Medical question

When had health ins I had a free exam 50 older an preventable colonscope an remove several polyps that non cancerous, free after big fight code ins co as preventable , so got postcard this summer say schedule 5 year checkup , I 60 an close 61, no ins, 2nd one not free if had ins, they told me most polyos take many years grow, so how bad deal is it if not get one 5 yrs later anytime soon if had non cancerous polyps ,if had ins, which don't, u be looking at max out ok let expensives as probly 10 grand for one

have you ever thought about being a prison guard? they have better insurance and working conditions than you seem to have.

Or fire up your still and make some shine

File for Medicaid.

Had an exam at age 69. Small non-cancerous polyps removed. Just routine. In about three years had bowel problems. Another exam showed Stage 1 cancer. A surgeon removed about an 8" section of my colon two years ago. I had been told at age 69 that I would never need another exam. Thank God I got one three years later. Had an ultrasound check of my stomach area. Darn if a tumor wasn't growing on my right kidney, so out it came also.

Glad I was checked out because I had two cancers growing inside me and had no idea of their presence.

Do this. Or just go get it done and tell them you just came across the boarder and cabbage head said it would be free.

You need to go buy some hand lotion. They gotta be real chapped from all your hand wringing. Then we can get back to hand wringing about polyps.

seriously you seem to need a change of job to a place with Medical

unfortunately at your age not many will be willing to take you on knowing that in 2-4 years your likely to retire

I don't want this to sounds harsh.. But you need to get checked out, especially if you had pre cancer cells in the last check up. You can make payments if need be. This is nothing to fool around with. If you choose not too worry about it, then the next step is to start saving that 10,000 for your final expenses. I am guessing you can get some help or even get it done for next to nothing.. You just have to check into it.

i have worked all my life, last ten years for the state and still have no way of gettin affordable insurance, have had prostate cancer, heart failure,neuropathy, ruptured back and neck disc,5 opertions on one knee,still workin with two hernias i cant afford to get fixed.
wife divorced me years ago and lost insurance, If i was an illegal invader i sure would be covered and then some. You have to play the hand you were dealt
coonman and make the most of it. Aint nothing fair in this life, but you cant let that get you down.








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see if Iowa can help
https://dhsservices.iowa.gov/apspssp/ssp.portal

From someone with a medical background, it would probably be wise to get another scope done. Even though the polyps were noncancerous, it's the polyps that more often than not develope into colon cancer.

I am most certainly not saying you have cancer or are going to develope cancer, but you have a risk factor with your history of polyps. As others have said, file for Iowa Medicaid. Your health, especially as one ages, is everything.

When had done they say almost all men 50 older have polyps, mine no cancerous, watch them take out tv screen, get ready worse but if pay no ins, they go max price, no agreement on price ins co, noway I afford, can't get no help Medicaid or nothing, u got make like $1100 or less $1200 month, gross, not sure but u be done, they won't take payments, I say cash or ins, or say sorry , u have blood if bad, I have no symptoms, but I rember younger in 20s , men at factory younger me dead cancer, I can think several right off refuse colonscope an when if did, to late, lay around an die , I rember hear them say had blood, colon exam worse years ago, guys wouldn't go it, common cancer 50 older , not far off 61

We dont have to pay for any of that stuff here.
We go see the family doc,he asks if we have any preference of which specialist to see then he sets it up for you.
We can apply for travel grant to pay to go out of town,also.

Ask your doctor for a colaguard test. You send in a stool sample to get tested. Should be much cheaper and it's better than nothing.

There is also an occult blood test available.Just pick up the kit and send in a stool sample.It is a way of screening for colon cancer but not as good as a scope.

Cologard is a good way to go. I call it "Crap-in-a-Box". it is a heckuva lot cheaper than the colonoscopy, and you don't have to drink that devil pee beforehand.

Moosetrot

I thought the cologuard commercial says you can't use it if you have a history of pulips.
Coonman, talk to you gi about a cash price out the door.
Typically, If you had employer insurance the colonoscopy would be free until they remove polyps. Once they remove polyps it turns from routine to outpatient surgery and that benefit kicks in.

