A colonoscopy is considered the gold standard when it comes to screening for colon polyps and colorectal cancer. Yet a colonoscopy – and the steps required to get one – can cause a spike of anxiety.

Well, the weather outside is frightful. I write this column every year, and every year, letters come to me. Some say, "I finally went, and everything was FINE! I'm so relieved!" Most of them say that.

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