New, non-invasive colon test - Page 4

colliemom4 · ‎09-08-2010

The day before you can drink clear broth, eat popsicles that aren't red, and drink apple juice and white grape juice. Even coffee but not with milk. It's not much but better than nothing I guess.

Shelbelle · ‎03-09-2010

On 11/5/2014 colliemom3 said:
The day before you can drink clear broth, eat popsicles that aren't red, and drink apple juice and white grape juice. Even coffee but not with milk. It's not much but better than nothing I guess.

Jello too, tea, sodas

colliemom4 · ‎09-08-2010

On 11/5/2014 Shelbelle said:
On 11/5/2014 colliemom3 said:
The day before you can drink clear broth, eat popsicles that aren't red, and drink apple juice and white grape juice. Even coffee but not with milk. It's not much but better than nothing I guess.

Jello too, tea, sodas

Yes. As long as they aren't a certain color. I guess it shows up like blood in the test or something.

Sunshine Kate · ‎03-10-2010

On 11/4/2014 happy housewife said:
Our insurance will pay 100% for a colonoscopy but if they find any polyps and remove them then it becomes a surgical procedure and we have to pay 20% of the cost. I have put off getting one due to the fear of not knowing if it will possibly cost us a lot of $$$, just for a screening test when we have no symptoms and no family history etc to indicate we need to worry about this. For us this Mayo clinic test may be the better choice. At least we would know up front what it is going to cost.

If you don't have this procedure at all, later down the road what you could have caught early can turn into something much more serious and costly.

Just a thought.

Snowpuppy · ‎03-09-2010

On 11/5/2014 HisElk said:
On 11/5/2014 brii said:
On 11/4/2014 happy housewife said:
Our insurance will pay 100% for a colonoscopy but if they find any polyps and remove them then it becomes a surgical procedure and we have to pay 20% of the cost. I have put off getting one due to the fear of not knowing if it will possibly cost us a lot of $$$, just for a screening test when we have no symptoms and no family history etc to indicate we need to worry about this. For us this Mayo clinic test may be the better choice. At least we would know up front what it is going to cost.

You're putting it off because you might have to pay?

Wow...

I thought the same thing, especially coming from a 'supposed' retired nurse.

She admits she goes to her podiatrist instead of getting a pedi because it's covered by Medicare.

dsky · ‎07-02-2010

Sorry folks my math was a bit off, I stopped eating at noon on Sunday and had the procedure at 3:00 pm the day after, Monday. I didn't eat again until about five on Monday so that is about 29 hours, so that is the real deal. I was told from others who have had a colonoscopy that this was rather strict so not all preps are this long without food.

Lynnj · ‎03-21-2010

I went to the site. It said that you have to send a "sample" back to them to test. That's kind of gross. Placing that through the public shipping channels. Also read that you will need to pay lab fees. So you pay for the kit that is sent to you, do the process to get the sample, send it back to them, and pay for lab fees. Lab gees aren't cheap, and insurance and Medicare don't cover 100%, so expect to pay for that too.

woodyend · ‎02-19-2014

As someone who had colorectal cancer stage 3 (three years ago at 52) for me the test itself was not painful or scary but the gallon of joy juice has never gone down without a fight every time. This is just me but I would rather have a DR. being able to see the inside and in order to do that, the insides need to be as cleaned out as possible. It’s been a hard road but now all I need are tests.

adelle38 · ‎03-09-2010

On 11/5/2014 Lynnj said: I went to the site. It said that you have to send a "sample" back to them to test. That's kind of gross. Placing that through the public shipping channels. Also read that you will need to pay lab fees. So you pay for the kit that is sent to you, do the process to get the sample, send it back to them, and pay for lab fees. Lab gees aren't cheap, and insurance and Medicare don't cover 100%, so expect to pay for that too.

I called my Medicare Advantage Plan and they pay 100 per cent for this test. They've been doing similar samples through the mail for decades. It's very secure packaging. For some who have health problems that would make a colonoscopy high risk, this is a good alternative.

It's always a victory for me when I remember why I entered a room.

woodyend · ‎02-19-2014

FYI from FDA.

FDA approves first non-invasive DNA screening test for colorectal cancer Collaboration with CMS contributed to proposed Medicare coverage.

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm409021.htm

In part.

The safety and effectiveness of Cologuard was established in a clinical trial that screened 10,023 subjects.

The trial compared the performance of Cologuard to the fecal immunochemical test (FIT), a commonly used non-invasive screening test that detects blood in the stool.

Cologuard accurately detected cancers and advanced adenomas more often than the FIT test. Cologuard detected 92 percent of colorectal cancers and 42 percent of advanced adenomas in the study population, while the FIT screening test detected 74 percent of cancers and 24 percent of advanced adenomas.

Cologuard was less accurate than FIT at correctly identifying subjects negative for colorectal cancer or advanced adenomas. Cologuard correctly gave a negative screening result for 87 percent of the study subjects, while FIT provided accurate negative screening results for 95 percent of the study population.