Harbor Freight has those handheld inspection cameras on a flexible shaft About as thick as a ink pen..... $29.95 When done looking for polyps you can find the crack in your trucks exhaust manifold. Almost pays for itself, I would say. .

About 12 years ago they found 2 polyps in me and my Doc prescribed the Cologard every 3 years since then.

Moosetrot

I must have real good insurance. I get an endoscopy every 2 years and a colonoscopy every 3 years. Some of the best sleep I get all year too, lol!

I got to go every 3 years, some of the polyps they cut out are the kind that turns to cancer.

They have Colo guard at Walmart or hartigs or Walgreens ? I rember hear they turn positive over anything , u can have blood close outside on occasion an speacil docter say that nothing, if u don't have ins, better not mind fork out thousands

Say you do the test and it comes back you got cancer. You have no insurance or money for the treatment. More lotion!

file for medicaid. You probably need another scope.

LOL

Doesn't Iowa offer some sort of state run health care or have a medical assistance program? Check with your department of human services. They should be able to help.

You are a good example of who the government should be helping first instead of giving free medical care for illegal immigrants. This is what bothers me most about this present administration.

All polyps are non cancerous at first. I get an exam in November because my last exam found cancer and a surgeon removed 8” of my colon. Was caught early. I had no symptoms. Had two cancer surgeries in six weeks.

Colon cancer can slip up on you. Hope you are OK. Ask your doctor if there are any university studies.

If they find something they want to watch, or later remove, they can put a tattoo inside your colon. The tattoo is visible from the inside and outside of the colon. I watched the monitor when the gastro doctor did mine. He put a mark above and below the problem spot to guide the surgeon. When I later had a kidney removed, that surgeon said he noticed the tattoos marking the previous site of my cancer.

Boco, don't be rich with your advice on not paying, if your working your paying for your service's, through your taxes, you leave that out a lot in your examples !!

Coonman, you need another regular exam thats the bottom line, you have to decide how badly you wish to have it, to warn you of any thing coming down the tube, so to speak !

Lots of things happen when we age, some we can get notice with early warning, scanning is one of these tools, if your playing the lottery with your body and already know about non-cancerous stuff, it's a short throw to cancerous really in the scheme of the previous scan.

Your gamble, you wish to be around longer or have the doctor give you an estimate how long !

Good grief, go sign up for Obamacare. You will have immediate coverage at little if any cost to you. It is based on your income. If you can get on trapperman, you should have all the technology you need to sign up, or at least get a price.

I got docter appt at medical place I go dentist at in lil over a month, for blood pressure checkup stuff as Been higher over year an never went back to docter last fall an for some test kit exam blood stools, I believe was last summer was check up colonoscopy , first free as preventable over 50 old on ins , even if got ins, 2 ND not , I was told that almost always if in upper 40 s, u have polyps , not sure on 2 ND, I know nothing of it, on more polyps cone back or know thing, I can rember when early 20 s, several workers in factory didn't or want do things with blood in stills or urine an got cancer an dead , but that long ago

No right now if you will show up people will hire you .

Tell the dentist to turn the exam light up real bright.....And open real wide! Ask the dentist to take good look....

Dave, you must have gotten your knee taken care of then? If so, good for you!

Wow....I mean just wow !

Now we know who programs bidens teleprompter!!!!

You cam probably qualify for Medicaid check with your state. Also look at Obama plans.
Yes colonoscopies are billed as a preventive exam. Usually it turns into an outpatient procedure IF they remove polyps.
In all my years in health insurance I don't ever remember seeing a colonoscopy for more than 5k. If memory serves me right they are around 3500 and that's with removal.

Go into the office, Grab who evers working at the desk, yank there britches down and beat them with a good length of radiator hose and tell em your not gonna pay a lot for this colonoscopy........I see Savell hasnt made it on yet...

