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Fecal Occult Blood Testing(FOBT) is not specific and has high false negatives. If FOBT is negative,it still doesn't prove that the patient doesn't have Colon Ca. From a pathologist's point of view, directly seeing the lesion or the tissue beats using surrogates like FOBT.
Dear Dr Dhand; I am not only tired of your ongoing efforts to confuse without explanation but I am simply exhausted and offended by the tendency of your ignoramus viewers to regularly attack simple contributions to any discussion on this channel seemingly for their own self-aggrandizement. I have decided to not only unsubscribe from your channel but gladly click on "do not recommend this channel." If you are here only to confuse and your "regulars" are only here to attack and disparage then henceforth I conclude you, your channel and your comment thread have NOTHING to offer then why would I care to hear any more of your BS.
There is an initiator doing this, Dr Dalgleish points out the Japan study highlights we have an initiator for colorectal chancers and he thinks it is diet. What is the difference between the Japanese diet and the western one? Could it be the class 1 carcinogen bacon? Maybe you could do a video on this, surely worth some investigation.
What about that cologuard test and anyway if you have cancer there's no guarantee that the short length of your intestine that they're actually looking at will be the part that has it
Now retired after 40 years of private practice with board certification in a surgical specialty and wound care. With around 80% of physicians now being employed by massive "health care" corporations, they have sacrificed their medical decision making autonomy, as well as their integrity, in order to escape the insane government regulatory burdens of running their own private practices. The medical profession is now a captured entity.
"What the nurses saw", a book and website which relates how docs and nurses were not allowed to properly treat patients during convid. Standard respiratory illness treatment banned and any who disagreed were removed, leading to patient neglect like 10d no food, 3d no water. Huge conglomerates making decisions, not doctors in the US.
Is there a way to tell if a doctor is employed by those corps, like on a website or something? It’s easy to tell when I see them face to face for my appt but it would be helpful to be able to weed them out quicker (and cheaper too).
I’m a 66 year old retired RN, I’ve never had a physical, much less a mammogram or Pap smear…never! I’m a Do Not Resuscitate patient, morphine only when that time comes. I’ve seen horrific cases during my 40 of being in a profession I absolutely loved. Everything went to s… when the HMOs took over patient care, when patients became clients and doctors became share holders.
I'd have called the cops. My doc hates me I set her straight day 1. I wouldn't even go but she won't give me my heart meds without an office visit once a year. Bent a valve and when BP sores chest hurts.
I've got to share my story about colonoscopies briefly. I had one about a decade ago. They found a benign lump (no cancer) that was too large to snip. I wasn't having any symptoms or problems, but they decided the lump needed to come out. They told me it would be a simple procedure. I'll cut to the chase: I nearly died. The surgery went terribly wrong, I became septic, my lungs shut down, my kidneys went into failure. I was in ICU for a month. For the first 48 hours, it was 50/50 whether I would live or die. Tracheotomy, breathing tube, dialysis, the whole works. It was the worst physical experience of my life. I spent two months in the hospital, then a year with a colostomy -- shitting out of my stomach, feeling like a freak. Then I had the colostomy reversal surgery, which brought up PTSD level fear. My body remembered the first surgery. .... In the years following, the physician who did the colonoscopy sent me letter after letter, recommending that I schedule another colonoscopy. I felt sick with anxiety when I would get the letters. I ignored them. He wrote more -- probably half a dozen, finally a certified letter that I had to sign -- full of language about how risky and dangerous it was to not get a screening, especially now that I had had an "incident." I felt angry about it, because it felt like he was using fear to manipulate me. And I was already afraid, because the system that was supposedly trying to prevent problems nearly killed me.
I’m so sorry you had that experience. I’ve so far declined the procedure for fear of perforation. You ended up going down the rabbit hole and getting into the worst situation. I hope you’re doing better now. ✌
So sorry for your traumatic experience due to medical malpractice. You were blessed to live. So many people die of sepsis. I would listen to your intuition, a little different than fear. I don't know if you have ever experienced acupuncture, but it can help restore balance in the nervous and immune system. It's effective for orthopedic injuries, but I know your situation is different. My "permanent'" inures were caused my medicine (Metaformin) despite telling the MD of significant side effects he kept me on it for 3 months, and now I have a slight drop foot. It's directly from the Rx, and I am not diabetic.
I have refused ALL screening - never taken part in any of it. As a younger woman, I was put under so much pressure to have cervical screening as a teenager, before I was even sexually active. I refused it again and again and again...which was no small feat considering I was quite often being ranted at by various GPs. One particular female GP actually started shouting at me because I didn't examine my breasts (I was all of 21 years old). I also refused to take the pill, despite them trying to push it on me at every opportunity. According to them, I should be dead by now with a tribe of unplanned children in my wake. Hopefully I will leave this world in the same way as my grandfather, who also refused any and all medical interference throughout his life. He had his lunch, a cup of tea and then died suddenly of cardiac arrest in his favourite armchair. He was 90 and lived a good life.
@@CL-im9lk I'm in the UK. They have since revised this policy and the starting age is now 25, though many want it to be put back to what it was. It's called cervical screening/smear test here in the UK.
And to be honest, in my experience, it's been nothing short of harassment and I've really had to take them on over it. Finally, my GP apologised to me and admitted that it was to do with funding - if they didn't get a certain number of women through the door to be screened, they would lose some of their funding. They even called me a few weeks ago telling me I needed to come in for it and I said, "NO." and they didn't go any further with it. In the past, I've had to sign waivers and endure lengthy lectures. I was surprised they simply said, "Okay." and that was it.
My best friend used to get all the recommended medical procedures routinely. I took her to some of her appointments. She got all the yearly mammograms and colonoscopies, yet she died of cancer. I once participated in a breathing study, and the doctor told me "stay away from doctors."
"All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook." - Aldous Huxley
I’m poor, I’m not fat. But I eat meat n veg. Not a fan of bread, biscuit, sweet treats. Weighed 9.5 stone thirty years ago and still the same today. I eat one main meal a day if I snack it will be one packet of crisps, or part of one chocolate bar. My meal for the day is meat accompanied by two baby potato, one carrot, asparagus, leek and cabbage, garlic, salt n pepper. Not a diet choice, just a taste choice. I don’t feel the need to eat more than once a day. For a change I’ll have whole grain crackers with ham and avocado or boiled eggs. I’m well satiated.
@@ChrisP3000x If you can avoid chronic conditions, that would be the way to avoid the tests. If you have an emergency, go to urgent care or emergency room. It is the chronic condition care that gets a person roped into their web of tests.
Same medical industry complex in Germany. Anything unnecessary, harmful and invasive they want to give you. Anything that promotes good health and is preventative good practice medicine they do not want you to access it!!!
I have been a GI technician for more than 10 yrs. , I tend to agree with you . Most colonoscopy's age quite mundane , and if we find even one small polyp the pt is told to return in 2 - 5 yrs for repeat . I absolutely agree that it's a money scheme by the medical industry . Thank you !
Thank you for saying this! I’ve had 3 colonoscopies; am now 65. My last one, 5 years ago, clean. And it was awful. I hate the “clean-out.” I was dehydrated and threw up in the prep room. I may not ever get another one. I’ve changed my diet to 95% carnivore now, and my digestive system is very happy with that diet! I doubt I’ll ever grow another polyp in my life.
Absolutely. I am due one this year or the next. I've had 3. The first had two benign polyps. The second didn't have any. The third had one benign polyp. And for the third one, I had a taxi take me but the hospital policy is that family or friend HAS to be there or you do the procedure without anesthesia! I wait for an hour in the waiting room. I wait an hour and a half or more while laying on a bed with 8 others waiting for the doctor who is 40 minutes late and then the others who are ahead of me. Too much hassle, pain and BS for me!. I told my boss about this at work and he said "that's why I don't go to doctors."
Yeah, I am pretty sure I don’t need iatrogenic Hershey squirts followed with a hose up my a$$ when everything is going fine, all with a nice price tag.
I had a gastroscope recently due to bad heart burn and several other pretty invasive tests. It struck me how the whole thing was like a production line. The Dr who I consulted with had a bad attitude. He didn't like the fact that I asked many many questions. And of course after all of the tests his only solution was surgery. I told him I could arrest the problem through diet and I have pretty much managed it through diet ever since. I never went for the surgery. Just his attitude made it apparent I was just a means to him making an income. Where did the patient Dr care disappear to ? I once woke up in hospital with a Dr standing over my bed with a clipboard asking me to sign for a procedure. Even in my semi conscious state I felt this to be pretty bad conduct. So I asked a load of questions. When I explained I had no insurance his tone changed completely. And later he told me the procedure wouldn't be necessary. But this very Dr was more than prepared to perform an unnecessary procedure as long as insurance was paying for it. We've really lost our way as a society.
Try supplementing with magnesium (search Morley Robbins). The sphincter that closes at the top of your stomach will not fully tighten unless your magnesium status is not depleted. My friend almost went to the doctor due to heartburn pain. I told him for an hour to take some magnesium. He blew me off. He was under a LOT of stress. Stress burns magnesium like fire and kindling. Just before he was about to go to the emergency room in the height of the CovFeFe Big Event, I convinced him to take some magnesium malate he had with him, which he had not been taking for a couple weeks. Not even 60 seconds later there was no longer an issue. I can't prove causation, but correlation was good enough for him! And don't say placebo because he thought I was fully of crap, which is why he ignored me and suffered terribly for an hour.
I'm with you, doctor. I'm recently 60 and I've never had one because I'm almost as regular as a clock. Been doing intermittent fasting for three years, I'm conscious of my microbiome and take some supplements and drink fermented beverages. I feel the same way as you do. If it's not broken, don't fix it. The American Healthcare System is a disaster. The only thing even more insidious is the food industry. Thanks for your great work. Keep the videos coming!
@@hAckAbleMeIt is reason to not eat toxic food. But I suppose one could just go along and hope for the best. Good luck to them. Hope they don't get infection or perforated colon from this barbaric procedure.
Thank you so much for your info here as a physician. The US doesn't do healthcare; it does sick care and if people are made well clients are lost to the industry.
I went to a gastroenterologist for chronic heartburn. They gave me every kind of headburn medication they had. It destroyed my health because I couldn't digest food and my general health got worse. All they had to tell me was, eat probiotic foods. I had to figure it out for myself, heal myself.
77 in August never had one. I really believe fibre , all natural food. I'm afraid Australia tents to follow USA for all the wrong reasons. Listen to your body let nature look after you.
I had one 4 years ago. They found out I have Celiac Disease. I feel better than I have in decades due to that colonoscopy. I am very grateful to the doctor for finding it.
I recently visited the hospital for an infected finger, due to a Thorne breaking off inside by the bone. I was in the hospital for five days and had to have surgery to Remove the foreign object as well as drain the infection. Afterwards, they put me on ciprofloxacin antibiotics. I got caught in the system of being toggled between two and three different doctors for my follow ups. The finger was very swollen and red, so they kept me on the antibiotic for four months. At the end of the four months I woke up one evening to go to the bathroom, barefoot and walking on my hardwood floors. To my surprise, both of my feet cracked like eggshells. I went to the hospital to discover that I had 2 fifth metatarsal breaks and fourth metatarsal breaks on both feet. The doctors thought that it was unusual that they would just break suddenly. Nobody could diagnose why. My family does not have a history of osteoporosis or any other bone density problems. I used chat GTP and asked if there is a way that the antibiotics would have weakened my bones. And here is the response: Prolonged use of certain antibiotics, particularly those in the fluoroquinolone class (such as ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin), has been associated with adverse effects on bone health. These effects can include increased risk of tendon rupture, cartilage damage, and, in some cases, a decrease in bone density, leading to weakened bones and an increased risk of fractures.
I'm sorry this happened to you. I too was given an antibiotic that ended up causing great harm. It was nitrofurantoin, for a UTI. It was a nightmare that I've been trying to reverse with a carnivore diet. It's helping, thank God!
I refuse to take Cipro and tell doctors I'm allergic to it. One time a nurse told me she was given cipro and a few days later she was walking into work and her Achilles Heel just tore. It's not worth taking the chance. There are other antibiotics that can do the job without breaking down your body.
@@sunnydays4327 I've taken Cipro many times with no ill effects that I know of. They do a culture and sensitivity test then pick from the antibiotics that'll kill what you're infected with. Unfortunately, most meds have side effects/ rare allergies. You did the right thing to seek treatment because you were at risk to lose a limb or die from sepsis.
After having my colon perforated during a 'routine' screening 5 years ago, I am done with ever getting one again unless it is a dire need. I have 5 people in my family killed by medical mistakes at this point. I don't want to risk being the 6th.
@@airman122469 I would guess they weren't paying attention, or something. That catheter? used for the scope must have an end on it that can poke thru. My BIL's brother had that happen to him and the dr wouldn't believe him, but finally they discovered it. He died maybe a year or two afterwards.
My next door neighbor had a colonoscopy when she was in her early forties because her dad passed away from colon cancer. To make a long story short....her colon was nicked in the process. A few weeks after the procedure, she felt feverish and after going from doctor to doctor and a plethera of antibiotics and other medication, she landed in Boston's Women and Brigham hospital. She was there for weeks and they couldn't pinpoint her condition....finally they figured it out but it was too late...sepsis took over all her organs. She was moved into hospice and died shortly thereafter. ALL FOR PREVENTION...SO MUCH FOR THAT!!!
Assholes they were and still are for sure. What an awful true story. I am sorry you and all of her family had to deal with all that. Bastards killed a healthy person.
Very sad..I will never have a colonoscopy again. I could feel the pipe inside...it was awful.. Obviously not enough sedative or local anaesthetic was given to me..- private clinic in S.A.
