Yes, family history is something I neglected to mention and is true. More generally though, the risks of anaesthesia are underestimated.
I’ve also worked as nurse in an endoscopy clinic. Different healthcare systems have different attitudes to evidence.
Get ready for something they were doing 20 years ago?
Your healthcare providers are perversely incentivised to recommend scoping because it’s an easy money maker, but for most people the discovery and removal of benign polyps is not worth the risks that come with an invasive procedure (IV stab to give sedation and pain relief, over sedation affecting tasks requiring concentration, complications due to the procedure itself).
Or that, and the colonoscopy is indicated by genetic testing.
Get your hearing/eyesight tested. Both can gradually get worse without people realising.
Don’t schedule a colonoscopy unless you have symptoms of a GI disorder, or unexplained weight loss. The evidence does not support non-targeted screening programs.
He would already have been detained in Israel as a terrorist for bringing gifts to Palestinian children.