[Stokerboats]

I get my colonoscopy after a day of misery. Yesterday was the broth day, no red food no this no that, clear food only, then the two little pills to be followed by the anti freeze cocktail and hours of parts catalogs and car mags. I went through a stack of baby wipes and countless prep h pellets. Finally settled down at 11pm only to wake up this am for the final round which was the last litre of anti freeze and more time in the library then an hour later popped the last two little white pills and am waiting for the final round and a shower before I head off to the bore scope room. This is that time in life when you can truly show your arse and nobody cares. They always say if you live long enough you will get something so it pays to do what you gotta do. If you are 50 and haven't done tthis you might talk with your Dr about getting it done. It's not particulary fun ( more a nightmare) but it is life and could lengthen your days if they were to find something early. Have a good day guys, I look forward to eating later but Oh, the drama!!!!!!!!!!

 

[14decoys]

Good luck with the test. I've had it done and its not as big of a deal as I made it out to be. Not saying I want another real soon however!

 

[88502]

had one done a few years ago , said I should be good till I am 70. Not a big deal to have done. I heard in the old days they use to send a sketch artist up there

Bill (88502)

 

[Turbine]

I went though the same drano like stuff for my gastric bypass. Something I found out, what ever yours tasted like, your going to gag if you taste something simmilar for a while. :sad:

 

[HKalin]

When I had mine done years back I was supposed to drink 1 small bottle of a clear liquid then wait and drink another one later on. I remember my wife was out that night and when she came home I was already in bed when she asked me how did it go. I told her I drank the first bottle and then sh_t my brains out. She asked me if I wanted her to get the second bottle for me I told her there's no way I'm drinking that second bottle. I was almost gagging trying to get the first bottle down. Went for the test the next day was clean as a whistle. The test was going just fine till the doctor said right at the end just one more corner to go it felt like he took a 180 degree turn. The worst part was the preparation to me.

 

[DougA]

Colonoscopy is not bad,used to them,as colon cancer runs rampant in my family.Hope you never have prostate surgey,and all the internal checks that go with it,that is truly humbling.

 

[Stokerboats]

Done! In at 12:30 out at 3. They just sedated me enough to allow me to watch the entire process on the big screen. I thought I would be a bit cleaner than what I saw there but the dr said it was cleaner than most. I got an Asian dr, an asian nurse and an asian assistant. The oddest part is that while the camera is making the rounds you could see a gathering of little tiny lumps that were pollyps so I got to watch them recklessly tear 4 pollyps from my colon wall. Less than carefully taken from my perspective but then again I can be fairly anal. (pun intended) So now I gotta go back in 3 years for round 3. out:
If you guys are considering it or are unaware of it's necessity just get it scheduled and over with. Serious stuff.

 

[jpete]

It least you got sedated. I had my first(and only) at 23 because they thought I had cancer.

I had a "barium" which required them inflating me like a Macy's parade balloon and then I had to make sure I didn't repaint the room!

That means no sedation because I had to be in full control. And the carnival fun house table didn't make things easy. Apparently, rolling you all over the place is the best way to get good coverage of your intestinal tract.

 

[Mikeys69]

Thanks for the info. I go next week. My dad had colon cancer. They did the operation. 2 months later it showed up in his liver. He died 6 months later.

 

[Finally]

Been there done that, not that bad. Doc said come back in 10 years. Gotta do what you gotta do.

 

[Stokerboats]

It least you got sedated. I had my first(and only) at 23 because they thought I had cancer.

I had a "barium" which required them inflating me like a Macy's parade balloon and then I had to make sure I didn't repaint the room!

That means no sedation because I had to be in full control. And the carnival fun house table didn't make things easy. Apparently, rolling you all over the place is the best way to get good coverage of your intestinal tract.

Oh, I got the inflation too and alot of ballooning along with it. I came out to recovery and laid on my side and farted the longest 5 farts in my life. Funny thinng is as others come out from the procedure they are ripping it up as well. Comical! There are two procedures, one is the colonoscopy and the other a sigmoidoscopy. The colonoscopy is the more "in depth" deal where they sedate you and the Sigmoidoscopy is usually does not require sedation and can be done in the doctors office by a PA or a NP unlike th prior which is done by a Gastro specialist or a surgeon. Again, the prep is the worst part.

 

[LeoP]

Did mine recently as well, hated the prep, procedure was a piece of cake(pun intended also) 5 years for the next one. I also have prostate cancer, currently in AS thru the VA.

 

[forcd ind]

shoot, the bore scope is nothing-I have had 5 prostate biops, and 1 prostate MRI with a probe-try that for an hour, lol
I do get to skip this years biop., but get another MRI, but this one is something new, fun I am sure, lol
I am in a research program at John Hopkins, so my butt gets a workout
I think I get the col. in another 3 years, they know the prep. is bad, gave me $20 on my last one to try some new drink

 

[Stokerboats]

The lower parts of the body get the short end of the stick. I want no part of a prostate probe. Too bad they can't figure out a simple repair for that part of the anatomy. Nothing like standing at the urinal with a weak 2 psi stream listening to the young folks three feet away sound like a fire hose on a blaze with a 100 psi pressure shot. Some have no idea how lucky they are.

 

[VinceS427bb]

i've been dragging my feet to get this done,
but i want to fully heal up from the recent gall bladder surgery crisis...

glad it went ok for you,
i really didn't like drinking the bad tasting crap needed for some of the tests,
for the gall bladder issue.

 

[Stokerboats]

Vince I mixed lemon flavored crystal light in with it so it actually didn't have any bad taste at all. the 8 oz every ten minutes until 3 liters are gone while sitting and squirting are he bad part. After a while the butt gets raw and tender and if you are prone to rhoids they are gonna pop out. The first night began at 5pm and lasted till about 10:45 pm. Get some sleep, wake up at 6:30am the next morning and polish off another liter and a couple more little pills and sit on the can again till 11:15 hoping you are done so you can make it to the hospital without another episode. I'll tell you for sure you know you have an anus by the time you get there. Thats the worst of it though and as said the rest is a piece o cake. Getting to eat again after it's over makes you conscious of what you eat. Good luck with your next test.

 

[Tom Mobley]

The lower parts of the body get the short end of the stick. I want no part of a prostate probe. Too bad they can't figure out a simple repair for that part of the anatomy. Nothing like standing at the urinal with a weak 2 psi stream listening to the young folks three feet away sound like a fire hose on a blaze with a 100 psi pressure shot. Some have no idea how lucky they are.

Youth is wasted on the young --Winston Churchill