I put off my colonoscopy for a few years because last time I had them they were done without sedating you, they just raw-dog you right there on a table and it SUUUUUUCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKEEEEEDDD!

Due to that experience, I kept putting it off and did a couple different variations of the stick test - Cologuard and some other one that didn't require such a large, um, "sample". Last year it came back positive so I got my colonoscopy and there were nothing but a couple polyps that they removed.

When talking to my gastroenterologist, he said both of those tests aren't particularly accurate but might indicate an irregularity. Its analogous to the PSA test - not a true signal of cancer but more of a "check engine light".