But I didn’t want one. Ick. Then my wife finally said, “I know you’re rationalizing that you don’t need a colonoscopy, but you’re being selfish: There’s me, there are our kids, and you now have a grandson. Lots of people want you to be around for a long time. When you think about it that way, are you really saying that getting a colonoscopy is just too much of a bother?”