I am not a big fan of Katie Couric—but we do have thing in common: We have both had colonoscopies. I bring this rather personal matter up because this is is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. My father died of colon cancer and believe me, you don’t want the disease, and if you get it, you want it caught early. Undergoing a colonoscopy can accomplish both goals by removing pre-cancerous growths and detecting cancer that has formed before it spreads.
As readers of SHS wish they could forget, my procedure discovered a polyp which has by now been incinerated. For those who wish to go down memory lane, here are the details, and no, I won’t post a picture of my colon here at SHS.
But do get the procedure. It is painless. You won’t even remember much of it because of the drugs. And it could save your life.
