Family history of colon cancer has me going to get a colonoscopy more than most. I think I have had about 5 of them and they never found anything until the one I had this morning at 57 years old. He removed 15 polyps during this procedure. He said he even tattooed some areas while he was in there. I always wanted a tattoo! Now he wants me down there next year to do another colonoscopy. They said they moved the goalpost for everybody to get one around 45/50 years old. Family history has you down there much more often... like every 3/5 years and when they find polyps they want you back every 1/3 years.