@@GailPergent Thanks for sharing Gail. I decided to NOT get one. My Gastro and primary have been pushing hard. They make about $1,000 so they are motivated to sell. Flex Sig. if far safer- the standard in other countries but not reimbursed in the US much. I researched it and learned how harmful the full colonoscopy can, in some cases be. It has killed people. My friend is a PhD in this area- he suggest that I do NOT risk it. He said there are many delicate structures up there that even if you survive, you might not digest food well- forever. There are 1,000 other cancers with no tests. Funny how they only focus on this one AND they never talk about nutrition and exercise. They need us sick. How is your health these days?
@@MOAB-UT I am fine..good thank you.. I did not do research on it as i normally would, , my mind was already messed up. It was in 2020, covid time. I always had issues with my gut most of my life. IBS , etc. and during the covid thing , it was much worse. It was only afterwards that I thought how sensitive the inside is..I can feel the pipe moving around now while I am writing. Yuk.. So these medical doctors get paid when they refer patients.., looks like it is done all over the world...What about the Oath they took., Thank you for the advice. Thank you for your advice
Nobody cares about food choices. It's all about thr money, the cheaper the better.look how diabetes 2 has risen, even in small children. Very sad. I'm waiting for my sisters to tell me they have type 2 diabetes. They think I'm crazy going carnivore. Meat really helps thr kidneys.was 42 now over 60.
I bet you smilingly tell them every time "Up yours!" while giving them your middle finger 😂😂. But seriously, I will never understand why anyone would be willing to get their internals probed deeply to fish for trouble. Paying attention to your diet and fixing it to align with Mother Nature is way more sensible.
My 68 yr. old father died 5 days after a recommended colonoscopy by 34 yr.old doctor who told our family He Is SORRY.....PERFORATED his colon Removing 3 BENIGN Pollups....I'm now 71 ... And Stiil MAD AS HELL !
@@JohnnyBrooks22 what?!?!😵💫😞😢was he a student? I'm so sorry.. Since benign polyps aren't cancer. My mom died of colon cancer I blame diet though She didn't eat well..
Many years ago I lived in the US and had a friend who was a medical student. He told me that studies showed that while in previous generations those who wanted to be physicians were motivated by a sense of vocation and public service, the dominant motive now was money. Dr.Dhand’s videos confirm that.
Former RN - nurses too. When I started it was 2006 and most really wanted to learn, care for people, and help. I can’t say for sure if Covid ruined it all, but I can say that the critical nursing shortage now is because so many of the good and knowledgeable nurses have left. The nurses now are looking at the pay - and it is rare that the industry ever promotes the best and brightest. It’s always the lowest nurses, that never say “no” to their bureaucrat administrators, who are promoted. Remember that anytime you meet a director of nursing, a unit manager, a supervisor, etc.
@@katiejon17 I'm a retired Doctor. Practiced for 30 years prior as an Anesthesiologist. Take head to what is being stated above. There is a great deal of truth in my opinion being stated. Not all are bad but the system culls the good - especially since COVID. Likewise, beware of any titled "Physician Leader." These are often the sellouts to the corrupt system. These often are the doctors who prostitute their credentials to the System (Hospitals etc.) to serve as alibis to the hospitals; as well as, sanctions the corruption. They also aid the hospitals in coercing compliance by other physicians who resist.
I know an anesthesiologist from one of the top university hospitals in the U.S. she told me and I quote “avoid people like myself (anesthesiologists) with all your power” in other words….do not voluntarily choose to have any medical intervention, unless there is NO other option, especially one that requires sedation.
Retired RN here, no colonoscopy, no mammograms, no vaxes. Eat healthy and walk, walk, walk. Your body will tell you when something is wrong. Every friend of mine diagnosed with breast cancer died a horrendous death from the treatment not the cancer. My husband is retired doctor and we avoid hospitals in USA. Doctors no longer treat patients individually, they only follow government and pharmaceutical protocol. They do not use their medical knowledge for fear of legal malpractice . American medicine has turned into a money making machine, the patient’s care is the last issue they care about. This is my only my opinion from my experiences both as a care giver and as a prior patient. I will die in my own comfortable bed before I ever step foot in a U.S. medical facility.
Well, let me introduce myself! Hi! I had BC 6 years ago. Got my fun bags hacked off and went through "targeted therapy." (HER2+) No radiation. I am very much alive. HOWEVER, yes, it is the treatment that takes lives more than the C itself. And if I could do it over again, I'd heal myself via food/natural remedies. I miss my fun bags and so does my husband. At the time, we had a LOT on our plate and, well, what's done is done. I will say we stay far away from doctors and hospitals now.
Dr. Dhand is a great advisor and the world would be a better place if we had more like him. I thank him for his bravery, honesty and concern for humanity! Never stop the good fight!
Docs are business people. And many of them think they should be rich because they went to med school. Hospitals and pharmaceutical companies encourage this crap. If they recommend it, I ignore it.
It's why they give patients things that don't cure, because they prefer to have a Revolving Door scheme whereby they continue to have " Repeat Customers".
I know people who are doctors. They are not business people, they genuinely want to help people, however they have been indoctrinated by a for profit system that teaches them to treat symptoms rather than understand root causes. Many if not most doctors are well intentioned, but it doesn't mean they are wise.
I'm 63 and I really don't go to doctors. If I do it's a holistic one who doesn't take insurance even though I have so called "top of the line" because I realized that all the doctors I've seen were clueless. The last time I went in for a physical my doctor sat at his computer and asked me a few questions and that was my physical. When I asked him how is this a physical when you haven't even touched me. He reached over and touched my arm and ask me are you happy now. That was about eight years ago and I haven't seen a conventional doctor since 😫
@@drsuneeldhand can you form a network of doctors, in different cities, who have the same views/philosophy as you do. We all cannot become your patients but most doctors imo love "patient retention". We need more like you
Almost 64, never had a colonoscopy and not going to. Never had a mammogram and not going to. BTW, I am a medical interpreter and I hear a lot about the side effects of those procedures. You are 100% right Dr. Dhand.
I had several precancerous polyps removed 11 years ago. I was having painful symptoms and bleeding, that is why I had it done. I was told it was a hereditary kind of pre cancer and that I should have a colonoscopy every 3 to 5 years. I waited and had another one just over 5 years later. No polyps, but a week later I was hospitalized for a very painful partial paralysis of my colon that lasted 2 days, thankfully it started working again before they decided to have surgery. I asked if this had anything to do with the recent colonoscopy and of course I was told, “no”. It has been another 6 years and I am due to have another one soon. I am scared of having the procedure again but also scared of developing cancerous polyps. I read that colon cancer is slow growing and can take decades to actually develop. Is that true?
Bravo! I've said this for YEARS! Sadly, I had a patient who was being discharged but hanging around for a colonoscopy that had been scheduled in the course of her hospitalization. She was, symptom free and discharge slated after completion. She never came back to the floor. She perforated, coded and died.
And literal rusty iron filing mining waste! And phosphate mining smokestack waste (hydro fluorosilicic acid) called 'fluoride' when that is only a portion of the toxins in it. And toxic industrial seed oils. None of these exist naturally in the food supply -- they all violate natural law.
Don’t disagree with the US extreme in over processed junk food. But that’s not GMO related. It’s the over processing that is the culprit. Not the raw foods. There’s no scientific evidence that GMO crops are at all medically harmful.
I am a retired RN with years of OR experience. I have done more than a few colon resections on patients who had normal colonoscopies but got perforations. Patients need to know that those scope doctors work quickly and want quick turnover (time is money). I'm 68 and have never had a colonscopy and won't unless I have symptoms.
I love your videos. I'm a 67 yo woman and mostly deny any screening tests and vaccines. I eat as close as I can to organic and have my own garden. I'm healthier than a lot of people my age and younger. Thank you for validating what I'm doing. 😊
A friend of mine was a traveling physical therapist. He traveled to acute care facilities, mostly convalescent homes. Whenever he had a patient with a colostomy, he'd ask why they had it. The vast majority said they were perforated during a colonoscopy.
What is wrong with just growing old and dying one day. I refused to be poked and prodded and Nickle and dimed until I die. As a nurse I have seen this happen to many people. In the U.S. it can be financially devastating. My 2nd cousin got colon cancer at the age of 75, He didn't do anything about it and died a year later. He lived his life the way he wanted and died in dignity. the average age for a man is around 75 so what is wrong with that?
I think our lives are pretty much decided when we are born...like my husband believes in "pre-destination" and who is to say what affects one will affect another?? I know two very elderly ladies who smoked and drank and lived to ripe old ages, and some in their thirties that died from cancer, it is a personal journey and most of medicines "one size fits all" medical interventions do more harm than good, same as with medicines and the saying "what doesn't cure you will kill you".
@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 The stress and diet and excess medication and lifestyle are not a matter of luck. I knew a man who did die of it in his 50s because of a very rare pocket in his system. That's a very sad and rare situation.
My wife died of colon cancer. She ate very healthy, never drank or smoked. She was a pediatric nurse practitioner. She developed colon cancer after getting covid vaccines. Not sure if that had anything to do with it but a colonoscopy is what found her cancer but she was already having bowel issues and the colonoscopy is how they found the cancer. It was bad. They did a colon resection which really messed her bowels up and they should have given her a ostomy from day one. They also did a total hysterectomy and scraped a bunch of cancer out while they were in there. It was everywhere. Subsequent MRI’s found spots in her lungs and her liver. They treated one lobe of her liver with Y-90 radioactive beads injected into the liver. It killed the cancer but made her really ill. She had a hard time recovering enough from the Y-90 and was too sick to get her scheduled chemo because her oncologist told her to take a break. She then developed a small bowel obstruction which was 14 months after her first surgery. They had to open her up stem to stern again to do a small bowel resection and it was really bad in there. The surgeon said it was one of the worst cases of cancer they’d ever seen. She lasted 8 weeks in the hospital. Could not get her bowels to work until after her liber failed and it was too late to save her. Antistigmine is what helped her finally poop but by that time her body was shutting down. I wish she would have gotten a routine colonoscopy much sooner. It may have saved her life and not cost almost $2 million in hospital bills. I swear if I find out that covid vaccine caused this-people better hide under rocks.
They cause colon cancer and much more. I’m the daughter of a severely vaccine injured mom who was in great health prior to the vaccine. She passed in August of ‘22 from a stroke. On RUclips, I recommend Dr. John Campbell and Vejon Health with Dr. Phillip McMillan if you are ready to dive into the rabbit hole. I am so very sorry to hear about your wife.
@@mariel.8809 anti vaxxers are still spreading lies. Every ailment now is blamed on the vaccine. I am just waiting for the anti vaxxers to blame accidents on the vaccine. Of course there was no cancer or heart attacks before Covid
@@mariel.8809so sorry to hear about your mom. I'm not vaccinated for covid because I believed the advice the government gave was wrong and if they really cared about our health they would have told the public things to do to improve their health and not just stay indoors and drink, eat crappy food and don't do anything to help yourself. I realized that during covid all the holistic doctors I follow on RUclips disappeared and was replaced with recommendations I never showed an interest in before🤔
I am senior citizen. Until 2 years ago I didn't even have a PCP. Never had any checkups or yearly exams. I never felt sick. I never got jabbed for anything. I don't get flu or cold. I don't drink or smoke. I eat what I like, but I try to be physically active. When you have "healthcare for profit", the ONLY thing that matters is money. Your health and well being only matter if you are sick...so the system can make money off of you.
Many people think that we are only this physical body. I believe our emotions also play a major role when it comes to our health. Emotions like anger, fear, resentment have a uncomfortable feeling and when we habour them long term they manifest as sickness. For our physical body we need healthy food, exercise ect. But it is also very important to have a peaceful, stress free mind. As an elderly person I would be happy if many people understood this. In Australia senior citizens have special benefits but I do not go for any of these tests and I do not take any medications either . I will be 81 next month and I believe it is my lifestyle that keeps me healthy. I hope more people become aware of the importance of taking care of their health without depending on the health care system.
America loves to keep the traumatic medical screenings because keeping people traumatized leads to people becoming addicts to cope with trauma. That consumerism from addiction to cope with trauma is a massive business
@@ChristianAndrew1.4 it's the mindset of capitalist corporations in America. Bottom line we are the product to them while we're not treated with basic dignity.
As a practicing RN , I have long had this position due to multiple perforations post colonoscopy I have cared for in my 40 year career. Some of them nearly life ending peritonitis. Often found out days after the procedure. With no warning to the patient of an issue. Oh my goodness. That had to be noticed!!?! There were some who ended up with colostomys. I’m glad I’m anonymous here. Thank you for your honesty. Not saying that there is not a place for the procedure. Have symptoms first, get screened first. Make the process worth the risk.
Thank you. I feel so much better now. I am 65 years old and just had my annual physical check up and my doctor insisted I get a colonoscopy. I had one done 5 years ago when I was 60 and was told to get it done after 10 years. I refused to have this procedure done inspite of the doctor insisting😅
Another risk they don’t mention is Colitis secondary to introduction of foreign bacteria (when they don’t sanitize/sterilize the equipment well enough after use). Yes this happened.
The medical establishment kept pushing that everyone should have one at 50. I dreaded it so much and put it off until 60. Fortunately they said everything looks good, and don’t come back for 10 years. When the time comes, I’m going to put it off for another ten years. And then since I will be eighty, not going to bother. One and done! My anxiety about the whole thing caused more harm than good. I have lost faith in the medical establishment and instead pin my hopes on healthy eating and a positive attitude.
I know a lady in her early 80s who was scheduled for colonoscopy. Because of the diarrhea from the prep, she rushed to the toilet, fell and broke her hip. Instead of colonoscopy, she had hip surgery. Sad.
