancer is slow growing. I don't think you are reading the data right. If 100 people have a routine colonoscopy, maybe 2 will have a cancerous polyp. That doesn't mean they missed any, just that a low percentage of people tested, have cancerous polyps. A much larger percentage of people have polyps that are removed and test non cancerous, but in time would become cancer.

One reason doctors have problems finding colon cancer, is a patient is poorly cleaned out. Stats show that the modern colonoscopy has detected cancer at a 69% increase over methods like fecal test. Also they have increased the survival rate of patients to 88%.

By the time symptoms show up or a fecal test shows anything, your survival rate is usually very low. Cancer screening is a personal decision and for me a easy one to make.
 
Just my two cents worth!
Senior Forums are very important. Great way to learn about the trials of people one's own age and also give an insight into what comes next.
Research also suggests that chatting online can delay the onset of dementia. What anyone has to say is important as long as it's polite and caring.

PS: My post does not refer to any particular forum since I am not a member of any other senior forum.
 
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Colonoscopy? You can always do the poop in a box test. Not invasive and still accurate.

As far as hemorrhoids? I guess I was just lucky because it was a full on surgical procedure that was just as painful as people say it is. Of course they don't warn you there is a good chance you will end up with more later on:(

As far as the Senior Forum? I have met some really nice people there. However it is very restrictive and censored, and that is definitely putting a damper on my enthusiasm and participation:(
 
Faye Fox said:
Who is Joyce? PS ... I was referring to senior forums in general, not any specific one.
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Oh ok,it sounded like ppl were talking about another SENIOR SITE.. Why would someone say they didnt like it here??

Hmmmm.. Joyce is Jaminhealth/Caroline13 (A friend I met on City-data years ago)
 
April Vee said:
Oh ok,it sounded like ppl were talking about another SENIOR SITE.. Why would someone say they didnt like it here??

Hmmmm.. Joyce is Jaminhealth/Caroline13 (A friend I met on City-data years ago)
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I think it started out as just a generalization. Not about here.
We can still look around to find excitement if we want.
 
John Wick said:
Colonoscopy? You can always do the poop in a box test. Not invasive and still accurate.

As far as hemorrhoids? I guess I was just lucky because it was a full on surgical procedure that was just as painful as people say it is. Of course they don't warn you there is a good chance you will end up with more later on:(

As far as the Senior Forum? I have met some really nice people there. However it is very restrictive and censored, and that is definitely putting a damper on my enthusiasm and participation:(
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Accurate if you have cancer that is so bad it is bleeding. About the only cancer the poop sample test shows, is metastasized. The thing about the scope is it also has a tool for removing polyps so they can be biopsied. Also the colon can be examined for other disease.

Endoscopy and Colonoscopy have saved many lives. Recently a long time friend died because he wouldn't get a colonoscopy until his poop test showed cancer. The scope confirmed a large cancer and surgery removed it with half his colon. It biopsied stage 4 and scans showed the cancer had spread. He went to Mexico to their famous holistic cancer clinic. He got worse and then decided on chemotherapy. He lived about 9 months and it wasn't a pleasant existence.

Men seem to be the worst about getting a colonoscopy. I think they see it as an assault on their being a male, perhaps an insult on their masculinity. Some men had rather die a horrible death than get a life saving colon invasion. The thing about being female is invasive procedures are just a way of life.

Males have no problem invading the female body, but suggest the male undergo a possibility life saving invasion that they will not even remember, and they run, hide, and poop in a box. Very few can change a ripe baby diaper, but they can take a popsicle stick and smear fecal matter :poop: into a container some poor lab worker has to test. :sneaky: I suppose it is a, me Tarzan, you Jane thing.
 
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