As we now all know the importance of a colonoscopy, it should come as no surprise that a study by Ma

coloCan

concluded: "A shorter daily shift schedule for endoscopists, the physicians who perform colonoscopies, avoids a decrease in the polyp detection rate as the day progresses....." Their endoscopists work a three-hour shift per day

An interesting statement was :"Its known already that longer colon exam times during endoscope withdrawal increase polyp detection rates. Our data show that each additional minute spent on withdrawal predicts a 4 percent increase in the polyp detection rate."

As per newswise.com....."Shorter Work Shifts Aid in Detection of Colon Polyps", 4/28/10

Jaylo969

thanks Steve
A personal comment...Not only can they miss polyps but they can miss tumors too. I know this from first hand experience. A colonoscopy is only as good as the doctor performing it.
That is why I stayed awake through the last scope...making sure the doc did his job.He did and I am happy with the results.

-Pat

Kerry S

veterinary hospital doc
On my first colonoscopy at the veterinary hospital the doc took out 5. My colon surgeon did not like what he saw with just an office scope. He had me do another one. This was just 3 weeks apart. His guy took out 9 more. His comment was “hell I think they scared the first doc”. The last one I just got, the colon surgeon did it himself.

Jaylo969

Kerry S said:

veterinary hospital doc
On my first colonoscopy at the veterinary hospital the doc took out 5. My colon surgeon did not like what he saw with just an office scope. He had me do another one. This was just 3 weeks apart. His guy took out 9 more. His comment was “hell I think they scared the first doc”. The last one I just got, the colon surgeon did it himself.

veterinary hospital?
Did you mean Veteran's hospital or did you really go to a veterinary hospital?
Kerry, you were just teasing...right?

Kerry S

Jaylo969 said:

veterinary hospital?
Did you mean Veteran's hospital or did you really go to a veterinary hospital?
Kerry, you were just teasing...right?

I live out in the woods
Pat darling, you got to remember I live way out in the woods. It’s a 20 mile drive to the closest gas station from the farm. The locals all refer to the hospital in town as the vet clinic. The time I was bleeding out in my gut, I went to the emergency room. They sent me home saying nothing was wrong. The next day we went to STL for a normal doc appointment. That doc put me in the hospital as soon as he looked at me. Hell I was mostly dead. They do have a few good docs. My primary doc is not even an MD, he is a DO. He is good old country doc.

Jaylo969

Kerry S said:

I live out in the woods
Pat darling, you got to remember I live way out in the woods. It’s a 20 mile drive to the closest gas station from the farm. The locals all refer to the hospital in town as the vet clinic. The time I was bleeding out in my gut, I went to the emergency room. They sent me home saying nothing was wrong. The next day we went to STL for a normal doc appointment. That doc put me in the hospital as soon as he looked at me. Hell I was mostly dead. They do have a few good docs. My primary doc is not even an MD, he is a DO. He is good old country doc.

Nothing wrong w/country Docs
Kerry...thanks for clearing that up for me..LOL.

My PCP is a country boy and he has lots of common sense which is a rare commodity these days.

-Pat

PhillieG

Kerry S said:

I live out in the woods
Pat darling, you got to remember I live way out in the woods. It’s a 20 mile drive to the closest gas station from the farm. The locals all refer to the hospital in town as the vet clinic. The time I was bleeding out in my gut, I went to the emergency room. They sent me home saying nothing was wrong. The next day we went to STL for a normal doc appointment. That doc put me in the hospital as soon as he looked at me. Hell I was mostly dead. They do have a few good docs. My primary doc is not even an MD, he is a DO. He is good old country doc.

So Let Me Get This Straight Kerry
He can work on an **** (donkey) or an ****, as in an ****.

Kerry S

PhillieG said:

So Let Me Get This Straight Kerry
He can work on an **** (donkey) or an ****, as in an ****.

Now you got it.
Yep they can work on both down here. They just use longer gloves on the donkey.

daydreamer110761

Kerry S said:

Now you got it.
Yep they can work on both down here. They just use longer gloves on the donkey.

I love you guys!
there is always humor somewhere - thanx for the laugh -

PhillieG

Kerry S said:

Now you got it.
Yep they can work on both down here. They just use longer gloves on the donkey.

Butt
I once had a Doctor who was a horse's **** but that's a horse's **** of a different color.

coloCan

PhillieG said:

Butt
I once had a Doctor who was a horse's **** but that's a horse's **** of a different color.

All this assinine humor.......
butt, butt, butt.........

No ifs......No ands......but plenty of butts.....some now more plentiful than others, others less plentiful than before........steve

PhillieG

coloCan said:

All this assinine humor.......
butt, butt, butt.........

No ifs......No ands......but plenty of butts.....some now more plentiful than others, others less plentiful than before........steve

OK
I'll butt out!