A scan might tell the story, so you could ask
for that in lieu of the
colonoscopy for now. But one thing about colonoscopies that you may wish to consider is that they can clip off polyps, which those things sometimes will turn into cancerous growths. So, it's a preventive procedure, too. In addition, let us say you have an abcess, which sometimes happens in the gut if there's a little pouch that sticks out from pressure in the intestine, and it can get infected and hurt.