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@calfoxwc said:

Wow. I'm going to get rid of the high fructose corn syrup then.

Wait... isn't fructose the sugar found in fruit, and we're supposed to eat fruit... ?

"sigh"

Fruit really doesn't contain that much fructose. An apple has 90 calories while a soda has 140. High Fructose corn syrup is far different than natural fructose found in fruit.

Thaak

@calfoxwc said:

Wow. I'm going to get rid of the high fructose corn syrup then.

Wait... isn't fructose the sugar found in fruit, and we're supposed to eat fruit... ?

"sigh"

Yes, however naturally forming fructose is recognized by our body to break it down.

The corn syrup variety (and I'm not sure calling it fructose is scientifically correct) is not.

WRREBEL

I was lucky enough to have my prostate checked this year..

It was really weird the dr was able to check my prostate and clap at the same time..

DieHardBrownsFan

@wrrebel said:

I was lucky enough to have my prostate checked this year..

It was really weird the dr was able to check my prostate and clap at the same time..

Was the Doctors name Gruden?

Earl34

It's a flex sig every 3-5 years after age 50 or a colonoscopy (the whole length of the colon) every 10 years. If you have a family history of colon cancer or a personal history of inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis) you should start at some point earlier. I was always taught that if you have a family history you should be screened starting at an age 10 years younger than your relative's age when they were diagnosed.

calfoxwc

True, but our family physician stopped doing the sigs, because they only check the very lowest part of the colon. Said, that to just go ahead and

do the colonoscopy and know there isn't anything there, anywhere.

Thanks for the great input. I didn't want to get away from Browns talk, but even though we are the BEST NFL fans,

we can still get this cancer without knowing it, so...

kshutchins

I had the flex sig many years ago (has it been that long? yikes) and the colonoscopy last year. The preps for each were similar but you're essentially knocked out for the colonoscopy so I'd say it's easier over all. A day or so of discomfort is well worth the peace of mind to me.

BTW, it used to be you had to have a straight steel tube shoved in for a similar exam. By comparison the flex sig and colonoscopy are a walk in the park. I, for one, am grateful for this advance in technology.

calfoxwc

I heard about the rigid tube. Our doctor used the flex screener for the sig from the very beginning as I knew it.

I had heard once, that in Japan, they didn't have much colon cancer at all - it was figured it was their diet.

Now, that changed a a bit - they eat junk food more, ... so....

Like I tell the kids I teach (unofficially) how to ride a four wheeler -

"You never be too safe, but you can always not be safe enough"

slowburn

@wrrebel said:

I was lucky enough to have my prostate checked this year..

It was really weird the dr was able to check my prostate and clap at the same time..

better get a second opinion

SJ_Browns

@calfoxwc said:

Well, while we all are talkin Browns stuff, I went and had my every three year colon cancer screening. I'm in excellent shape.

I am high risk, though, because it's on my Dad's side - he had it decades ago, and a few other relatives....

It's no big deal - you drink the stupid stuff the night before and in the morning (eh... clear video, right?) , and get an IV and it's over and you didn't know

it happened.

I was just thinking - I'd hate to lose an online friend on this board, or anybody else new or old, to this cancer, because I never

said anything about the screening. Check with your family physician, find an expert ....

I think if folks aren't high risk, but over 50 or something like that, they should consider it.

Hopefully, your insurance will cover it.

I don't know if it's our diet for a lot of it in our country, but I know it's so much easier to medically deal with, IF caught early, like so many other things.

Hey, if the Browns go to the Superbowl next year @@ or the year after... you want to be here and not miss it, right?

Just thinkin. Take care, everybody.

thanks for this post, cal.