A medical malpractice attorney I know told me that the highest number of malpractice lawsuits he sees are from colonoscopy perforations. My dad died from a knife slip perforation to his bladder for what was supposed to just be a "routine" scope.
My compliments, Dr. Dhand. Spreading the truth -- as unpopular as it may be -- is a great service to people. Some years ago, I was taking with a physician acquaintance. He's a cardiologist and researcher with a big famous hospital. (They would probably have me killed if I named them.) He told me the doctors have quotas for writing prescriptions, and, more importantly, for ordering tests. If they fail to order enough tests, their pay is docked. That was all I needed to know.
I waited five years past the rec date for my first (and only) colonoscopy. The doctor made it sound like I might drop any day. The procedure was a joke. Assembly line gurneys of people lined up and ready to be probed. My results were negative. The GI doctor told me to avoid nuts and seeds in my diet. Six years or so later I visited the same Doc (on an unrelated issue) and during the conversation told him I wasn't eating any seeds or nuts. *He asked me why!* *I told him because those were his instructions.* He just shrugged it off. Now all I do is the OBT test. “Health care” and “United States” should not be used together.
@@soggymoggytravels As the story went, they told me I have diverticulitis, or maybe it's diverticulosis, which ever is the least problematic of the two. The “doctor” told me that seeds and nuts could end up trapped in little “pouches” in my colon and possibly end up causing inflammation. So I studiously avoided eating them. Then, when I saw the same doctor many years later, *he waved off the advice he had previously given me.* Ever since, I have been enjoying a robust diet of nuts, seeds and anything else that was previously “forbidden,” with no adverse effect.
@@Support_Ad_Blocker Ah, okay, thanks for the explanation. Well, I haven't heard of advice before to avoid nuts and seeds, just some advice to avoid high fibre foods if people's digestive systems find it hard to break down fibre. Hope your digestion is better now!
I had my first ever colonoscopy a year ago at the age of 63 after a home test detected blood. I did have a benign tumor as well as a few polyps. Unfortunately, a small polyp was a real bleeder so after bleeding all through the night, I had to drive myself to the emergency room the next morning where they admitted me to emergency and did a second colonoscopy that afternoon to cauterize the bleeding. I had lost so much blood that they kept me overnight in ICU. I will now be paying close to $6000 for all the medical bills that insurance wouldn't cover. It is going to take me several years to pay this off. Never again!
@CL-im9lk I believe the small polyp wasn't properly cauterized. Believe it or not, I was also scheduled to have open heart surgery later that month to receive a mechanical mitral valve but that had to be postponed for a month to allow my body to heal from the colonoscopy. 2023 was a total nightmare for me!
The fear of being punctured is what kept me away from those test. Paying attention to what your body is doing , is the first line of defense.Thank you sir.
I watched a senate hearing recently that had a Harvard Dr saying that No nutrition classes are required to earn a degree. It's absurd...nutrition is the bases of health.
It’s in Australia too! So many friends in the 50-60 year range addicted to them every year and give me (65) the ‘look’ when I say I haven’t been to a doctor for 26 years! Know your own body!!!
There are other doctors on RUclips who also tell the truth. Dr Cywes, Dr Ken Berry, Dr Anthony Chafee, Dr Jason Fung, Dr. Robert Lustig, and Professor Ben Bikman.
this if you watch around is what many doctors are starting to do,come out so to speak and as a way of supplementing the many dollars they will loose in practice they are selling creams natural remedies,look at dr, Gundry??? world renowned heart surgeon,now internet and book millionaire selling information not operations??? take all this new wave with thought.
Here's an added dimension to all that: my screening colonoscopy five years ago was fully covered by insurance (and results were normal). But when more recently I needed a diagnostic colonoscopy to explain real symptoms (thankfully not related to cancer), I had to pay out of pocket. Insurance would not cover a colonoscopy when there was actually something potentially wrong!
On top of that, if you do a screening colonoscopy and they do find something, the procedure is considered diagnostic and it isnt covered at 100% as preventative. So you dont know going in if the procedure is paid 100% (no deductible or copay) or not. Ask me know I know?!? 😂 That said, I am still glad I did the colonoscopy as they found a small tumor that I probably wouldn't have discovered until it was too late without the screening. My opinion is a screening at 60ish is probably a good idea, but if you dont find anything, no need to do them every year.
@@diannthomas7849 Wow, that's good extra information. So we mustn't assume our screening colonoscopy will be just that. By the way, I've always been told that screening colonoscopies, if all is normal, are done every 5 years or more, and not every year.
I had one c scope and they found polyps. It was covered - good thing it was $5k. 2nd one was clear but not covered pre-existing condition. No more - at least when not covered.
My dad (healthy non-drinker/non-smoker) skipped his first recommended colonoscopy at 50, got symptoms and was diagnosed with aggressive late stage colon cancer at age 52 that spread to his lungs and liver and he died at 56. The doctors told us that his particular type of colon cancer was such a fast grower that if he got his recommended test at 50 it probably would have still been a polyp at best or a curable stage 1 at worst. These were the best cancer doctors in the Boston area, some of the best in the world. Harvard, Mass General, Dana Farber cancer center. By the way, he had no family history of colon cancer. Now they have lowered the guidelines for the first test from 50 to 45. Good thing for me because at age 45 I had polyps removed from my colon and my stomach. I'm glad I didn't skip my tests! I realize that my story is only one account, but I swear on my father's grave that every word of it is true. Go ahead and skip your tests if you want, I can't tell people what to do but please don't spread uneducated garbage comments on-line because I, for one, can tell you that my father would have lived decades longer if he got his routine colonoscopies. He would have gotten to know his grandkids and I believe he would be alive and 74 years old today instead of passing away at 56 with very poor quality of live after age 53.
Great point! I think most people in general are afraid of death, and that is why they follow what the Doctor says, they may view them as "experts", but we have the ability to know when something is wrong, to nclude the medical greedy agenda🙄 We should all do what is right for us individually. Eventually we will die & it should be our choice how we do it.
I’m 53 and I do no testing or screenings of any kind.. in fact I don’t have a doctor and haven’t been to one in a few decades.. I take zero meds not even over the counter
My wife and are both 55 years old. We frustrate our doctors due to our non compliance to these money making colonoscopies. We both still weight train and train our cardio. I make homemade healthy meals every week and have a glass or two of wine 🍷 every night while cooking. And our family of five remained part of the placebo group during the pandemic, all recovering with natural immunity! We treat the temples that God blessed us with as best we can and have reaped the benefits of good health. God bless you doctor for your integrity!!
One glass of red whine has over 50 toxins in it. Google it. Mostly pesticides. Switch it up to lemon water and live to be 100. What do you consider a healthy meal- give me an example. I am basically a practical expert and I will share my opinion with you...if you want it.
It really does come down to lifestyle changes about 95% of the time. Getting off processed foods, carbs and sugars. Increasing activity, losing weight and treating your body better. The medical industry is great for acute injuries and things like that but all that other stuff he talks about here is about making a few people a lot of money.
There's something about colonscopy in the UK that few people realise. Colonoscopy instruments cannot be sterilized because they are optical instruments. In the UK they are 'cleaned' between patients, in the US each instrument receives a new sleeve between patients - a disposble condom like tube with lens on the end. In theory cleaning is fine, however. like any system or activity reliant on human dilligence things often don't follow protocol. You can be 100% certain that colonoscopy instruments in UK hospitals have with some regularity gone from patient to patient without adequate cleaning or no cleaning at all. It's undoubtedly why post procedure infection rates in the UK are very high. There is scientific evidence that supports the idea that cancers can be seeded, a colonoscopy including biopsy could concievably retain cell matter if not cleaned adequately, it could then be introduced into the next patient. It's an absolute scandal that is not being addressed by the NHS on grounds of cost.
How can it be sleeved if the tool has to cut out a polyp? Sleeving must be rare. I’m in U.S. and refuse colonoscopy. I’ve no symptoms and no family history.
Thanks for this critical information. The things that the medical establishment does not tell patients. I think I won't get a colonoscopy since i don't have sxs. I have had two in my life at 36 yrs. old and at 62 yrs old.
Same with catheters after bladder operations, 90 percent of people get infections afterwards. Bloke in sterile services department knew that and his wife was going to have a bladder op. He personally gathered the instruments and tubes that would be used and cleaned them thoroughly, then addressed the whole package to the surgeon, with his wife's name inside. Eye-opening experience for me, one , that it's such a problem and two, that he could do that but as NHS staff, I guess there are some perks.
They are generally "high level disinfected", "some" specific type scopes cable be sterilized but very FEW. The major effecting problem is that the scopes cannot be taken apart to be cleaned/decontaminated effectively. As a sterile processing expert I have had multiple training, attended educational symposiums annually and listened to doctors AND studies. I'll NEVER forget the one study that took TEN brand new scopes and used each one 100 times - they cleaned each scope between usage/cases PER MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS (*legally you MUST follow their specifications*) THEN after following the prescribed process, REPEATED the cleaning process (doubling the recommendation). AFTER the hundred uses each scope was then tested and it was found that SEVEN of the ten scopes were STILL FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED! *NO sterilization OR high-level disinfection can be achieved when a scope cannot be effectively cleaned - Period! And this was found after DOUBLING the decontamination process. You WILL develop an infection and that VERY likely can be life threatening. BE cautious. And my favorite Doc enfactically stated the RISK of perforation on the table (= death) is FAR greater than the majority of what other issues may be found that if discovered routinely (not do to issues/illness being addressed) will highly unlikely affect you before normal age of death.
When I cared for my elderly mother, the doctor was constantly pushing for tests to be done, often costly to her insurance. If she failed to do them, the office would call and call. After she did the procedure, the office rarely got back to us with the results. It was pretty obvious the tests didn't actually matter, just charging for the tests mattered.
Former healthcare worker here. I will let you in a little known secret: Doctors/clinics with Medicare contracts, have metrics that they have to meet in order to keep their contracts. So, X amount of patients have to have screening test, vaccinations, medication reviews, etc each year. If those metrics aren't met, then the Doctor/clinic will lose their contract.
My doctor said a screening colonoscopy was medically recommended & 100% covered by insurance, so I said, ah, okay... So I was very surprised when bills came for $wtf500++!!? and when I questioned that the hospital said, oh, the colonoscopy WAS covered 100% but these are charges for having anesthesia during the procedure, and the anesthesia recovery room supervision... Do you think they should have told me that beforehand?? Or asked, hey do ya want anesthesia with this colonoscopy? 😖
I was invited to a talk about prostate cancer by my health insurance a couple of months ago. The speaker was a doctor, Harvard-educated, and worked for the Presbyterian Hospital in NY. He mentioned that nearly every man who dies of old age dies with some level of prostate cancer (sorry for the terminology), but it’s so minimal that it never becomes an issue. Basically, whatever they find in you during routine tests is, by definition, open to interpretation for the vast majority of men. It made me wonder how many people are being misdiagnosed with prostate cancer right now when in fact they would live just fine if they didn't get that diagnosis.
Every Dr. I have been to wanted me to have a mammogram, colonoscopy, and bone density test. I refused every one of them. I am done with screening when I have no symptoms. My insurance company called me monthly to remind me to have these tests. It is all about the money. Greed, Greed, Greed.
You got that right I wrote up above I went to an appointment just to get my anxiety medications unfortunately I have to see him in person three times a year he called in every test from a lug screening to a color guard to a cervical spine x-ray mammogram pap smear I'll be 57 Friday I had early menopause at 42 I'm not doing any of it
The two mammograms I've had were so painful I stopped having any more. There must be a better way than having my ample breasts squashed in that contraption.
@lindaraha That's exactly what I was told by doctor and frequently having the insurance call me about the same things. I have always had a "gut feeling" a lot of these things are unnecessary. If you're not sick, don't need to go to the doctor til you are sick. I was raised that way and plan on living that way.
@@msr1116I told my doctor I would not be getting those because I did not want the radiation in my body. They didn't like hearing that from me, but I figure "my body, my choice."
Thank you for sharing this. I remember how my gastroenterologist told me that perforated colon during the procedure was "rare ". Sure doesn't sound like it. Not to say that every patient should avoid a colonoscopy. In some symptomatic cases the benefits of ruling out things like cancer outweigh the risk. However, I'm beginning to rethink the guidelines.
Right On! I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia eleven years ago. I was on eight prescription drugs I was told I would be on them for life. I ask the specialist if changing my eating and lifestyle habits would help. He basically said I was wasting my time. Long story short, a diet free of processed foods, processed sugar and moderate exercise has got me off seven prescription drugs and lost forty pounds. I have been living this way for eleven years now and have no interest in putting my trust in the medical system again. Healthy patients are bad for business.
There is still enormous pressure in Australia to have colonoscopies at the very slight symptom or even just because of age. It is even considered by some people in my age group ( 60+) as an avoidable rite of passage. All through my adult life I went through the same over-servicing with respect to breast cancer "preventive" screening. Of course there is the greed factor and he medical industry just keeps people constantly terrified so they will play along but we don't have to! We can resist, by getting to know our bodies, looking after them and being alert to changes, whilst retaining faith in their capacity to heal. Thank you fort his video which validates my stance.
Your family physician refers you to a specialist. The specialist orders tests from a lab. The lab tests come back "inconclusive." Meanwhile, everyone in the referral chain is making money off of your fear. It's a racket.
65 year old retired biomedical science teacher here. I have always avoided having a routine colonoscopy despite feeling somewhat obligated to after turning 50. I just always regarded it unnecessary, invasive, and largely driven by greed. I’ve always felt compelled to live as an example to my students by exercising regularly and having good eating habits. So, I’m so pleased by how clearly and eloquently you explain what l’ve suspected for many years.
