But after getting out all that nasty poopy, you feel so cleansed and pure.
Pretty sure I recognized some White Rose System remnants eaten months earlier during one prep.
OT: Colonoscopy Prep
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Pretty sure I recognized some White Rose System remnants eaten months earlier during one prep.
yea, that problem has been going on for years. another way for the insurance companies to screw you
I was an early adopter due to diverticulosis.
The moral of that story, for all you kids out there, is apparently that you should always take your time when defecating or you'll wind up seeing a gastro well before normal. No pushing.
But seriously, who has time to poop? I can't be sitting there all day. I got stuff to do. 😃
Hint: never follow too closely behind a friend who has just started the prep routine.
Isn't it the "usual 10 years?" That's what my doc said, and I was put on 5 year follow-up. Consider yourself lucky. Someone close to me just had cancerous polyps removed, and they are getting ready to check the surrounding tissue to determine if it has spread.
reading this board tends to fill you up with 💩, alot of it mine 🤗
so an annual cleansing is needed , before you are so full of it no one wants to talk to you.🚷
see my earlier post. the new regs say you should start at 45, earlier if you have any family history
see my post above. NEVER WAIT THE 10 YEARS
For me, perhaps due to the diverticulosis, it's been every 5 years, with the one-time 3 year check after the polyps were found.
Let's hope that, for the person close to you, the cancer hasn't spread. Cancer sucks.
Third round going back to 2017. Throat, then lung, now this. We are battle tested. Told the wife and kids to change their last name, because there seems to be some causation associated with it. . . . or is it?
💩 happens. Keep chopping.
Our family has had it's run ins with cancers as well, so far with luckily positive outcomes. From what I've seen when taking a parent to MSK (both in NYC and then Basking Ridge for chemo), cancer is an all too common problem in the area. Probably in all areas.Third round going back to 2017. Throat, then lung, now this. We are battle tested. Told the wife and kids to change their last name, because there seems to be some causation associated with it. . . . or is it?
💩 happens. Keep chopping.
As you say, gotta keep chopping and try to enjoy every day we get.
The last time I went, right as I was getting the anesthesia, the doctor cleared the room, and I'm pretty sure I heard a zipper, but I'm not sure....
I'm kidding. This is actually a topic I believe it. Brother had colon cancer, caught early, so "no big deal", but in reality, it was a big deal. I've told friends to get checked, but they're either scared or homophobic, so they give BS answers like, "well my doctor hasn't told me to do it yet."
I'm kidding. This is actually a topic I believe it. Brother had colon cancer, caught early, so "no big deal", but in reality, it was a big deal. I've told friends to get checked, but they're either scared or homophobic, so they give BS answers like, "well my doctor hasn't told me to do it yet."
Warren Zevon said it well: "Enjoy every sandwich."
Have had recurring digestive issues since birth, although have found that since moving to a strict keto-type diet almost 2 years ago, cutting out bread, processed foods, sweets, french fries, etc., the recurring digestive issue has not occurred. Cancer care has improved incredibly.
I just heard a story of someone recently in their late 30s catching it too late and passing away a year later. Sad situation with a couple of young kids at home. .
Lots of good info here . Get screened. Thanks for sharing.
Lots of good info here . Get screened. Thanks for sharing.
This article describes what you're about to experience.
That's a great and hilarious article. I kept wanting to post quotes from it here, but decided it would be somewhat like spoiling a movie. It's definitely worth a read for anybody with a good sense of humor. And doubly worth it if you're 45+ and hesitant to get a colonoscopy done.
And it does indeed address drinking Vodka during the prep with a caution that it could lead to needing to burn down one's house.
Everybody I know says that. The cleansing does make you feel super for a day or two. I insist on Demerol. They typically don't use that anymore but I had a nasty experience my first procedure and I can still remember it and the discomfort. Told him about it prior to next one and that's when he suggested it. Love the stuff. "Goodnight and good morning. How'd it go Doc?"
Same here. Due for one in fall next year. With the new high deductible plan I'm afraid if they find one I'll have to pay the whole damn thing.
Let's hope they do not for anything. But if they do, the money spent, irritating as it is, will be well worth it.
thinking about it. I've had a very bad year for things. 2 MRI's and now a cat scan for Sinuses. I blew away my deductible in Feb! And I'm within a few hundred bucks of my Max out of pocket. Just realized I should try to squeeze one in (no pun intended) this year just in case!
Crazy how you have to manage things under this plan. Putting off stuff early in the year then cramming stuff in at the end. I may need a shot in the neck too so I mind as well get that.
I'm guessing Propofol is the most common these days, but don't really know for sure. Meperidine (Demerol), Fentanyl, and others are sometimes used too, although again, how often I don't know.
Propofol is the gold standard.
Best sleep ever. no nausea/vomiting. wears off quickly once they stop administering it. A good anesthesiologist can taper it so you are awake to watch the very end of your procedure.
Fentanyl & Versed are the second option, but the fentanyl can give you a lot of nausea and the Versed lingers, both depending on your dose.
you'd be surprised by 2 things:
1. the number of people who want NO sedation and want to be awake for the procedure
2. the number of people who want to be awake to see a little bit of their insides.
Wow, thanks but no thanks. Waking up without the faintest recollection of ever being wheeled in or out of the procedure room suited me just fine. Besides, I'm not all that sure I'd be able to "assist" much anyways, lol... 😎
If someone is sticking something up my rear, let alone 17,000 miles up, I want to be pretty much out cold the entire time.
If I could get it, I'd want Propofol sedation for the DREs I now get annually. I'm gonna send out a survey to urologists in my area and then select the urologist with the smallest hands.
I don't mind pain, played through lots of sports injuries. Don't mind the sight of my own, or others, blood.
But when it comes to docs violating the one-way sign I have tattooed on my butt, I am a 100% certified grade A wuss. 😃
Last time I went in for the procedure, my wife wanted me to ask the doc if he saw my head up there.
That's awesome. So, did you ask him?
I gotta remember to ask next time I get one. Although, now that I think about it, it's probably not an uncommon joke gastro's hear. Kind of like saying "next time, buy me some candy and flowers first" after a doc does a DRE. They hear it all the time.
