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I'll second that last letter writer's emotion. Demerol, which they give you for the colonoscopy, is definitely worth the price of admission. I felt euphoric the rest of the day. Pure bliss. The test doesn't hurt, takes a very short time, and is just about the only cancer-screening tool that can actually PREVENT cancer (during the procedure they can snip out polyps before they turn cancerous), so what do you have to lose? The prep is a bummer, but it's only one day out of your life, and once the exam is over, you're back to normal.
For the record, we girls don't want anything going up our butts either, but we are generally more manly about all things medical than you boys are. This psychosexual gobbledygook about the male avoidance of colonoscopies is nonsense - men don't go to doctors, ask questions, get tested, take medicines, etc. Perhaps this is why the ladies live longer?