My Dr. has been trying to schedule me for a colonoscopy since I turned 50. That was 18 years ago and he has since retired. I'll get another Dr. when I feel like I need one. I always felt it was just for the $$$.
Preach it, Doc! I'm right there with you. My acquaintances in the medical industry tell me I have to do it, since it's the "gold standard of care," and then won't listen when I tell them why I'm boycotting that, and mammograms, and the other stupid, harmful "screenings."
I think mammograms are important if I didn't get one I wouldn't have known I had breast cancer the mammogram can detect cancer a colon screening is too invasive I won't do that
Colonoscopy killed my mom. The Gastroenterologist that was preforming her colonoscopy decided he would remove a few polyps despite the fact that her colon had stool lodged in it. He clipped the polyp sites and sent her home without subscribing antibiotics (mom is a transplant recipient and is immunocompromised). Within 24 hours mom went septic, gastroenterologists in the hospital denied the procedure caused the problem. She developed a plethora of drug resistant diseases and the doctors kept them all a secret despite our inquires. Mom suffered for 6 months and died due to medical malpractice. Please do your own research before trusting any doctor. Not every doctor graduated at the top of their class. The older you are the worse they will treat you, and no one will care.
Thank you!!! Your comment just helped me make my decision NOT to do it. My doctor tried to get me to have procedure done. He knows how I believe in God and my trust and faith concerning everything in my life. He knows I say NO to everything. I only have one issue which is Hypothyroidism so I have blood work checked. Condolences to you and your family. Thank you for sharing such a difficult experience. Your testimony is saving people’s lives .
@@esthersaldana9772 I had hypothyroidism. I thought it was a life sentence to have to take the medication. I went to a chiropractor. He ordered a blood test. He prescribed vitamins and a couple of other things. I have a "normal" thyroid now. This was in 2015. As a child, I had a lot of penicllian and in my 20s, I was allergic to it. That and probably foods that I ate threw off the good/bad bacteria in the gut. I had "leaky gut." There are books out there about healing the thyroid.
@@kellyward1478 Thank you for your kind words and may God bless and keep you well always!! It saddens me the way society views the elderly especially in the medical institutions.
Thank you for this video! I went to a health care provider a few weeks ago. She was really trying to sell the colonoscopy to me. I said I would think about it, I was more into homeopathic medicine , not pharmaceutical based medicines or all these tests, except blood tests.. She went into this whole fear factor, "... colon cancers are on the rise, 1 in 5 people get it, I've had patients come back to me 5 years later thanking me.." I said it's my choice, if I get colon cancer that's on me. She said "I don't think I'm the right provider for you". That is the only thing she said that I agreed with.
I'm 72 and refused the colonoscopy test many times. Highly invasive and there is a small chance of a perforated colon. That's very serious. It does happen.
My brother in law had a "routine" colonoscopy done and they rammed the scope through his colon. Lots of surgery later after nearly dying, he's still not right. Cheers from Chinada 🇨🇳🇨🇦🍻
I had my 3rd this year at age 71. My 1stt at age 51. My 2nd at age 61. No symptoms and never a polyp. No family history of colon cancer. But the doctor said he'll see me again at age 81! I DON'T PLAN ON IT!!
I just moved to the USA from Europe. My health care provider here actually sends me snail mail and emails asking me why I haven't been into their office and reminding me of a whole slew of tests I need to take (which my doctor in Europe says I dont). Mmmm, maybe I don't stop by because I am not feeling sick. I can't believe a doctor is actually soliciting business like a junk mail spammer
@@FLANNELSHIRT Its not the doctor, it's the healthcare provider. I dont really go to the doctors, and if I got rid of mine, I would just have to choose another one in the same healthcare provider. It's easier to be on the roles of a doctor if I get sick and need an antibiotic or something.
I am 76 years old and last year my doctor was talking to me about getting a colonoscopy I told her no I had absolutely zero symptoms and I couldn't understand and she kept pushing it so we kind of had to like go toe-to-toe I said no I'm not going to do it and then I was doing some research and I found out for people my age it's more of a risk than a benefit sad to say in America is about money
@@jennifermarlow.You might want to research the supplement Berberine. I took it for a digestive problem. I was on Berberine for 4 months and my cholesterol dropped significantly as did my desire for grazing and snacking throughout the day.
great!!!! I'm a retired RN 35 yrs mostly acute care hospital experience and am 70 yrs old. I got a primary care physician 3 yrs ago am on one pill for blood pressure. I have always been health conscious, only have processed food once or twice a year when travelling. I will not have a colonoscopy unless like you say I have an unexplained change in bowel habits, or a high risk factor, which I don't. I agree with you on every count, I only use reading glasses, and very little dental care, but did opt out of a false diagnoses from an unscrupulous dentist. A second exam confirmed that. I will use healthcare when necessary and am all for acute care.
I've just had a look at a study in jama that states the cumulative risk of complications for outpatient colonoscopies to be 3.4%. So if you start at 45 years old and have one every 5 years to 75 years old thats 7 events, so your risk of complications is around 24%. Some of those complications are extremely serious including death.
That is not how statistics and probability work. It is still 3.4% per event. Proving it is easy. Let's say (if it were possible in a lifetime) to have 33 exams. By this math that would put a patient over 100%, a perceived mathematical certainty. Yet, let's say the patient escaped with their life the first 32 times. Would that mean a guarantee of an event on the 33rd? No it would not. The risk on #33 would still be 3.4%.
@@Flea-Flicker Are you trying to tell me that if you have one exam and your risk is 3.4 % then you have another exam with the same risk that your possibility of a complication isn't twice as much? Of course it is.
I just looked up how many colonoscopies are performed in the US every year. The top search hit was for the year 2012, with 15 million colonoscopies performed. So take 15 million x 3.4 %, and you get 510,000. That is 510,000 "COMPLICATIONS" from colonoscopies for that year, in the US! It may appear to be a tiny amount when a potential patient hears that the rate is, "only 3.4 %" out of 15 million performed, but 510,000 complications is a LOT! I do not want to be one of them. AND, I seriously doubt that the percentage is that low! I am sure that what is allowed to be accepted into these reported statistics is a very narrow time-frame and has other restrictions that keep the percentage artificially low!
@@tonyg9511 No, each time you flip a coin, getting heads is a 50% chance. Even if you flip the coin 9 times and get tails each time, the chance of getting heads on flip 10 is still 50%. Of course, if you don't flip the coin, you have no chance of getting any result.
Totally agree! Look into the 1980’s mandatory folic acid added to our foods, in America. Look at the reasons why countries banned folic acid! Saw the article in a peer reviewed medical journal.
I wish Drs were like you, i remember when they were the majority, back in 2004, the medical establishment changed, Thats another story, You are a great Dr. You dare to Care ❤
You actually MADE the case for colonoscopies in the USA, ... OUR DIET. So now I think I am going to get one done! Thanks for the logical conclusion. NO brainer!
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Fecal Occult Blood Testing(FOBT) is not specific and has high false negatives. If FOBT is negative,it still doesn't prove that the patient doesn't have Colon Ca.
From a pathologist's point of view, directly seeing the lesion or the tissue beats using surrogates like FOBT.
Dear Dr Dhand; I am not only tired of your ongoing efforts to confuse without explanation but I am simply exhausted and offended by the tendency of your ignoramus viewers to regularly attack simple contributions to any discussion on this channel seemingly for their own self-aggrandizement. I have decided to not only unsubscribe from your channel but gladly click on "do not recommend this channel."
If you are here only to confuse and your "regulars" are only here to attack and disparage then henceforth I conclude you, your channel and your comment thread have NOTHING to offer then why would I care to hear any more of your BS.
There is an initiator doing this, Dr Dalgleish points out the Japan study highlights we have an initiator for colorectal chancers and he thinks it is diet. What is the difference between the Japanese diet and the western one? Could it be the class 1 carcinogen bacon? Maybe you could do a video on this, surely worth some investigation.
What about that cologuard test and anyway if you have cancer there's no guarantee that the short length of your intestine that they're actually looking at will be the part that has it
Agreeing with you but the doctors say that CC usually has no symptoms.
Now retired after 40 years of private practice with board certification in a surgical specialty and wound care. With around 80% of physicians now being employed by massive "health care" corporations, they have sacrificed their medical decision making autonomy, as well as their integrity, in order to escape the insane government regulatory burdens of running their own private practices. The medical profession is now a captured entity.
"What the nurses saw", a book and website which relates how docs and nurses were not allowed to properly treat patients during convid. Standard respiratory illness treatment banned and any who disagreed were removed, leading to patient neglect like 10d no food, 3d no water. Huge conglomerates making decisions, not doctors in the US.
You Nailed that!!! The Voice of behind the scenes! Thanks!
Is there a way to tell if a doctor is employed by those corps, like on a website or something? It’s easy to tell when I see them face to face for my appt but it would be helpful to be able to weed them out quicker (and cheaper too).
Yes! I'm a second generation physician. I am not encouraging a third generation to my five children.
Well they sold their souls so...
I refuse all screening tests except blood work. I'm done with the medical community at this point anyway. They know nothing about health.
I hate going to docs, they just find something wrong.
Agreed! I am done, done and done
@@unbreakable7633especially if you are on Medicare
Yes! Me too! Can't trust em!
I don't do blood works either because they mess around the numbers every so often, that's why I don't trust don't trust them.
I’m a 66 year old retired RN, I’ve never had a physical, much less a mammogram or Pap smear…never!
I’m a Do Not Resuscitate patient, morphine only when that time comes.
I’ve seen horrific cases during my 40 of being in a profession I absolutely loved.
Everything went to s… when the HMOs took over patient care, when patients became clients and doctors became share holders.
The Pap smear is the only legitimate test that can save lives.
@@sassysandie2865 But do you know what might be on those swabs?
@@Beebo0405 what do you think would be on the swabs?
Same here as retired nurse.
Who or what are HMOs?
My doctor wouldn't let me out of his office until I agreed to one. So i agreed, went home and cancelled it. 👍
I'd have called the cops. My doc hates me I set her straight day 1. I wouldn't even go but she won't give me my heart meds without an office visit once a year. Bent a valve and when BP sores chest hurts.
@@owenbevans6062sad, but that’s how it works….you can not get meds renewed without an office visit 🤬🤬🤬🤬
Get rid of your doctor and tell him why (over the phone).
LOLOL 😂 I did the same, I didn't think anyone was a "worse" patient than I !
That’s funny!
I've got to share my story about colonoscopies briefly. I had one about a decade ago. They found a benign lump (no cancer) that was too large to snip. I wasn't having any symptoms or problems, but they decided the lump needed to come out. They told me it would be a simple procedure. I'll cut to the chase: I nearly died. The surgery went terribly wrong, I became septic, my lungs shut down, my kidneys went into failure. I was in ICU for a month. For the first 48 hours, it was 50/50 whether I would live or die. Tracheotomy, breathing tube, dialysis, the whole works. It was the worst physical experience of my life. I spent two months in the hospital, then a year with a colostomy -- shitting out of my stomach, feeling like a freak. Then I had the colostomy reversal surgery, which brought up PTSD level fear. My body remembered the first surgery. ....
In the years following, the physician who did the colonoscopy sent me letter after letter, recommending that I schedule another colonoscopy. I felt sick with anxiety when I would get the letters. I ignored them. He wrote more -- probably half a dozen, finally a certified letter that I had to sign -- full of language about how risky and dangerous it was to not get a screening, especially now that I had had an "incident." I felt angry about it, because it felt like he was using fear to manipulate me. And I was already afraid, because the system that was supposedly trying to prevent problems nearly killed me.
I’m so sorry you had that experience. I’ve so far declined the procedure for fear of perforation. You ended up going down the rabbit hole and getting into the worst situation. I hope you’re doing better now. ✌
Wow! What a terrible experience. Thank God you survived.
May you have many years of good health and no doctors!
PLEASE tell.me you sued the hell out of any and everyone involved and complicit!
So sorry for your traumatic experience due to medical malpractice. You were blessed to live. So many people die of sepsis. I would listen to your intuition, a little different than fear. I don't know if you have ever experienced acupuncture, but it can help restore balance in the nervous and immune system. It's effective for orthopedic injuries, but I know your situation is different. My "permanent'" inures were caused my medicine (Metaformin) despite telling the MD of significant side effects he kept me on it for 3 months, and now I have a slight drop foot. It's directly from the Rx, and I am not diabetic.
I have refused ALL screening - never taken part in any of it. As a younger woman, I was put under so much pressure to have cervical screening as a teenager, before I was even sexually active. I refused it again and again and again...which was no small feat considering I was quite often being ranted at by various GPs. One particular female GP actually started shouting at me because I didn't examine my breasts (I was all of 21 years old). I also refused to take the pill, despite them trying to push it on me at every opportunity. According to them, I should be dead by now with a tribe of unplanned children in my wake. Hopefully I will leave this world in the same way as my grandfather, who also refused any and all medical interference throughout his life. He had his lunch, a cup of tea and then died suddenly of cardiac arrest in his favourite armchair. He was 90 and lived a good life.
What country is this that recommends cervical screening to a teenager? Do you mean Pap smear?
@@CL-im9lk I'm in the UK. They have since revised this policy and the starting age is now 25, though many want it to be put back to what it was. It's called cervical screening/smear test here in the UK.
And to be honest, in my experience, it's been nothing short of harassment and I've really had to take them on over it. Finally, my GP apologised to me and admitted that it was to do with funding - if they didn't get a certain number of women through the door to be screened, they would lose some of their funding. They even called me a few weeks ago telling me I needed to come in for it and I said, "NO." and they didn't go any further with it. In the past, I've had to sign waivers and endure lengthy lectures. I was surprised they simply said, "Okay." and that was it.
