That is the risk I heard, that your intestine can get torn during the colonoscopy, leading to complications. I heard the complication frequency is as high as 1%, which sounds really high. But my mother had a colonoscopy and nothing bad happened.

There are a couple of family acquaintances I am aware of that died from this. I'm at the age where it's recommended to start screening. I went with Cologuard and fortunately it was negative. My grandfather had colon cancer in his 70s so it runs in the family. Might be pressured to do the colonoscopy eventually. It's like being caught between a rock and a hard place.