Hi, it's Linda from YouTips4U which is my channel on YouTube. Welcome to my blog where I share lots of helpful tips and tricks on health, beauty, skin care and anti-aging, hair, diet, fitness, exercise, natural remedies, and so much more, to help you lead a better quality life and an inspired life.
This week another of my good friends told me that they had a physical and the doctor recommended a colonoscopy. My friend is over 50 and has no hereditary risk factors for colon cancer. Being a YouTips4U subscriber, he had learned all about the risks of having a colonoscopy in my video entitled: Colonoscopy: What You Need To Know Risks and Side Effects and so he was not comfortable with having such an invasive test for a screening test. He knew he had other options and one of them is Cologuard. Cologuard is the latest technology in colon cancer screening and it is non-invasive and accurate. In my video: Cologuard Colon Cancer Screening Test | My Review and Experience, I share everything you need to know about this simple and effective non-invasive test for detecting cancer and precancer that uses advanced DNA technology to screen your stool sample for colon cancer and precancer and it also screens for blood in the stool. After watching that video and learning of my experience with using Cologuard, my friend decided that this was the test he wanted and asked the doctor about having Cologuard instead of a colonoscopy. Unfortunately, as happens all too often, the doctor told him a bunch of half truths about Cologuard, like it's not covered by insurance, and that colonoscopy is the gold standard, and sent my friend on his way. He did not inform my friend that according to the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) he has other options for screening for colon cancer other than a colonoscopy that are just as effective at detecting colon cancer, each with their own positives and negatives which I discuss in my in-depth video entitled: Colon Cancer Screening: What You Need To Know About Colon Health, Colonoscopy, Cologuard | My Choice. My friend was pretty amazed at the lack of medical support for his desired choice which was Cologuard. When he got home he decided to be proactive about his healthcare and call Cologuard's 24-hour 800 number for information on how to go about ordering the test. They were extremely helpful and informative and told him the test would be 100% covered by his medical insurance just like a colonoscopy would be. They helped him fill out the necessary request form to give to his doctor and told him that once they received it the signed request form, they would ship the test to his home. Your doctor must order the Cologuard test for you and it gets shipped directly to your home.
If you encounter this very common situation with your healthcare provider, it may be necessary for you to be proactive if you wish to avoid colonoscopy and choose Cologuard as your screening method. As I explained in my video below, doctors have tremendous financial incentive to recommend colonoscopy and they are reluctant to recommend other screening methods because at a cost of approximately $3,000 per colonoscopy it's a very profitable business and they simply do not profit when you choose Cologuard. According to my research which you will learn about in my video below, a colonoscopy is not an effective screening test for the masses. It is fraught with risk to the patient and misses a lot of cancers and precancers. The test is only as good as the doctor who is visualizing your colon. Cologuard screens your entire colon and is the latest technology that detects both blood and DNA in your stool to look for cancers and precancers and has a 94% accuracy rate. It's simple and non-invasive! Kudos to my friend for being proactive about his health and selecting a test that was right for him. Don't miss my in-depth video below to learn everything you need to know about colon cancer and colon cancer screening tests. You will learn so much about this incredibly vital area of the human body. An area that must be protected for you to be healthy.
Did you know that your risk of developing rectal cancer is four times higher than your risk of getting colon cancer? Well, based on my research which I share with you in my recent comprehensive education video entitled, Colon Cancer Screening: What You Need To Know About Colon Health, Colonoscopy, Cologuard | My Experience and Choice there is a gross misclassification going on when it comes to colon cancer deaths and rectal cancer deaths. Colon cancer and rectal cancer are synonymously being called colorectal cancer. They used data from the California Cancer Registry on reported death certificates to prove that 82% of rectal cancers were miscoded as colon cancer. Therefore we can extrapolate that since 80% of all colon cancers are in the left side of the colon, or distal colon and sigmoid colon, with higher risk for cancer developing in the rectum, examination of the distal and sigmoid colon, and rectum is of greater benefit in the detection of colorectal cancer. Please see my video below for more information on how to choose a colorectal cancer screening test that's right for you.
Learn about my experience with Cologuard Colorectal Cancer Screening test in my latest YouTube video below. I did some extensive research into the available recommended screening methods for detecting colon cancer after my doctor recommended I get a colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer. As many of you may know, if you are age 50 and over or age 45 and over and African American, your doctor will recommend that you be screened for colon cancer, and they almost always recommend you get a colonoscopy. However, based I my research, I learned that a colonoscopy is a highly invasive test that carries significant risks to your health, and many people feel uncomfortable having such an invasive test as a screening test. Unfortunately, because of that, many people simply don't get screened. Learn about colonoscopy and its risks and side effects in my video entitled: Colonoscopy: What You Need To Know, Risks and Side Effects. You should know that if you don't feel uncomfortable having a colonoscopy, you have other effective alternatives to choose from and one of them is Cologuard. Cologuard is the latest FDA approved technology available in noninvasive screening tests. It's an at-home DNA stool test that you can do right in the privacy of your own home that screens your entire colon and rectum for colon cancer and precancerous polyps. Based on my research, which I share in my video below, I decided it was the best choice for me, and it may be for you too. It's very easy to use, highly accurate, and uses the latest in DNA technology to screen your stool for colon cancer and precancerous growths. Learn all about it, why I chose it, and my experience with it in my video below. You can learn more about the colon, colon cancer and all the available screening choices by watching my in-depth, comprehensive video entitled: Colon Cancer Screening: What You Need To Know About Colon Health, Colonoscopy, Cologuard | My Experience and Choice. I hope you find my below video on Cologuard helpful in your decision-making process of choosing the right colon cancer screening test for you. Please share this video with others to help spread awareness.
In honor of colon cancer awareness month, I created an in-depth comprehensive YouTube video to help spread awareness about the importance of taking care of your colon and getting screened for colon cancer. My video is based on my own personal experience as well as extensive research I did into the subject of colon health, polyps, colon cancer, prevention, and getting screened. It's a video that everyone should watch, not just those in the over 45 years of age group who are being recommended to get screened for colon cancer, because colon cancer is now on the rise in young adults. Having knowledge about this area of the human body is critically important if you want to have a healthy life. I hope you will watch this entire video and share it with others to help spread awareness, because if colon cancer is caught early, the five-year survival rate is 90%. Learn what you need to know to help prevent colon cancer.
Before you have a colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer, please watch my latest video below. It's an except from a comprehensive in-depth video I recently posted to my YouTube Chanel about Gut Health, Colon Cancer Screening Tests, including Colonoscopy and Cologuard, And My Choice For Getting Screened. The topic of the video below is the segment from that video on colonoscopy. I take an in-depth look at colonoscopy, how this procedure is performed, as well as discuss the risks, side effects, and complications of this screening test that you should be aware of before you undergo it. It is not a simple screening test. It is an invasive procedure that requires sedation and the emptying out of your entire digestive tract, which you will learn is not conducive to good health. I hope you will watch this video below as well as my full-length, in-depth video which is linked at the end of the colonoscopy video.
