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My mom is now under the care of my Doc and is having a colonoscopy today to remove the remaining polyps. Doc said anyone with polyps should have colonscopy every 2 years. I also was told that with Crohns, if you have had disease for 8 years or more they want more frequent colonoscopies I assume every other year.
Barium Enema - Once every 48 months (or every 24 months if you are high risk) when used instead of sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. All people with Medicare age 50 and older or at high risk for colorectal cancer, but there is no minimum age for having a screening colonoscopy. You pay nothing for the fecal occult blood test. You pay nothing for the flexible sigmoidoscopy or screening colonoscopy if your doctor accepts assignment.