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0 pointsSoftTalker3y ago0 comments

There's not only a risk with the anesthesia but there's a risk of a perforated colon. It's not the routine risk-free procedure that the providers make it out to be.

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JoeAltmaier3y ago

1 in 1000 have complications. Colon cancer attacks 1 in 25. So that math check out - have your colonoscopy

timr3y ago

> Colon cancer attacks 1 in 25.

The highest plausible 10-year estimate of colon cancer prevalence from the study was 1.2%. That's 1 in 83, not 1 in 25.

JoeAltmaier3y ago

Not what I saw on another site, but yours is more recent so ok.

Still a long way from 1:1000

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0 pointsSoftTalker3y ago0 comments

There's not only a risk with the anesthesia but there's a risk of a perforated colon. It's not the routine risk-free procedure that the providers make it out to be.

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JoeAltmaier3y ago

1 in 1000 have complications. Colon cancer attacks 1 in 25. So that math check out - have your colonoscopy

timr3y ago

> Colon cancer attacks 1 in 25.

The highest plausible 10-year estimate of colon cancer prevalence from the study was 1.2%. That's 1 in 83, not 1 in 25.

JoeAltmaier3y ago

Not what I saw on another site, but yours is more recent so ok.

Still a long way from 1:1000

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