With the sphyg you get no drugs, the prep is the same, it doesn't show the
whole show, and they can't take remove any nasties. Why do the sphyg?
Your insurance co. may want it first.....trick is to answer "yes" when you
are asked if there is a "history".
HEY! Can anyone else tell that cabin feve has hit the Spridget list!!!!!!!!
LOL!!!!!
Geoff Branch
----- Original Message -----
From "CHRIS KOTTING" <ckotting at wideopenwest.com>
To: "Geoff Branch" <gjbranch@comcast.net>; <KrkLH@cs.com>;
<John.Deikis@med.va.gov>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Cc: <spridgets-owner@autox.team.net>; <RBHouston@aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: Was: FASPEC Now: colon cancer
> Lessee if I remember my anatomy classes.
>
> The colon in the average person is about 5 feet long (some folks as much
> as 8
> feet).
>
> If you're looking at the lower colon, it's a sygmoidoscopy (since it looks
> only at the sygmoid portion of the colon). The preferred procedure now is
> a
> colonoscopy, which covers the entire colon.
>
> From Geoff's (rather vivid) description, I'd suspect he had a colonoscopy.
>
> Chris K.
>
> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:20:16 -0500, Geoff Branch wrote
>> Well, let me tell you....if the thing that I saw the Dr. holding was
>> only going to look at the lower colon he was gonna have to be
>> standing on the other side of the room! The thing had measured foot
>> markings on it for Dog's sake!!!!
>>
>> Geoff Branch
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <KrkLH@cs.com>
>> To: <John.Deikis@med.va.gov>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> Cc: <RBHouston@aol.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 1:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: Was: FASPEC Now: colon cancer
>>
>> > This test only looks at the lower colon? Could there still be an issue
>> > in
>> > the upper colon that could be missed?
>> >
>> > Kirk Hargreaves
>
>
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