tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post1713666915629696584..comments2023-10-22T06:15:30.760-04:00Comments on Boomer Musings: In Case You Were Wondering...Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-47760337834213033972015-12-03T07:38:15.310-05:002015-12-03T07:38:15.310-05:00I know very well what the end results of bowel can...I know very well what the end results of bowel cancer is like; my first father-in-law died from it... first they gave him a colostomy bag and then, 6 years later, the cancer returned and spread everywhere. He lasted about a year before he quit fighting it.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561631984395061740.post-87252523740894549342015-12-02T22:11:27.785-05:002015-12-02T22:11:27.785-05:00Doug, I sometimes feel the same way as you; but as...Doug, I sometimes feel the same way as you; but as far as colonoscopies go ... my first colonoscopy saved my life. I got it when I was 51, and the dr. found and removed an "aggressive" polyp that probably would have turned into cancer, and probably would have killed me by now. And, btw, it's not a fun way to go. Since then I've had one every 5 years and thankfully I've been clean, and the procedures haven't done me any harm ... other than, you know, the preparation.Tom at Sightingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08118442557208675758noreply@blogger.com