Why Colon Screening Matters at Baptist Health La Grange

Colonoscopy is a flexible tube with a camera attached that's able to look throughout your colon, specifically looking for polyps or any mass that's concerning for colon cancer. So if I see these polyps or little growths, I take them out. Additionally, I'm looking for anything that's concerning for a mass concerning for cancer. If I see that, a biopsy or get a tissue sample to send to the pathologist to make a diagnosis.

It's important to keep up your screenings primarily to diagnose colon cancer early. Treating colon cancer early leads to better outcomes. If colon cancer goes untreated, it can spread to other parts of your body and lead to death. That is why it's important to catch it as soon as we can.

The benefits of having your colonoscopy done at Baptiste Grange is that it's close to home, you don't need to drive to Louisville to have it done. Additionally, as far as getting you scheduled for a colonoscopy, we tend to do it very quickly, within a month, and get results back to patients quickly as well. So that is a benefit. You know, you don't need to wait a long time to get your screening done here.

In getting a colonoscopy, this is something that's easy, takes fifteen-thirty minutes, but it can give you peace of mind knowing that you're clear for you and your family and that you can move on with your life.