Colonoscopy

It’s a fact that colonoscopy can save lives.  I’ve written about this many times in my blogs and I am a firm believer in colon cancer screening.  However, in the course of trying to help people we must first make sure we don’t cause them any harm. “Primum non nocere” is one of the first things they teach you in medical school- “first do no harm”.  This is a golden rule we as physicians should live by.  However, one of the topics on the internet lately is the concern of the possibility of dirty scopes being used for endoscopic procedures.  At the READ THE ARTICLE

I would like to start this blog by saying I’m sorry. You would think that after having colonoscopy available in San Antonio, TX for over 40 years and putting a man on the moon we would have come up with a better colonoscopy prep by now. The reality is there have been a few different colon preps available. At one time we had fleets and the tablet prep but due to patient safety concerns these are no longer readily available. This just leaves us with the dreaded “jug”. I know firsthand what taking a colonoscopy prep is like having had my first colonoscopy at age 40. It’s no fun. I watched Monday night football from

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I have had a lot of teachers in my lifetime. However, there is one that sticks in my mind for several reasons. I have called him Mr. H. since I was a child. I had Mr. H as a teacher in elementary school and he has been one of the most influential people in my life. I remember when he notified me a couple years ago to tell me he was diagnosed with colon cancer. If you have been around long enough, colorectal cancer has likely touched your life in one way or another. His colon cancer was found during colonoscopy and luckily it was caught early enough and he has been cured. Unfortunately, as a board-certified gastroenterologist

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