# Colonoscopy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonoscopy/113844>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 13, 2002, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonoscopy/113844 "2002-06-13T13:12:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonoscopy/113844/21 "2002-06-14T03:44:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by EchoKitty \*  
> \*\*My mom died from colon cancer. She said the scope itself wasn’t bad, because of the sleepy IV. My dad and my sister are scheduled for theirs. I’m avoiding it, even though I know I should do it. \*\*

My dad died from colon cancer, too…unfortunately at the time I was too young to ask anything about how the doctors found it, etc.

And yes, I’m avoiding having one too…

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