Which means I have to have a colonoscopy now.
I was reading online that some insurance will not cover both cologuard and a colonoscopy.
I will not be happy if I have to dish out thousands of dollars for a false positive.
I guess I have no choice to get it done now though. I guess I should have just got one in the first place instead of trying to avoid it with a cologuard test.
Good luck Bowens. It’s got to be scary
@Bowens , usually the follow up colonoscopy is considered diagnostic instead of preventive. Therefore you pay a large copay. My copay for my diagnostic colonoscopy was $225 this year
I doubt it’s false positive…you probably have something that needs to be removed.
Why would you worry him like that @jukebox ?! There are false positives a lot of times
Ugh. Hope you don’t have to drink like a gallon of PEG. So nasty.
@LilyoftheValley I have seen positive screenings be deadly cancer is why.
Best wishes @Bowens .
Hope you will be all clear and well and feel good.
My mom was positive on that once a few years ago and it was a false positive.
So there’s a chance it’s false. Either way it’s good to catch these things early.
Internet sources say 13% chance of false positive. Also, a positive means that either test detected altered DNA or blood in stool. So it could be precancerous growths, colorectal cancer or something else.
It would be nice if they told you what was detected instead of having to wait months for a colonoscopy wondering.
I couldn’t agree more @Bowens . It’s really unfair to do that to someone
I had a positive test a couple years ago and then had a follow up colonscopy. No issues of any kind were found other than hemorrhoids which I already knew about.
I’m sure you will be fine Bowens. Keep us updated!
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