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A life well lived. We should all be as fortunate.
My best friend used to get all the recommended medical procedures routinely. I took her to some of her appointments. She got all the yearly mammograms and colonoscopies, yet she died of cancer. I once participated in a breathing study, and the doctor told me "stay away from doctors."
Here ladies and gentlemen we have a REAL educated doctor!
We have a doctor with commen sense! Most doctors are educated, they are just not fighters for what they should know to be the truth.
"All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook." - Aldous Huxley
@@secondchance6603A Cookery Book full of Crockery 😅
@@davinawonderling9361😂😂
@@justthefactsmam9 most educated in the wrong direction or follow the the rules, because it’s a job, that pays their bills.
everything is opposite what it was 100 years ago the poor are fat and the wealthy are skinny...
How true
Interesting, now that you mentioned it is true..lol
Due to the abundance of bad, cheap, convenient, and addictive junk food
I’m poor, I’m not fat. But I eat meat n veg. Not a fan of bread, biscuit, sweet treats. Weighed 9.5 stone thirty years ago and still the same today. I eat one main meal a day if I snack it will be one packet of crisps, or part of one chocolate bar. My meal for the day is meat accompanied by two baby potato, one carrot, asparagus, leek and cabbage, garlic, salt n pepper. Not a diet choice, just a taste choice. I don’t feel the need to eat more than once a day. For a change I’ll have whole grain crackers with ham and avocado or boiled eggs. I’m well satiated.
@@carolwaller9605
Well, to Americans that read this:😊
One stone 🇬🇧= 14 lbs.🇺🇲
Biscuits 🇬🇧are cookies🇺🇲
So, someone 14 stone
= 140 lbs
I have no insurance so doctors don’t know I exist. No texts, no emails, no suggestions.
And no drama! 👍
That's great until you need one.
@@ChrisP3000x If you can avoid chronic conditions, that would be the way to avoid the tests. If you have an emergency, go to urgent care or emergency room. It is the chronic condition care that gets a person roped into their web of tests.
You are better off Lily
Same thing for me. No insurance.
Your channel is such a blessing. Facts, truth and honesty. Far from the medical industrial complex of America.
Absolutely 💯
Totally agree!
Same medical industry complex in Germany. Anything unnecessary, harmful and invasive they want to give you. Anything that promotes good health and is preventative good practice medicine they do not want you to access it!!!
Hardly
Surprised they havnt censored or cancelled or even offed him for that matter
🌈As a physician of 40+ years, I totally agree with you . Please continue to honestly speak out. Thank you.💥
I have been a GI technician for more than 10 yrs. , I tend to agree with you . Most colonoscopy's age quite mundane , and if we find even one small polyp the pt is told to return in 2 - 5 yrs for repeat . I absolutely agree that it's a money scheme by the medical industry . Thank you !
Thank you for saying this! I’ve had 3 colonoscopies; am now 65. My last one, 5 years ago, clean. And it was awful. I hate the “clean-out.” I was dehydrated and threw up in the prep room. I may not ever get another one. I’ve changed my diet to 95% carnivore now, and my digestive system is very happy with that diet! I doubt I’ll ever grow another polyp in my life.
@RAM_845they always do that when you hit a nerve!
Absolutely. I am due one this year or the next. I've had 3. The first had two benign polyps. The second didn't have any. The third had one benign polyp. And for the third one, I had a taxi take me but the hospital policy is that family or friend HAS to be there or you do the procedure without anesthesia! I wait for an hour in the waiting room. I wait an hour and a half or more while laying on a bed with 8 others waiting for the doctor who is 40 minutes late and then the others who are ahead of me. Too much hassle, pain and BS for me!. I told my boss about this at work and he said "that's why I don't go to doctors."
No, 10 years if normal. 3-5-7 depending on their age and risk factors..family hx 1st gen.
Yeah, I am pretty sure I don’t need iatrogenic Hershey squirts followed with a hose up my a$$ when everything is going fine, all with a nice price tag.
I had a gastroscope recently due to bad heart burn and several other pretty invasive tests. It struck me how the whole thing was like a production line. The Dr who I consulted with had a bad attitude. He didn't like the fact that I asked many many questions. And of course after all of the tests his only solution was surgery. I told him I could arrest the problem through diet and I have pretty much managed it through diet ever since. I never went for the surgery. Just his attitude made it apparent I was just a means to him making an income. Where did the patient Dr care disappear to ? I once woke up in hospital with a Dr standing over my bed with a clipboard asking me to sign for a procedure. Even in my semi conscious state I felt this to be pretty bad conduct. So I asked a load of questions. When I explained I had no insurance his tone changed completely. And later he told me the procedure wouldn't be necessary. But this very Dr was more than prepared to perform an unnecessary procedure as long as insurance was paying for it. We've really lost our way as a society.
It's all about one thing...GREED.
Try supplementing with magnesium (search Morley Robbins). The sphincter that closes at the top of your stomach will not fully tighten unless your magnesium status is not depleted.
My friend almost went to the doctor due to heartburn pain. I told him for an hour to take some magnesium. He blew me off. He was under a LOT of stress. Stress burns magnesium like fire and kindling. Just before he was about to go to the emergency room in the height of the CovFeFe Big Event, I convinced him to take some magnesium malate he had with him, which he had not been taking for a couple weeks. Not even 60 seconds later there was no longer an issue. I can't prove causation, but correlation was good enough for him! And don't say placebo because he thought I was fully of crap, which is why he ignored me and suffered terribly for an hour.
I have heard some heartburn can be stomach ulcers, & apparently zinc carnosine can help very much with that problem.
@@chelsicarter4091Stomach ulcers are almost 100% caused by a bacteria called H-pylori. Get rid of the bacteria and the ulcers disappear!
What state or country is this in?
I'm with you, doctor. I'm recently 60 and I've never had one because I'm almost as regular as a clock. Been doing intermittent fasting for three years, I'm conscious of my microbiome and take some supplements and drink fermented beverages. I feel the same way as you do. If it's not broken, don't fix it. The American Healthcare System is a disaster. The only thing even more insidious is the food industry. Thanks for your great work. Keep the videos coming!
Yes, and the food industry here is reason enough to get a screening.
@@hAckAbleMeIt is reason to not eat toxic food. But I suppose one could just go along and hope for the best. Good luck to them. Hope they don't get infection or perforated colon from this barbaric procedure.
None of that means anything. I'm healthier than 99% of the population, and I had polyps at 50.
You’ll be regular until you have stage 3 colon cancer.
@@Thetoad738 troll. You wish you had my health
I retired at 51 after 28 yrs of being an RN, Covid retiree, it helped me see the light this physician is shining on the medical community
I also retired as a MH Nurse when Covid hit! I have learnt so much about the medical profession since then 😢 Mainly their not to be trusted ☹️
Thank you so much for your info here as a physician. The US doesn't do healthcare; it does sick care and if people are made well clients are lost to the industry.
I went to a gastroenterologist for chronic heartburn. They gave me every kind of headburn medication they had. It destroyed my health because I couldn't digest food and my general health got worse. All they had to tell me was, eat probiotic foods. I had to figure it out for myself, heal myself.
Pay at the counter NEXT??? Take these pills, we will see you in 3 weeks with different pills. Next! Oh Yes, we Manage your Health! NOT!!!
Understood completely. Those pills are big business.
Same thing happened to my husband :(
@@dporrasxtremeLS3What they manage is our chronic iatrogenic disorders.
Take probiotics
64 never had one. Found out years ago, I am my best doctor. Get information from doctors like this.
77 in August never had one. I really believe fibre , all natural food. I'm afraid Australia tents to follow USA for all the wrong reasons. Listen to your body let nature look after you.
I had one 4 years ago. They found out I have Celiac Disease. I feel better than I have in decades due to that colonoscopy. I am very grateful to the doctor for finding it.
I recently visited the hospital for an infected finger, due to a Thorne breaking off inside by the bone. I was in the hospital for five days and had to have surgery to Remove the foreign object as well as drain the infection. Afterwards, they put me on ciprofloxacin antibiotics. I got caught in the system of being toggled between two and three different doctors for my follow ups. The finger was very swollen and red, so they kept me on the antibiotic for four months. At the end of the four months I woke up one evening to go to the bathroom, barefoot and walking on my hardwood floors. To my surprise, both of my feet cracked like eggshells. I went to the hospital to discover that I had 2 fifth metatarsal breaks and fourth metatarsal breaks on both feet. The doctors thought that it was unusual that they would just break suddenly. Nobody could diagnose why. My family does not have a history of osteoporosis or any other bone density problems. I used chat GTP and asked if there is a way that the antibiotics would have weakened my bones. And here is the response:
Prolonged use of certain antibiotics, particularly those in the fluoroquinolone class (such as ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin), has been associated with adverse effects on bone health. These effects can include increased risk of tendon rupture, cartilage damage, and, in some cases, a decrease in bone density, leading to weakened bones and an increased risk of fractures.
Cipro is deadly.
I'm sorry this happened to you. I too was given an antibiotic that ended up causing great harm. It was nitrofurantoin, for a UTI. It was a nightmare that I've been trying to reverse with a carnivore diet. It's helping, thank God!
I refuse to take Cipro and tell doctors I'm allergic to it. One time a nurse told me she was given cipro and a few days later she was walking into work and her Achilles Heel just tore. It's not worth taking the chance. There are other antibiotics that can do the job without breaking down your body.
I NEVER take Fluoroquinolones and have listed them as an allergy with my Dr. to avoid them being prescribed.
@@sunnydays4327 I've taken Cipro many times with no ill effects that I know of. They do a culture and sensitivity test then pick from the antibiotics that'll kill what you're infected with. Unfortunately, most meds have side effects/ rare allergies. You did the right thing to seek treatment because you were at risk to lose a limb or die from sepsis.
I'll pass on a perforated colon.
Me too!
Same! That’s why I refuse and also because I have zero symptoms and no family history.
My thoughts exactly.
Exactly. My greatest fear!!
Me too.
After having my colon perforated during a 'routine' screening 5 years ago, I am done with ever getting one again unless it is a dire need. I have 5 people in my family killed by medical mistakes at this point. I don't want to risk being the 6th.
Wow. I'm so sorry for all this.
Thank you for sharing this. I'm sorry for your loss of family members to those tragic medical errors. 😢 😢😢.
can you briefly summarize what happened to the other family members please (when you have the chance)?
How the hell did they fuck that up? I’ve literally never heard of someone getting a perforated colon from a colonoscopy.
@@airman122469 I would guess they weren't paying attention, or something. That catheter? used for the scope must have an end on it that can poke thru. My BIL's brother had that happen to him and the dr wouldn't believe him, but finally they discovered it. He died maybe a year or two afterwards.
My next door neighbor had a colonoscopy when she was in her early forties because her dad passed away from colon cancer. To make a long story short....her colon was nicked in the process. A few weeks after the procedure, she felt feverish and after going from doctor to doctor and a plethera of antibiotics and other medication, she landed in Boston's Women and Brigham hospital. She was there for weeks and they couldn't pinpoint her condition....finally they figured it out but it was too late...sepsis took over all her organs. She was moved into hospice and died shortly thereafter. ALL FOR PREVENTION...SO MUCH FOR THAT!!!
That stinks.
Assholes they were and still are for sure. What an awful true story. I am sorry you and all of her family had to deal with all that. Bastards killed a healthy person.
Very sad..I will never have a colonoscopy again. I could feel the pipe inside...it was awful..
Obviously not enough sedative or local anaesthetic was given to me..- private clinic in S.A.
@@GailPergent Thanks for sharing Gail. I decided to NOT get one. My Gastro and primary have been pushing hard. They make about $1,000 so they are motivated to sell. Flex Sig. if far safer- the standard in other countries but not reimbursed in the US much. I researched it and learned how harmful the full colonoscopy can, in some cases be. It has killed people. My friend is a PhD in this area- he suggest that I do NOT risk it. He said there are many delicate structures up there that even if you survive, you might not digest food well- forever. There are 1,000 other cancers with no tests. Funny how they only focus on this one AND they never talk about nutrition and exercise. They need us sick. How is your health these days?
@@MOAB-UT I am fine..good thank you.. I did not do research on it as i normally would, , my mind was already messed up. It was in 2020, covid time. I always had issues with my gut most of my life. IBS , etc. and during the covid thing , it was much worse. It was only afterwards that I thought how sensitive the inside is..I can feel the pipe moving around now while I am writing. Yuk..
So these medical doctors get paid when they refer patients.., looks like it is done all over the world...What about the Oath they took.,
Thank you for the advice.
Thank you for your advice
Love how you dont have a problem stating the truth, Dr Dhand. I concur wholeheartedly. ❤
Absolutely 💯…. Food is the best medicine. No gmo, no packaged junks, NO FAST FOOD.
Nobody cares about food choices. It's all about thr money, the cheaper the better.look how diabetes 2 has risen, even in small children. Very sad. I'm waiting for my sisters to tell me they have type 2 diabetes. They think I'm crazy going carnivore. Meat really helps thr kidneys.was 42 now over 60.
food is only medicine if they would stop poisoning it. This is very hard to navigate these days.
@@melissas9193 absolutely. However cutting down on packaged food and junk food eliminates half the risks.
Steam some vegetables, eat some meat, eggs..etc.....
Make your own bread
@@Mary-fn5rl small children need to get playing OUTSIDE...
riding bikes....however
Neighbors don't know each other to check on kids these days.. 😢 sad
They've been trying to get me to have one for over 15 years. I told them it will NEVER happen.
I bet you smilingly tell them every time "Up yours!" while giving them your middle finger 😂😂.
