A quick word on colonoscopies.............
They don’t fill you full of air anymore. Too many colons have popped.
My wife got her first colonoscopy about 10 years ago. Within a couple of months, she was passing blood. Back for another colonoscopy and she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. That put her on Humira and said she would be on it the rest of her life. Humira is an injection pen ($2300.00 each dose) that I had to give her every 14 days. Ever so often, the insurance company would cut her off for pre- approval reasons they said. Once she was off for probably 6 weeks.
I have always read about nutrition and tried to eat healthy. Not her, until I started doing all the meals. Fresh salads and fruit every day, and rarely any beef. And she prayed a lot. So she quit the Humira which infuriated her gastroenerologist. Her doctor sent her a letter stating that since she wouldn't follow orders, she was no longer a patient. She hasn't had any more problems in the last 8 years.
Almost forgot... we also went gluten free as far as we could tell (it's in lots of things you wouldn't guess). The doctor said she did not have Celiac disease, but reading about it, it is very similar to UC and Chron's disease. And a person can be gluten sensitive without having Celiac disease.
During those two years after her first preventive colonoscopy, she barely left home. She had to stay within sprinting distance of a bathroom.