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Published on March 28, 2019

Michelle Pellman and family

Video: Why YOU Need a Colonoscopy

Michelle Pellman lost her mother to colon cancer and misses her still, every day. She explains in this video why that loss was one of the big reasons she got her colonoscopy as soon as she turned 50.

Taking every step she can to prevent cancer in her own life is crucial to her – and this gold-standard screening led to finding and removing a precancerous polyp.

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