March 24, 2004

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  Colonoscopy Parties Remove Fear Factor
  
  
  By RENEE LEE
  Associated Press Writer
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  PLANO, Texas- When oncology nurse Audrey Thompson invites her friends to a party, she often dares them to bare their bottoms.
  
  On a recent Saturday, a dozen or so of her co-workers took the challenge. They arrived  to drop their pants - for a colonoscopy.
  
  Thompson, a self-described health crusader, has organized several parties in the past year, partly for selfish reasons. And, no, it is not to see her friends in uncompromising positions.
  
  "I hate to say this, but we have so much fun," said Thompson.

  
  

   

  
  

   

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