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At my previous colonoscopy, doctors found and removed a precancerous polyp.

That's how long I put off a colonoscopy I'd been told not to put off.

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At my previous colonoscopy, doctors found and removed a precancerous polyp. That's how long I put off a colonoscopy I'd been told not to put off. This wasn't a first screening I could shrug off.

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  • That's how long I put off a colonoscopy I'd been told not to put off.

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This wasn't a first screening I could shrug off.

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