But seriously, I will never understand why anyone would be willing to get their internals probed deeply to fish for trouble. Paying attention to your diet and fixing it to align with Mother Nature is way more sensible.
Mine since I turned 50, about 6 years ago. NO GRACIAS.
My 68 yr. old father died 5 days after a recommended colonoscopy by 34 yr.old doctor who told our family He Is SORRY.....PERFORATED his colon Removing 3 BENIGN Pollups....I'm now 71 ... And Stiil MAD AS HELL !
@@JohnnyBrooks22 They downplay the risks or refuse to even make them known. Lots of money in these risky tests. 😕
@@JohnnyBrooks22 what?!?!😵💫😞😢was he a student?
I'm so sorry..
Since benign polyps aren't cancer.
My mom died of colon cancer
I blame diet though
She didn't eat well..
Many years ago I lived in the US and had a friend who was a medical student. He told me that studies showed that while in previous generations those who wanted to be physicians were motivated by a sense of vocation and public service, the dominant motive now was money. Dr.Dhand’s videos confirm that.
Former RN - nurses too. When I started it was 2006 and most really wanted to learn, care for people, and help. I can’t say for sure if Covid ruined it all, but I can say that the critical nursing shortage now is because so many of the good and knowledgeable nurses have left. The nurses now are looking at the pay - and it is rare that the industry ever promotes the best and brightest. It’s always the lowest nurses, that never say “no” to their bureaucrat administrators, who are promoted. Remember that anytime you meet a director of nursing, a unit manager, a supervisor, etc.
@@katiejon17 I'm a retired Doctor. Practiced for 30 years prior as an Anesthesiologist. Take head to what is being stated above. There is a great deal of truth in my opinion being stated. Not all are bad but the system culls the good - especially since COVID. Likewise, beware of any titled "Physician Leader." These are often the sellouts to the corrupt system. These often are the doctors who prostitute their credentials to the System (Hospitals etc.) to serve as alibis to the hospitals; as well as, sanctions the corruption. They also aid the hospitals in coercing compliance by other physicians who resist.
I know an anesthesiologist from one of the top university hospitals in the U.S. she told me and I quote “avoid people like myself (anesthesiologists) with all your power” in other words….do not voluntarily choose to have any medical intervention, unless there is NO other option, especially one that requires sedation.
What is the data for people not waking up after a full body sedation?
Good advise.
@@gw1284 Rare but some brain injury happens. You are just not as sharp sometimes. That can be permanent too.
@@gw1284 it is rare... but there are close calls that the patient will never find out about.
@@katiejon17 Will only get worse once all the 'Diversity, Inclusion and Equity' hires get their hands on people.
Retired RN here, no colonoscopy, no mammograms, no vaxes. Eat healthy and walk, walk, walk. Your body will tell you when something is wrong. Every friend of mine diagnosed with breast cancer died a horrendous death from the treatment not the cancer. My husband is retired doctor and we avoid hospitals in USA. Doctors no longer treat patients individually, they only follow government and pharmaceutical protocol. They do not use their medical knowledge for fear of legal malpractice . American medicine has turned into a money making machine, the patient’s care is the last issue they care about. This is my only my opinion from my experiences both as a care giver and as a prior patient. I will die in my own comfortable bed before I ever step foot in a U.S. medical facility.
Well, let me introduce myself! Hi! I had BC 6 years ago. Got my fun bags hacked off and went through "targeted therapy." (HER2+) No radiation. I am very much alive.
HOWEVER, yes, it is the treatment that takes lives more than the C itself. And if I could do it over again, I'd heal myself via food/natural remedies. I miss my fun bags and so does my husband. At the time, we had a LOT on our plate and, well, what's done is done.
I will say we stay far away from doctors and hospitals now.
By the time you realize that something is wrong, you could have advanced cancer.
@@SkyFallSkyI, too, seek medical advice from random RUclips commenters.
@@SkyFallSkyHave a colonoscopy! You could have cancer or something else, that it can detect.
Yep, the mammogram thing is way out of control. What came first? The radiation or the cancer?!?!🤷🏽♀️
Dr. Dhand is a great advisor and the world would be a better place if we had more like him. I thank him for his bravery, honesty and concern for humanity! Never stop the good fight!
Docs are business people. And many of them think they should be rich because they went to med school. Hospitals and pharmaceutical companies encourage this crap. If they recommend it, I ignore it.
Same here
Their excuse is they have to be rich to pay their student loans. The entire system is broken beyond repair.
@@gauloise6442 Why should patients have to pay for their doctos' student loans?
It's why they give patients things that don't cure, because they prefer to have a Revolving Door scheme whereby they continue to have " Repeat Customers".
I know people who are doctors. They are not business people, they genuinely want to help people, however they have been indoctrinated by a for profit system that teaches them to treat symptoms rather than understand root causes. Many if not most doctors are well intentioned, but it doesn't mean they are wise.
I'm 63 and I really don't go to doctors. If I do it's a holistic one who doesn't take insurance even though I have so called "top of the line" because I realized that all the doctors I've seen were clueless. The last time I went in for a physical my doctor sat at his computer and asked me a few questions and that was my physical. When I asked him how is this a physical when you haven't even touched me. He reached over and touched my arm and ask me are you happy now. That was about eight years ago and I haven't seen a conventional doctor since 😫
Sounds like a quack!
Exactly! They just look at their computers now.
Sarcastic bastard.
@@emh8861As if our state of health is on a computer screen. 🤣 It's ridiculous!
Right. A few years ago, doctors would check for breast lumps during physical. Now they don’t. They just send you for mammograms.
Dr. Dhand, you are the coolest doctor I know. Keep up the good work. We're grateful for people like you.
Thanks Lisa!
@@drsuneeldhand can you form a network of doctors, in different cities, who have the same views/philosophy as you do. We all cannot become your patients but most doctors imo love "patient retention". We need more like you
Almost 64, never had a colonoscopy and not going to. Never had a mammogram and not going to. BTW, I am a medical interpreter and I hear a lot about the side effects of those procedures. You are 100% right Dr. Dhand.
What side effects do you hear about?
@@juliamihasastrology4427 abdominal discomfort, bleeding, general deas ease
Wow. Good to hear your experience
@@juliamihasastrology4427 Serious and persistent gastrointestinal problems after colonoscopy. Some even end up with a stoma.
I had several precancerous polyps removed 11 years ago. I was having painful symptoms and bleeding, that is why I had it done. I was told it was a hereditary kind of pre cancer and that I should have a colonoscopy every 3 to 5 years. I waited and had another one just over 5 years later. No polyps, but a week later I was hospitalized for a very painful partial paralysis of my colon that lasted 2 days, thankfully it started working again before they decided to have surgery. I asked if this had anything to do with the recent colonoscopy and of course I was told, “no”.
It has been another 6 years and I am due to have another one soon. I am scared of having the procedure again but also scared of developing cancerous polyps. I read that colon cancer is slow growing and can take decades to actually develop. Is that true?
I wish I had a doctor like you. 🙏
We need this kind of information! Our system is not concerned about my health, but my money.
Bravo! I've said this for YEARS! Sadly, I had a patient who was being discharged but hanging around for a colonoscopy that had been scheduled in the course of her hospitalization. She was, symptom free and discharge slated after completion. She never came back to the floor. She perforated, coded and died.
That must have been horrible to witness. My condolences
Are you saying she perforate from the colonoscopy?
I know more than one person who perforated. So sorry to hear about this person :(
Exactly why I’m not getting one!
Me either!
Doctor, thanks very much. I am 71 years old and have refused this test because I completely understand the risks involved.
Wish I didn't let the DOC (butcher) scare me into all of the bs procedures I endured.🤪😠🤔😲😎
Exactly! If they were concerned they’d eliminate GMOs in the food chain. It’s used in feeding animals too!
Exactly
And literal rusty iron filing mining waste!
And phosphate mining smokestack waste (hydro fluorosilicic acid) called 'fluoride' when that is only a portion of the toxins in it.
And toxic industrial seed oils.
None of these exist naturally in the food supply -- they all violate natural law.
It blew my mind to find some cattle are fed candy. 😳
Don’t disagree with the US extreme in over processed junk food. But that’s not GMO related. It’s the over processing that is the culprit.
Not the raw foods. There’s no scientific evidence that GMO crops are at all medically harmful.
@@sharyn4271 yep...wrappers and all 😢🤬
I am a retired RN with years of OR experience. I have done more than a few colon resections on patients who had normal colonoscopies but got perforations. Patients need to know that those scope doctors work quickly and want quick turnover (time is money). I'm 68 and have never had a colonscopy and won't unless I have symptoms.
I love your videos. I'm a 67 yo woman and mostly deny any screening tests and vaccines. I eat as close as I can to organic and have my own garden. I'm healthier than a lot of people my age and younger. Thank you for validating what I'm doing. 😊
A friend of mine was a traveling physical therapist. He traveled to acute care facilities, mostly convalescent homes. Whenever he had a patient with a colostomy, he'd ask why they had it. The vast majority said they were perforated during a colonoscopy.
That is seriously terrifying.
What is wrong with just growing old and dying one day. I refused to be poked and prodded and Nickle and dimed until I die. As a nurse I have seen this happen to many people. In the U.S. it can be financially devastating. My 2nd cousin got colon cancer at the age of 75, He didn't do anything about it and died a year later. He lived his life the way he wanted and died in dignity. the average age for a man is around 75 so what is wrong with that?
I think our lives are pretty much decided when we are born...like my husband believes in "pre-destination" and who is to say what affects one will affect another?? I know two very elderly ladies who smoked and drank and lived to ripe old ages, and some in their thirties that died from cancer, it is a personal journey and most of medicines "one size fits all" medical interventions do more harm than good, same as with medicines and the saying "what doesn't cure you will kill you".
totally agree
I guess the problem is what if someone gets colon cancer at age 30 and then miss out on more than half their life?
@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 yea, I can see that side too
@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 The stress and diet and excess medication and lifestyle are not a matter of luck. I knew a man who did die of it in his 50s because of a very rare pocket in his system. That's a very sad and rare situation.
My wife died of colon cancer.
She ate very healthy, never drank or smoked.
She was a pediatric nurse practitioner.
She developed colon cancer after getting covid vaccines.
Not sure if that had anything to do with it but a colonoscopy is what found her cancer but she was already having bowel issues and the colonoscopy is how they found the cancer.
It was bad.
They did a colon resection which really messed her bowels up and they should have given her a ostomy from day one.
They also did a total hysterectomy and scraped a bunch of cancer out while they were in there.
It was everywhere.
Subsequent MRI’s found spots in her lungs and her liver.
They treated one lobe of her liver with Y-90 radioactive beads injected into the liver.
It killed the cancer but made her really ill.
She had a hard time recovering enough from the Y-90 and was too sick to get her scheduled chemo because her oncologist told her to take a break.
She then developed a small bowel obstruction which was 14 months after her first surgery.
They had to open her up stem to stern again to do a small bowel resection and it was really bad in there.
The surgeon said it was one of the worst cases of cancer they’d ever seen.
She lasted 8 weeks in the hospital. Could not get her bowels to work until after her liber failed and it was too late to save her.
Antistigmine is what helped her finally poop but by that time her body was shutting down.
I wish she would have gotten a routine colonoscopy much sooner.
It may have saved her life and not cost almost $2 million in hospital bills.
I swear if I find out that covid vaccine caused this-people better hide under rocks.
The Jesuit jab has caused a lot damaged to many!!! Don't fall for there tricks !!!
They cause colon cancer and much more. I’m the daughter of a severely vaccine injured mom who was in great health prior to the vaccine. She passed in August of ‘22 from a stroke. On RUclips, I recommend Dr. John Campbell and Vejon Health with Dr. Phillip McMillan if you are ready to dive into the rabbit hole. I am so very sorry to hear about your wife.
@@mariel.8809 anti vaxxers are still spreading lies. Every ailment now is blamed on the vaccine. I am just waiting for the anti vaxxers to blame accidents on the vaccine. Of course there was no cancer or heart attacks before Covid
On the channels mentioned below, hundreds of people have written in about turbo cancers after the shot.
@@mariel.8809so sorry to hear about your mom. I'm not vaccinated for covid because I believed the advice the government gave was wrong and if they really cared about our health they would have told the public things to do to improve their health and not just stay indoors and drink, eat crappy food and don't do anything to help yourself. I realized that during covid all the holistic doctors I follow on RUclips disappeared and was replaced with recommendations I never showed an interest in before🤔
I am senior citizen. Until 2 years ago I didn't even have a PCP. Never had any checkups or yearly exams. I never felt sick. I never got jabbed for anything. I don't get flu or cold. I don't drink or smoke. I eat what I like, but I try to be physically active. When you have "healthcare for profit", the ONLY thing that matters is money. Your health and well being only matter if you are sick...so the system can make money off of you.
This is capitalism which Americans want.
@@karlabritfeld7104-capitalism is not the problem. Socialized Healthcare is, aka Obamacare
@@ernies8828you are clueless! Where in the world do you get that nonsense from.
Kudos to you!
@@Person-mh6xqnope
I refuse those
Me too.
Me too. At age 70 I think it is my decision to make.
Same here!
Many people think that we are only this physical body. I believe our emotions also play a major role when it comes to our health. Emotions like anger, fear, resentment have a uncomfortable feeling and when we habour them long term they manifest as sickness.
For our physical body we need healthy food, exercise ect. But it is also very important to have a peaceful, stress free mind. As an elderly person I would be happy if many people understood this.
In Australia senior citizens have special benefits but I do not go for any of these tests and I do not take any medications either . I will be 81 next month and I believe it is my lifestyle that keeps me healthy.
I hope more people become aware of the importance of taking care of their health without depending on the health care system.
A little early but here goes...
