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  • Most of my patients tell me the worst part of the colonscopy is preparing for it (cleaning the bowels out completely.)

    Medpundit 2003

  • Should they have the colonscopy, which is typically done in a clinic setting, and I for one agree with her emphasis, I think colonscopy is the way to go, because it's the only test that looks at the entire colon.

    CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Doctors Give Advice on How to Get and Stay Healthy - March 29, 2000 2000

  • You have a point, but if he had said "colonscopy," which would be more accurate, he'd have been hammered by the usual fascists.

    Root canal 2010

  • Michael wrote this post literally almost as soon as I brought him home from his colonscopy that morning.

    My Bracket vs. that of Baracket Obama 2009

  • Feb. 28th found the entire family in four different hospitals in two states as Dad's bi-pass, Mom's chemo, I had a colonscopy done, and my niece went into labor.

    People are beginning to notice...again wen_spencer 2008

  • Getting a referral for a colonscopy is going to take 2 hours, I'm told, but taking it to the hospital and getting my packet of stuff for the colonoscopy will take half that time.

    Even in a little thing gillpolack 2009

  • BTW what is up with having an anesthesiologist involved in a colonscopy?

    Just Saying "No" to Colonoscopy 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • Since you have not had one as yet, I feel the need to tell you that, as a experienced colonscopy recipient, you are pretty gassy afterward to the point that they won't let you leave until you've raised the roof a bit.

    Birthday Addendum 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • His recent colonscopy revealed 6 polyps of the pre-cancerous kind.

    McCain's Doctors, Medical Records Say He Is In Good Health 2009

  • Getting a referral for a colonscopy is going to take 2 hours, I'm told, but taking it to the hospital and getting my packet of stuff for the colonoscopy will take half that time.

    gillpolack: I'm skipping a meeting tonight because I gillpolack 2009

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