Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

So, my second one was three years after the first one.

One thing to be careful of. If you have heart and/or cholesterol issues (I do, big time, hereditary), do NOT go off your blood thinners more than five days before the colonoscopy NO MATTER WHAT THEY TELL YOU. I did that 13 years ago, went off them ten days before the colonoscopy and got my first and only genuine Grade A US certified heart attack. Ten days is exactly the time white blood cells need to regenerate in quantities sufficient to block arteries where you have stents. FIVE days, and no more!! Other that, I’ve had nothing, but both my parents and all their siblings had cancer, so I’m nothing if not vigilant. My dad got his fatal cancer (pancreatic) more than 40 years after being at an above-ground atomic bomb test in Nevada in 1957. Just to cautious, I haven’t attended any of those, either