I have a question about colonoscopies. I'm over 50 and haven't had one, though I do have a bunch of cancer markers tested regularly, along with stool tests and have done an FOBT.
I went to a gastro/liver doctor a year ago, to figure out why my serum ferritin was running high as well as AST/ALT above normal. I told him my primary doctor thought I had infections which had settled in my liver, particularly chlamydia pneumoniae, and even brought in a couple of supporting research articles.
He said "No one gets an infection in their liver," which is wrong, and told me my numbers were raised due to the supplements I take, and then said I was at high risk for colon cancer and needed a colonoscopy ASAP. (Guess who owns the machine?)
This began a pitched battle with his office, who couldn't come up with a way to clean me out without using a corn-derived product that sets off my MCAS and could send me to anaphylaxis...we checked every product on the market.
Or a diet where I wouldn't starve - I avoid sugar, corn syrup, etc. and was on ketogenic diet at the time. The only combo I could come up with was starving for 3 days while taking a lot of magnesium.
I'm a cancer survivor, so I definitely understand the significance of colon cancer screening tests.
So, my big question is,
if the colon is squeaky clean for a colonoscopy, how does one get the 3-5 lbs of one's microbiome back?
After fighting to get it back from chemo, then from antibiotics, it concerned me to have to rebuild all over again. Neither the doctor or his staff could give me a straight answer...
I threw my hands up at the barriers to a safe colonoscopy. And my high ferritin came down after I learned I have heriditary hemochromatosis and had several phlebotomies. I'm still taking all those supplements and my liver has seemed fine, even with adding Valcyte.
I'm still shaking my head over that liver doctor and his expensive machine... And keep doing other cancer market checks....