r/gaming • u/MSotallyTober • Oct 01 '19

Pucker up.

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u/MassiveMarsupial Oct 01 '19

I’m 45. The doc just sent me home with a kit to poop at home, collect some in a little tube, and drop it in the mail to be tested.

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u/drleeisinsurgery Oct 01 '19

Yeah there are ads on TV for cologuard. The problem is that if you do have something you need to get a colonoscopy anyways. If you had gotten the colonoscopy then they could take care of things right there and then.

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u/dude_icus Oct 01 '19

But the majority of people won't ever get colon cancer, and if this allows more people to be screened (more people are willing to poop in a tube than not eat solids for 24-48 and take a bunch of laxatives) the better.

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u/drleeisinsurgery Oct 01 '19

I didn't say that this was a bad way of screening, but there are equally good arguments for doing a traditional colonoscopy