I promised myself I'd loop back here and post in this thread after my recent colonoscopy since reading the comments helped me so much through my waiting period from getting an abnormal Cologuard result to my colonoscopy.

I decided to do a Cologuard for ease and didn't want the invasive procedure of a Colonoscopy. Plus, I hate being put under for anything, so I took the easy road. My Cologuard came back abnormal but luckily, I only had to wait less than 2 weeks for my procedure. But boy was it a stressful two weeks! Like many of you, I constantly worried and read everything I could find on colon cancer. It was a VERY rough time.

Well, I made it through the prep (I did the 2 bottles prep) but only barely. My prep was horrible. I got so dehydrated and had a jackhammer in my head. I also got sick on the way to hospital so instead of a twilight sleep I had to be intubated under general anesthesia. I won't go into the prep anymore here and will save that for another thread but advice to all of you - drink a TON of water to stay hydrated.

I cried up to being knocked out because I was so scared to hear the results. Luckily, it turned out I had 2 polyps. One small but one was fairly large at 15mm and flat and had to be piecemealed out. Due to that, I need to repeat the procedure a year from now just to make sure all of the polyp was out. But my doctor isn't worried, and I can breathe a sigh of relief. She thinks after next year if everything looks good, I won't have to repeat for another 3-5 years.

So, the Cologuard did do what it was supposed to do. It accurately showed that something was up and that something was polyps. In that regard, I'm glad I did it. But the worry I went through between the test and colonoscopy was overwhelming. In hindsight, I wish I had just gone in for the colonoscopy. I recommend just doing that to decrease the worry-factor. Yes, the prep is a pain (and in my case, really hard) but in the end, getting my polyps found and removed was a blessing.

Hope this helps some of you out there who are in the place I was at. Best of luck!

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