For those of you who are older, and are staring down the barrel of that dreaded 50 year old birthday that comes with a most unpleasant of procedures, might I suggest the gentle, and smaller hands, of Dr. Nader Balba, of Gastro Health for all of your colonoscopy needs. Dr. Balba runs a tight ship, and while "a-strollin through your colon", you'll be so unconscious, you won't even know that the just ran a garden hose full of medical instruments through your most intimate of areas. And not only is he good with the scope job, he's also easy to communicate with. Not sure if you want to be put under for the procedure. Well, you're in luck, because over the course of my diagnosis, one of mine was wide awake, and I was looking at the procedure live, on a 50 inch plasma tv in the operating theater. You've never seen a Polyp until you've seen it on a Samsung! Don't want to travel into DC or Fairfax to get probed like aliens have landed in rural Appalachia? One of the centers for probulation is right here in Chantilly at the intersection of 28 and 50. It's so close, you won't have to worry about the traffic on route 50 causing an issue with you, since you took round 2 of the "prep" 4 hours ago and are still convulsing. No where near 50 years old but are having some serious gastro-issues. Well you're in luck, he actually treats those too. And he'll keep probing you until he finds out the problem! If you look up the word Tenacious in the dictionary, you'll see a picture of him standing at the colonoscopy machine, "threading the needle" as I lay unconscious on the gurney. And he even called me at 9 pm on a Friday night to give me some results. Granted, those results came with a prescription a bunch of "pills" that get into your body through a hole other than your mouth. But, he's on top of his game, and you'll barely feel violated after an appointment with him. Did I mention he has small hands? He does. Probably the most important thing to consider when choosing this kind of a doctor. You'll be walking out of the office saying "Balba Balba He's our Man, he's got really tiny hands!" read more