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Excuse #7 – I Can’t Afford A Colonoscopy

February 25, 2015 | Filed under: Colon Cancer Awareness, Notes from the Road, Prevention, Recovery and tagged with: financial assistance for colonoscopies

Colonoscopies cost anywhere between $0 and about $3,000.

  • If you are private pay, most GI centers will offer a cash discount, but you will need to pay the full amount by the date of service.

  • If you are under insured or uninsured and live in any of these states, there is financial assistance available.

  • If you have health insurance that covers all, but a deductible like, say $300, and spend $50 or more a week going out to dinner, movies, etc., you can afford it.  Besides, most offices will let you make payments if you need to.

  • Weigh them out on the money scale…$300-$1,000 for a colonoscopy vs $40,000+ for years of chemotherapy/radiation and let’s not forget the loss of income from time off for fun procedures and treatments~

  • There are also some first step screenings coming into play that are much cheaper and less invasive, like the COLOGUARD Test, the only FDA-approved test based on stool DNA science, it claims to find 92% of colon cancers and 69% of highest-risk precancers..

Don’t let “I can’t afford a colonoscopy” be your excuse.

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What are the warning signs of colorectal cancer?

  • Blood in or on your stool (bowel movement).
  • Persistent stomach pain, aches, cramps, or bloating that won’t seem go away.
  • Losing weight and you don’t know why.
  • Extreme fatigue

By the time you notice these, you are already well into it, headed for years of treatment and at least a down payment on a house’s worth of treatment costs. The best way to detect colorectal cancer in it’s early stages (before you notice it) is with a colonoscopy.

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Written by Ali Gilmore

Born in Seattle, Washington, the youngest in a family of nine, Ali now resides in the beach town of Oceanside, California. She is a freelance Photographer, Singer/Songwriter, published Author, avid Blogger, professional Geek habitual Swearer and Rebel against grammatical rules.

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