Colonoscopies Explain Why U.S. Leads the World in Health Expenditures

[Honeycombe8]

14. This just makes me sick.

Colonoscopies are big business these days. I keep getting pressured to have one by my GYN and GP. I have refused so far. It's a racket, as far as I can tell. Yes, I might get colon cancer. I also might get a lot of things I'm not being screened for (brain cancer, bone cancer, etc.). But I'm not high risk, and I do another test, as well as try to live a low-risk lifestyle.

They are so insistent that I figure it's the money and not the need of the test.

There is a risk associated with colonoscopies. Risk must be weighed against benefit. It's a good test. But it's my decision, not anyone else's. And unless the dr is going to pay whatever I may have to end up paying, and unless the dr is going to come pick me up and take me home, it's none of his/her business.