Billy, I don't know why you had to post that.
I never heard of such happening. Although there is a very small risk of perforation, if such happens it would be identified during the procedure.
Major drawback to Cologuard vs regular colonoscopy:
Colonoscopy: The vast majority of colonoscopies will not find cancer as cancer at age 50 is rare. A colonoscopy will find precancerous polyps that can be removed right then and there so they will never turn into cancer.
Cologuard: it does a DNA check for cancer; this means a precancerous polyp,
that would have been simply removed during a regular colonoscopy has become cancerous.
@joeyboy , maybe you should put your big boy pants on and get the colonoscopy.
Couple points:
Of the people I know personally (friends, relatives, neighbors) who have died before age 70 from diseases:
2 have died of colon cancer: both were in their 50's and only had a colonoscopy because they had cancer symptoms. (I know of at least 10 people,
including me, who have had precancerous polyps removed during routine colonoscopy.)
2 have died of breast cancer: 1 had it found during exam, in her 40's, 1 never had exams , in her 50's
3 have died of lung cancer: all smokers, cancer found because they had cough and went to MD to check it out; all dead within 6 months
1 has died of a stroke at age 70, had high BP all her life and was on pill during fertile years.
1 in his 60's died of COVID
2 died in 50's from stomach cancer, found out because went to MD for stomach problems; both dead within 4 months
Trust me on this: other than the 1 who had a stroke (she didn't know what hit her and died on the spot) all those who died of the cancers I listed died painful and disgusting deaths.
We all have to go sometime but I have preventive testing and proper exercise and diet (not foolproof but the best anyone can do ) such I can reach my goal of dying from a gunshot wound thru my heart at age 97, inflicted by a jealous husband when he caught me climbing out his young wife's bedroom window.