Thirded.
A friend here in town (who can still kick my @ss on the bike while on chemo) is fighting this cancer, too. The docs said if they had found it with a scope even a couple months earlier, they could have just snipped it out.
I've had 4 bowel preps for several reasons, and they are no fun, but better than the alternative. Great to hear about the pill form of the *make you go* stuff. Never heard of that before!
"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury