colonoscopies
 

My sis has to get a colonoscopy because she's had loose bowels for 6 months. Is this an automatic death sentence with cancer being the culprit?

NO! I've had 1 or 2. Just shows thingts that a ct scan doesn't. An boy the fun

txs, it's been on my mind since I found out,

I have to get them every other year due to having Crohn's disease. It could be any number of things.

How old is your sister?

Me, my 7-year-old, and my 5-year-old have all had two colonoscopies apiece. It's an easy procedure, and she almost certainly doesn't have cancer.

On the other hand, she almost certainly does have something. Maybe Celiac, maybe Crohn's, maybe the ubiquitous "we can't figure out what else it is so let's just call it" IBD...

Anyway, all the regular dwellars know my family's saga with digestive disease, and how I'm a huge proponent of treating with diet. (I'm not against prescriptions, but I see them as a stopgap measure while you work your way into remission.) Feel free to PM me after your sister gets a diagnosis if you want to hear me yammer about it some more. :)

my sister will be 63 this year, is a RN with an addiction

I've had one as well, it isn't that big a deal. If your sister is game clod really knows the ins and outs of diet. could not resist