🎉🎈 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎈🎉
@@thisisme3238 Thank you very much. Stay healthy ❤
@@lakshmiillangasinghe2799 yw
The Body Keeps The Score is a fantastic book that documents the way toxic emotions can physically cause issues in our body
THIS!💯Cancer is often sparked from trauma which can be mental or held in the physical-it’s a released/ unlocked genetic expression.
You are saying as a dr. what I have been telling family for years.Thank you for your honesty!
America loves to keep the traumatic medical screenings because keeping people traumatized leads to people becoming addicts to cope with trauma. That consumerism from addiction to cope with trauma is a massive business
100% true.
@@ChristianAndrew1.4 capitalism at it's finest. Game the system
@@Sarah-with-an-H I'd have to categorize it more as Sadistic Psychopathy at its worst by those who hide it the best.
bingo!!! This is it!!
@@ChristianAndrew1.4 it's the mindset of capitalist corporations in America. Bottom line we are the product to them while we're not treated with basic dignity.
As a practicing RN , I have long had this position due to multiple perforations post colonoscopy I have cared for in my 40 year career. Some of them nearly life ending peritonitis. Often found out days after the procedure. With no warning to the patient of an issue.
Oh my goodness.
That had to be noticed!!?! There were some who ended up with colostomys. I’m glad I’m anonymous here. Thank you for your honesty.
Not saying that there is not a place for the procedure. Have symptoms first, get screened first. Make the process worth the risk.
Thank you. I feel so much better now. I am 65 years old and just had my annual physical check up and my doctor insisted I get a colonoscopy. I had one done 5 years ago when I was 60 and was told to get it done after 10 years. I refused to have this procedure done inspite of the doctor insisting😅
Another risk they don’t mention is Colitis secondary to introduction of foreign bacteria (when they don’t sanitize/sterilize the equipment well enough after use). Yes this happened.
The medical establishment kept pushing that everyone should have one at 50. I dreaded it so much and put it off until 60. Fortunately they said everything looks good, and don’t come back for 10 years. When the time comes, I’m going to put it off for another ten years. And then since I will be eighty, not going to bother. One and done! My anxiety about the whole thing caused more harm than good. I have lost faith in the medical establishment and instead pin my hopes on healthy eating and a positive attitude.
I know a lady in her early 80s who was scheduled for colonoscopy. Because of the diarrhea from the prep, she rushed to the toilet, fell and broke her hip. Instead of colonoscopy, she had hip surgery. Sad.
@@CL-im9lkWhich NOBODY should be having at 80!!! NOBODY! THAT is an example of money grubbing 🤬
@@CL-im9lk That's terribly sad! Omg
@@CL-im9lk omg, that is so sad! I hope she recovered from the hip surgery.
A medical malpractice attorney I know told me that the highest number of malpractice lawsuits he sees are from colonoscopy perforations. My dad died from a knife slip perforation to his bladder for what was supposed to just be a "routine" scope.
My compliments, Dr. Dhand. Spreading the truth -- as unpopular as it may be -- is a great service to people.
Some years ago, I was taking with a physician acquaintance. He's a cardiologist and researcher with a big famous hospital. (They would probably have me killed if I named them.) He told me the doctors have quotas for writing prescriptions, and, more importantly, for ordering tests. If they fail to order enough tests, their pay is docked. That was all I needed to know.
And a quota to see a certain number of patients!
DR SUNEEL YOU ARE THE BEST. WOW WHAT A GREAT HEART YOU HAVE FOR MANKIND. YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH. THANK YOU. THANK UOU.
I waited five years past the rec date for my first (and only) colonoscopy. The doctor made it sound like I might drop any day. The procedure was a joke. Assembly line gurneys of people lined up and ready to be probed. My results were negative. The GI doctor told me to avoid nuts and seeds in my diet. Six years or so later I visited the same Doc (on an unrelated issue) and during the conversation told him I wasn't eating any seeds or nuts. *He asked me why!* *I told him because those were his instructions.* He just shrugged it off. Now all I do is the OBT test.
“Health care” and “United States” should not be used together.
That's nuts about the nuts - did they give you a reason?
@@soggymoggytravels As the story went, they told me I have diverticulitis, or maybe it's diverticulosis, which ever is the least problematic of the two. The “doctor” told me that seeds and nuts could end up trapped in little “pouches” in my colon and possibly end up causing inflammation. So I studiously avoided eating them. Then, when I saw the same doctor many years later, *he waved off the advice he had previously given me.* Ever since, I have been enjoying a robust diet of nuts, seeds and anything else that was previously “forbidden,” with no adverse effect.
@@Support_Ad_Blocker Ah, okay, thanks for the explanation. Well, I haven't heard of advice before to avoid nuts and seeds, just some advice to avoid high fibre foods if people's digestive systems find it hard to break down fibre. Hope your digestion is better now!
I had my first ever colonoscopy a year ago at the age of 63 after a home test detected blood. I did have a benign tumor as well as a few polyps. Unfortunately, a small polyp was a real bleeder so after bleeding all through the night, I had to drive myself to the emergency room the next morning where they admitted me to emergency and did a second colonoscopy that afternoon to cauterize the bleeding. I had lost so much blood that they kept me overnight in ICU. I will now be paying close to $6000 for all the medical bills that insurance wouldn't cover. It is going to take me several years to pay this off. Never again!
Sue the hack and the facility that caused it in the first place. Minimum $50k damage demand. Make them settle.
That’s terrible.
A real bleeder or they didn’t properly cauterized after biopsy or excision? 🤔
@CL-im9lk I believe the small polyp wasn't properly cauterized. Believe it or not, I was also scheduled to have open heart surgery later that month to receive a mechanical mitral valve but that had to be postponed for a month to allow my body to heal from the colonoscopy. 2023 was a total nightmare for me!
In my experience and according to some medical experts, colon polyps of any type can appear and disappear on their own. Anyone else know about that?
The fear of being punctured is what kept me away from those test. Paying attention to what your body is doing , is the first line of defense.Thank you sir.
I watched a senate hearing recently that had a Harvard Dr saying that No nutrition classes are required to earn a degree. It's absurd...nutrition is the bases of health.
They want people to eat pillz for breakfast 💊 💊 💊 💊
It’s in Australia too! So many friends in the 50-60 year range addicted to them every year and give me (65) the ‘look’ when I say I haven’t been to a doctor for 26 years! Know your own body!!!
And I assume you are probably the healthier of all your friends too!
@@thisisme3238 100%
I haven't been recently neither
Haven't had a pap smear in 10 years..or more
Been with one man
He's been with me only too
I haven't been to a doctor for 17 years and counting now. I have lost all faith in the medical beast system. I just cant.
Finally, a physician who can think for himself.
And hasn't been bought out by the drug company.
There are other doctors on RUclips who also tell the truth. Dr Cywes, Dr Ken Berry, Dr Anthony Chafee, Dr Jason Fung,
Dr. Robert Lustig, and Professor Ben Bikman.
Good luck with that!
this if you watch around is what many doctors are starting to do,come out so to speak and as a way of supplementing the many dollars they will loose in practice they are selling creams natural remedies,look at dr, Gundry??? world renowned heart surgeon,now internet and book millionaire selling information not operations??? take all this new wave with thought.
Thank you for speaking out against the Medical Industrial Complex!
Here's an added dimension to all that: my screening colonoscopy five years ago was fully covered by insurance (and results were normal). But when more recently I needed a diagnostic colonoscopy to explain real symptoms (thankfully not related to cancer), I had to pay out of pocket. Insurance would not cover a colonoscopy when there was actually something potentially wrong!
On top of that, if you do a screening colonoscopy and they do find something, the procedure is considered diagnostic and it isnt covered at 100% as preventative. So you dont know going in if the procedure is paid 100% (no deductible or copay) or not. Ask me know I know?!? 😂 That said, I am still glad I did the colonoscopy as they found a small tumor that I probably wouldn't have discovered until it was too late without the screening. My opinion is a screening at 60ish is probably a good idea, but if you dont find anything, no need to do them every year.
Says a lot doesn't it?
@@diannthomas7849 Wow, that's good extra information. So we mustn't assume our screening colonoscopy will be just that. By the way, I've always been told that screening colonoscopies, if all is normal, are done every 5 years or more, and not every year.
I had one c scope and they found polyps. It was covered - good thing it was $5k. 2nd one was clear but not covered pre-existing condition. No more - at least when not covered.
Totally agree! People who have regular routine colonoscopies do not live longer than those who don't.
My dad (healthy non-drinker/non-smoker) skipped his first recommended colonoscopy at 50, got symptoms and was diagnosed with aggressive late stage colon cancer at age 52 that spread to his lungs and liver and he died at 56. The doctors told us that his particular type of colon cancer was such a fast grower that if he got his recommended test at 50 it probably would have still been a polyp at best or a curable stage 1 at worst. These were the best cancer doctors in the Boston area, some of the best in the world. Harvard, Mass General, Dana Farber cancer center. By the way, he had no family history of colon cancer. Now they have lowered the guidelines for the first test from 50 to 45. Good thing for me because at age 45 I had polyps removed from my colon and my stomach. I'm glad I didn't skip my tests! I realize that my story is only one account, but I swear on my father's grave that every word of it is true. Go ahead and skip your tests if you want, I can't tell people what to do but please don't spread uneducated garbage comments on-line because I, for one, can tell you that my father would have lived decades longer if he got his routine colonoscopies. He would have gotten to know his grandkids and I believe he would be alive and 74 years old today instead of passing away at 56 with very poor quality of live after age 53.
Great point!
I think most people in general are afraid of death, and that is why they follow what the Doctor says, they may view them as "experts", but we have the ability to know when something is wrong, to nclude the medical greedy agenda🙄
We should all do what is right for us individually.
Eventually we will die & it should be our choice how we do it.
I’m 53 and I do no testing or screenings of any kind.. in fact I don’t have a doctor and haven’t been to one in a few decades.. I take zero meds not even over the counter
My wife and are both 55 years old. We frustrate our doctors due to our non compliance to these money making colonoscopies. We both still weight train and train our cardio. I make homemade healthy meals every week and have a glass or two of wine 🍷 every night while cooking. And our family of five remained part of the placebo group during the pandemic, all recovering with natural immunity! We treat the temples that God blessed us with as best we can and have reaped the benefits of good health. God bless you doctor for your integrity!!
Drinking wine isn’t healthful, it’s just a myth from an association study.
One glass of red whine has over 50 toxins in it. Google it. Mostly pesticides. Switch it up to lemon water and live to be 100. What do you consider a healthy meal- give me an example. I am basically a practical expert and I will share my opinion with you...if you want it.
God bless you for sharing!! ☺️
It really does come down to lifestyle changes about 95% of the time. Getting off processed foods, carbs and sugars. Increasing activity, losing weight and treating your body better. The medical industry is great for acute injuries and things like that but all that other stuff he talks about here is about making a few people a lot of money.
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I’m so glad someone is speaking out on this bull#$@%! I don’t do those anymore.👊🏻
There's something about colonscopy in the UK that few people realise. Colonoscopy instruments cannot be sterilized because they are optical instruments. In the UK they are 'cleaned' between patients, in the US each instrument receives a new sleeve between patients - a disposble condom like tube with lens on the end. In theory cleaning is fine, however. like any system or activity reliant on human dilligence things often don't follow protocol. You can be 100% certain that colonoscopy instruments in UK hospitals have with some regularity gone from patient to patient without adequate cleaning or no cleaning at all. It's undoubtedly why post procedure infection rates in the UK are very high. There is scientific evidence that supports the idea that cancers can be seeded, a colonoscopy including biopsy could concievably retain cell matter if not cleaned adequately, it could then be introduced into the next patient. It's an absolute scandal that is not being addressed by the NHS on grounds of cost.
@@jennifermarlow. Wrong, they've been in use for over 20 years, whether they are commonly used depends on how much you are spending on your procedure.
How can it be sleeved if the tool has to cut out a polyp? Sleeving must be rare. I’m in U.S. and refuse colonoscopy. I’ve no symptoms and no family history.
Thanks for this critical information. The things that the medical establishment does not tell patients. I think I won't get a colonoscopy since i don't have sxs. I have had two in my life at 36 yrs. old and at 62 yrs old.
Same with catheters after bladder operations, 90 percent of people get infections afterwards. Bloke in sterile services department knew that and his wife was going to have a bladder op. He personally gathered the instruments and tubes that would be used and cleaned them thoroughly, then addressed the whole package to the surgeon, with his wife's name inside. Eye-opening experience for me, one , that it's such a problem and two, that he could do that but as NHS staff, I guess there are some perks.
They are generally "high level disinfected", "some" specific type scopes cable be sterilized but very FEW. The major effecting problem is that the scopes cannot be taken apart to be cleaned/decontaminated effectively. As a sterile processing expert I have had multiple training, attended educational symposiums annually and listened to doctors AND studies. I'll NEVER forget the one study that took TEN brand new scopes and used each one 100 times - they cleaned each scope between usage/cases PER MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS (*legally you MUST follow their specifications*) THEN after following the prescribed process, REPEATED the cleaning process (doubling the recommendation). AFTER the hundred uses each scope was then tested and it was found that SEVEN of the ten scopes were STILL FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED! *NO sterilization OR high-level disinfection can be achieved when a scope cannot be effectively cleaned - Period! And this was found after DOUBLING the decontamination process. You WILL develop an infection and that VERY likely can be life threatening. BE cautious. And my favorite Doc enfactically stated the RISK of perforation on the table (= death) is FAR greater than the majority of what other issues may be found that if discovered routinely (not do to issues/illness being addressed) will highly unlikely affect you before normal age of death.