Dave, contact an local insurance agent that specializes in health insurance! They will explain all your options; what you qualify for (medicaid, obamacare, private carrier), level of coverages, premium costs, etc. They will explain what is covered, who you can see, level of your personal payment liability, hada, hada, hada. AND THEY DON'T CHARGE YOU FOR THE SERVICE ... FREE!

The current government administration has provided excess financial help for insurance costs during the pandemic compared to past years based on total income. Bad things are: this financial help won't exist for ever. Insurance periods renew every year so you got to go thru the process every years. There are only 5 months left in this year's insurance cycle. Get everything done before the end of the year for one deductable ... Scope, knees, and whatever else ails ya.

As always though, you won't act on any advise offered by anyone.

I had the wind talkers decipher this and this is what they came up with;

When I had this done, they say almost all been 50 and older have polyps. Mine are not cancerous, but I watched them take them out on a TV screen. They may get worse but if I pay with no insurance, they may charge me the max price. There's no agreement on price with the insurance company. There's no way I can afford this. I can't get any help from Medicaid or anything because I make $1100 to $1200 per month gross. I'm not sure what can be done, and they won't take payments. I say cash or insurance and they say you will have blood in stool if bad. I have no symptoms, but men at the factory younger age dead from cancer. I can think of several right off the top of my head who refused colonoscopies until it was too late and they died. I remember hearing them say that colon exams were worse years ago and that guys wouldn't go in and it was common cancer at age 50 and over. I'm far past that at 61.

The Injuns just submitted their invoice for this translation;
$49,765.

No nothing done with knee

Thanks for the update, Dave. May I make a suggestion, take fish oil for the knee.

Maybe replace next summer or one after, it a big deal, no ins, wait till get soacil security as at least some sort income well done not able work for 3 months, that stuff very hard someone financially plus all physical therapy involved run several times week an have someone drive u to it

Dave, I was having problems with my right knee recently, so I went to have it checked out. I'm sure it's not as bad as you have described yours, but for the time being, the doctor gave me a cortisone shot and I couldn't believe what a difference that made. The doctor told me he doubts that's going to be the long term remedy, but it sure made my knee feel better. The shot might be something you could check in to. For sure its way cheaper than a replacement.

Ya I have had probly 20 shots in knee, no longer does any good, yes true a shot straight cortisone well help when other things fail, there is also syn vic , cortisone is better, it won't do me no good nomore is what told long ago

https://www.health-tourism.com/colonoscopy/mexico/


Get it done in Mexico. Only $400 to $500

https://www.health-tourism.com/polypectomy/mexico/

Coonman goes to Mexico
That would make a great movies. Lol

I would pay to watch that movie.

I'd pay to be in it.

Coonman 220 needs a Youtube channel !!!

Coonman could make a better movie than Borat.

X2 I'm doing cologaurd soon got kit just need to do test and send it's that simple

coonman,

If you get polyps that are bad, and you don't get scoped,
and don't get them snipped out and you succumb..........

CAN I HAVE YOUR TRAPS ?

w

According to a 2014 clinical study, about 13% of results from Cologuard were false positives and 8% were false negatives. If you have a positive result, your doctor will recommend following up with a colonoscopy test.

Shine and coon pelts is where I made my fortune.

I had the Cologuard test. It came back POSITIVE. Doctor DEMANDED !!! I get a Colonoscopy . Got it done, and they found NOTHING !

Me too.

Went docter today to look into stuff an had some small lump cut off , about colonoscope the 2nd one an hi blood pressure , sleep study stuff , an get ins maybe to get it done , blood pressure not that bad , this is bs about death an sleep apnea , the docter say I would know it an be quite bad if was go kill me , it is hard on heart an lungs but was told I be more tired daytime , I loose weight when go trapping , 1 reason I go , it helps, establish new patient today , physical scheduled, an cut lump off an nothing in it , I could tell docter happy new patient an wrack up bill

Good deal, Dave. Now get geared up for those coons!

Yep , the money you give the doctor will help buy him a new Mercedes .........at the same time your truck is all used up ...

I can't think of a better place to ask this question.....

Gee!!!!!