@loribmt, @kaybow, and all...Ain't this fun! One of my least favorite tests, not the procedure but the prep. My colon is slow and I don't get it clean enough apparently. I do everything by the book but still don't do it well. So beginning early is a great answer for that problem. thanks, Lori. thankfully, I had one last year and removed 13-15 polyps, several quite large, and almost all were the precancerous adenomas. One doctor not at Mayo said I needed a colonoscopy every 6 months, then 1x year because I grow a forest of polyps. Interesting. And, several are always large and unhappy. but, not yet cancer. I know if I didn't get them all out as I do, I'll have colon cancer, so I do the best I can to prep well.

After the procedure at Mayo last year, the doctor said the recommendations have changed and are no longer annually, now it's every 5-7 years 5 years for me, Great! It seems they've determined the growth rate of these little guys and if I have them removed every 5 years they won't get large enough to become cancerous. Makes me a happy girl...

I'll follow your other suggestions, Lori. my expert...thank you. elizabeth