When I cared for my elderly mother, the doctor was constantly pushing for tests to be done, often costly to her insurance. If she failed to do them, the office would call and call. After she did the procedure, the office rarely got back to us with the results. It was pretty obvious the tests didn't actually matter, just charging for the tests mattered.
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Yep. I had to nag for months to get my results from an EKG and chest X-ray.
Former healthcare worker here. I will let you in a little known secret: Doctors/clinics with Medicare contracts, have metrics that they have to meet in order to keep their contracts. So, X amount of patients have to have screening test, vaccinations, medication reviews, etc each year. If those metrics aren't met, then the Doctor/clinic will lose their contract.
My doctor said a screening colonoscopy was medically recommended & 100% covered by insurance, so I said, ah, okay...
So I was very surprised when bills came for $wtf500++!!?
and when I questioned that the hospital said, oh, the colonoscopy WAS covered 100% but these are charges for having anesthesia during the procedure, and the anesthesia recovery room supervision...
Do you think they should have told me that beforehand?? Or asked, hey do ya want anesthesia with this colonoscopy? 😖
I was invited to a talk about prostate cancer by my health insurance a couple of months ago. The speaker was a doctor, Harvard-educated, and worked for the Presbyterian Hospital in NY. He mentioned that nearly every man who dies of old age dies with some level of prostate cancer (sorry for the terminology), but it’s so minimal that it never becomes an issue. Basically, whatever they find in you during routine tests is, by definition, open to interpretation for the vast majority of men. It made me wonder how many people are being misdiagnosed with prostate cancer right now when in fact they would live just fine if they didn't get that diagnosis.
Someone told me most men don’t get treated for it. Is that true.
Every Dr. I have been to wanted me to have a mammogram, colonoscopy, and bone density test. I refused every one of them. I am done with screening when I have no symptoms. My insurance company called me monthly to remind me to have these tests. It is all about the money. Greed, Greed, Greed.
You got that right I wrote up above I went to an appointment just to get my anxiety medications unfortunately I have to see him in person three times a year he called in every test from a lug screening to a color guard to a cervical spine x-ray mammogram pap smear I'll be 57 Friday I had early menopause at 42 I'm not doing any of it
Money grab and creating fear in people about their health. Disgusting!!!
The two mammograms I've had were so painful I stopped having any more. There must be a better way than having my ample breasts squashed in that contraption.
@lindaraha That's exactly what I was told by doctor and frequently having the insurance call me about the same things. I have always had a "gut feeling" a lot of these things are unnecessary. If you're not sick, don't need to go to the doctor til you are sick. I was raised that way and plan on living that way.
@@msr1116I told my doctor I would not be getting those because I did not want the radiation in my body. They didn't like hearing that from me, but I figure "my body, my choice."
Thank you Dr. The world becomes a better place whenever I watch your videos.
As an RN I took care of so many people who had the bowel perforation and where very Ill. Like bleeding out
Thank you for sharing this. I remember how my gastroenterologist told me that perforated colon during the procedure was "rare ". Sure doesn't sound like it.
Not to say that every patient should avoid a colonoscopy. In some symptomatic cases the benefits of ruling out things like cancer outweigh the risk. However, I'm beginning to rethink the guidelines.
I took care of one too and it was nightmarish !
Right On! I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia eleven years ago. I was on eight prescription drugs I was told I would be on them for life. I ask the specialist if changing my eating and lifestyle habits would help. He basically said I was wasting my time. Long story short, a diet free of processed foods, processed sugar and moderate exercise has got me off seven prescription drugs and lost forty pounds. I have been living this way for eleven years now and have no interest in putting my trust in the medical system again. Healthy patients are bad for business.
@@Brian-rs4ug agree I refused to take any meds for my fibro! Cut out Dairy and gluten and low sugar and keep it in check!
There is still enormous pressure in Australia to have colonoscopies at the very slight symptom or even just because of age. It is even considered by some people in my age group ( 60+) as an avoidable rite of passage. All through my adult life I went through the same over-servicing with respect to breast cancer "preventive" screening. Of course there is the greed factor and he medical industry just keeps people constantly terrified so they will play along but we don't have to! We can resist, by getting to know our bodies, looking after them and being alert to changes, whilst retaining faith in their capacity to heal. Thank you fort his video which validates my stance.
Your family physician refers you to a specialist. The specialist orders tests from a lab. The lab tests come back "inconclusive." Meanwhile, everyone in the referral chain is making money off of your fear. It's a racket.
Well said 💰💰💰
I refuse ALL types of screening. I don't trust anyone.
I am the captain of my own ship.
Hope it remains upright. . 😳
@@dsmith6601 It will. Don't worry.
Ever hear the story about a ship and an iceberg?
@@frequentlycynical642 you do you
Thank you. Reminds me of maniac asymptomatic flu testing
65 year old retired biomedical science teacher here. I have always avoided having a routine colonoscopy despite feeling somewhat obligated to after turning 50. I just always regarded it unnecessary, invasive, and largely driven by greed. I’ve always felt compelled to live as an example to my students by exercising regularly and having good eating habits. So, I’m so pleased by how clearly and eloquently you explain what l’ve suspected for many years.
My Dr. has been trying to schedule me for a colonoscopy since I turned 50. That was 18 years ago and he has since retired. I'll get another Dr. when I feel like I need one. I always felt it was just for the $$$.
Preach it, Doc! I'm right there with you. My acquaintances in the medical industry tell me I have to do it, since it's the "gold standard of care," and then won't listen when I tell them why I'm boycotting that, and mammograms, and the other stupid, harmful "screenings."
I think mammograms are important if I didn't get one I wouldn't have known I had breast cancer the mammogram can detect cancer a colon screening is too invasive I won't do that
@@diannbajewicz8952same for routine mammograms. Do some more research.
Colonoscopy killed my mom. The Gastroenterologist that was preforming her colonoscopy decided he would remove a few polyps despite the fact that her colon had stool lodged in it. He clipped the polyp sites and sent her home without subscribing antibiotics (mom is a transplant recipient and is immunocompromised). Within 24 hours mom went septic, gastroenterologists in the hospital denied the procedure caused the problem. She developed a plethora of drug resistant diseases and the doctors kept them all a secret despite our inquires. Mom suffered for 6 months and died due to medical malpractice.
Please do your own research before trusting any doctor. Not every doctor graduated at the top of their class. The older you are the worse they will treat you, and no one will care.
Thank you!!! Your comment just helped me make my decision NOT to do it. My doctor tried to get me to have procedure done. He knows how I believe in God and my trust and faith concerning everything in my life. He knows I say NO to everything. I only have one issue which is Hypothyroidism so I have blood work checked. Condolences to you and your family. Thank you for sharing such a difficult experience. Your testimony is saving people’s lives .
Thank you Dr Dhan , I love your video chanel, I believe in You and your explanation .Thank you for the truth .G.bless .
So very sorry; thank you for sharing; you are brave; God bless you ❤🙏
@@esthersaldana9772 I had hypothyroidism. I thought it was a life sentence to have to take the medication. I went to a chiropractor. He ordered a blood test. He prescribed vitamins and a couple of other things. I have a "normal" thyroid now. This was in 2015. As a child, I had a lot of penicllian and in my 20s, I was allergic to it. That and probably foods that I ate threw off the good/bad bacteria in the gut. I had "leaky gut." There are books out there about healing the thyroid.
@@kellyward1478 Thank you for your kind words and may God bless and keep you well always!! It saddens me the way society views the elderly especially in the medical institutions.
Thank you for this video! I went to a health care provider a few weeks ago. She was really trying to sell the colonoscopy to me. I said I would think about it, I was more into homeopathic medicine , not pharmaceutical based medicines or all these tests, except blood tests.. She went into this whole fear factor, "... colon
cancers are on the rise, 1 in 5 people get it, I've had patients come back to me 5 years later thanking me.." I said it's my choice, if I get colon cancer that's on me. She said "I don't think I'm the right provider for you". That is the only thing she said that I agreed with.
I'm 72 and refused the colonoscopy test many times. Highly invasive and there is a small chance of a perforated colon. That's very serious. It does happen.
Well, it is NOT highly invasive.
@@Person-mh6xqare you serious? Of course it’s invasive!
The skill of the surgeon doing the colonoscopy is paramount.
Two of my uncles nearly died from this procedure, bad inexperienced doctors.
In different hospitals Ireland 🇮🇪
It's extraordinary invasive.@@Person-mh6xq
I agree with.you 1000% .
I feel the same way about mammogram. That's my personal opinion.
My brother in law had a "routine" colonoscopy done and they rammed the scope through his colon. Lots of surgery later after nearly dying, he's still not right. Cheers from Chinada 🇨🇳🇨🇦🍻
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My aunt had her colon nicked during a colonoscopy and she spent over a week in the hospital recovering so she refuses to get one ever again.
Sorry to hear about your brother in law!
And yes, may God save Canada! 🍁
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@@billh.5360 it's weird though. Some people WANT doctors to look for problems that they will inevitably find. So there's that
Chinada 🤣 sorry about BIL
I had my 3rd this year at age 71. My 1stt at age 51. My 2nd at age 61. No symptoms and never a polyp. No family history of colon cancer. But the doctor said he'll see me again at age 81! I DON'T PLAN ON IT!!
Thanks Dr for your integrity and for speaking truth!! 👏👏👏
This doctor is awesome! Honest to the bones!
I just moved to the USA from Europe. My health care provider here actually sends me snail mail and emails asking me why I haven't been into their office and reminding me of a whole slew of tests I need to take (which my doctor in Europe says I dont). Mmmm, maybe I don't stop by because I am not feeling sick. I can't believe a doctor is actually soliciting business like a junk mail spammer
Stellantis 😂😂😂
Time to fire your doctor, and hit UNSUBSCRIBE! And get a new one only when you feel like you need one.
@@FLANNELSHIRT Its not the doctor, it's the healthcare provider. I dont really go to the doctors, and if I got rid of mine, I would just have to choose another one in the same healthcare provider. It's easier to be on the roles of a doctor if I get sick and need an antibiotic or something.
Why would you want to leave Europe for the US?
@@benjaminhoffman3848 $$$$$$$ 😀😀😀
I couldn't agree more. Thank you!!! BTW enjoy your videos, please keep them coming.
I am 76 years old and last year my doctor was talking to me about getting a colonoscopy I told her no I had absolutely zero symptoms and I couldn't understand and she kept pushing it so we kind of had to like go toe-to-toe I said no I'm not going to do it and then I was doing some research and I found out for people my age it's more of a risk than a benefit sad to say in America is about money
Same with me Judy. I kept refusing, and he kept getting angrier.
Bingo!
@@jennifermarlow.You might want to research the supplement Berberine. I took it for a digestive problem. I was on Berberine for 4 months and my cholesterol dropped significantly as did my desire for grazing and snacking throughout the day.
That was my thought,...seems the prep alone could be shaky for the elderly.
@@007Mugs Thanks for the information about Berberine suppliment.
great!!!! I'm a retired RN 35 yrs mostly acute care hospital experience and am 70 yrs old. I got a primary care physician 3 yrs ago am on one pill for blood pressure. I have always been health conscious, only have processed food once or twice a year when travelling. I will not have a colonoscopy unless like you say I have an unexplained change in bowel habits, or a high risk factor, which I don't. I agree with you on every count, I only use reading glasses, and very little dental care, but did opt out of a false diagnoses from an unscrupulous dentist. A second exam confirmed that. I will use healthcare when necessary and am all for acute care.
I've just had a look at a study in jama that states the cumulative risk of complications for outpatient colonoscopies to be 3.4%. So if you start at 45 years old and have one every 5 years to 75 years old thats 7 events, so your risk of complications is around 24%. Some of those complications are extremely serious including death.
That is not how statistics and probability work. It is still 3.4% per event. Proving it is easy. Let's say (if it were possible in a lifetime) to have 33 exams. By this math that would put a patient over 100%, a perceived mathematical certainty.
Yet, let's say the patient escaped with their life the first 32 times. Would that
mean a guarantee of an event on the 33rd? No it would not. The risk on #33 would still be 3.4%.
They start you at 50, and they recommend it every 10 yrs - unless you have polyps. Also, risk isn't cumulative. Each event is independent.
@@Flea-Flicker Are you trying to tell me that if you have one exam and your risk is 3.4 % then you have another exam with the same risk that your possibility of a complication isn't twice as much? Of course it is.
I just looked up how many colonoscopies are performed in the US every year.
The top search hit was for the year 2012, with 15 million colonoscopies performed.
So take 15 million x 3.4 %, and you get 510,000.
That is 510,000 "COMPLICATIONS" from colonoscopies for that year, in the US!
It may appear to be a tiny amount when a potential patient hears that the rate is, "only 3.4 %" out of 15 million performed, but 510,000 complications is a LOT!
I do not want to be one of them.
AND, I seriously doubt that the percentage is that low!
I am sure that what is allowed to be accepted into these reported statistics is a very narrow time-frame and has other restrictions that keep the percentage artificially low!
@@tonyg9511 No, each time you flip a coin, getting heads is a 50% chance. Even if you flip the coin 9 times and get tails each time, the chance of getting heads on flip 10 is still 50%. Of course, if you don't flip the coin, you have no chance of getting any result.
I’ll take my chances and lumps with using as less healthcare as humanly possible
Totally agree! Look into the 1980’s mandatory folic acid added to our foods, in America. Look at the reasons why countries banned folic acid! Saw the article in a peer reviewed medical journal.
I wish Drs were like you, i remember when they were the majority, back in 2004, the medical establishment changed,
Thats another story,
You are a great Dr.
You dare to Care ❤
You actually MADE the case for colonoscopies in the USA, ... OUR DIET.
So now I think I am going to get one done!
Thanks for the logical conclusion.
NO brainer!