my family and I have been receiving care
at poly clinic for a number of years and
the care has always been fabulous and so
I wanted to take this opportunity to try
and give something back a small
something you know we talked about many
things these days openly but one of the
things we don't talk much about still or
colonoscopies and that's what I want to
talk about today and the best way I can
do that is to tell you my story and the
story of my family when I was about 39 I
had an unusual symptom and i went to my
doctor and she said probably nothing but
why don't you go in and have a check so
the next day I went into the colonoscopy
center and they wrapped me in warm
blankets and gave me a mild sedative and
the next thing I knew I was in the
recovery chair and the doctor was
telling you that he had removed a small
polyp from my colon and I found out that
in the tip of that Paul of was cancer
pretty shocking he said there was
nothing further for me to do but to get
regular check-ups and that I should let
my sisters and brothers know about what
I had experienced I did and both my
sisters immediately had colonoscopies
they had polyps but no cancer and
they've been checked regularly ever
since then my brother felt that he was
too young and too healthy and to lean
into fit to have a colonoscopy he had no
symptoms and he felt the same way when
he was 50 and his doctor suggested it
was time because 50 is the age where
they suggest you everybody should have a
colonoscopy my brother said no I don't
need 1 i'm not having any symptoms when
he was in his early sixties he had a few
symptoms but he's self diagnosed and
said no he didn't need a colonoscopy now
my brother 64 and he's been diagnosed
with stage 4 colon cancer it's
metastasized to his liver he's had a
foot of his colon removed and half of
his liver he's undergone extensive
radiation and chemotherapy and they're
trying to save his life and he wanted me
to share his story and and
line because we feel strongly that
colonoscopies are well worth everyone
good health I get checked regularly I go
to polyclinic I have had many
colonoscopies here they treat you so
well it's such an easy thing to do it's
relaxed it's quick it's usually fully
covered by insurance it's a free and if
it prevents colon cancer it might just
save your life
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