Colonoscopy Anybody?

[snakeyes]

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[terzmo]

Been there twice and the prep is worse than the procedure...on another item...I had a sonogram done on my testicles by a young lady and when done didn't know whether to thank or tip her...............

 

[black64]

I had one 2006 and was told see you in 5 years but three years later 2009 I had a perforated bowl and almost bought the farm had a great doctor and recovered. I had another last year and no further issues. If your 50+ get one.

 

[petieg383]

The prep for one is way worse than anything else, at least it used to be. This isn't a procedure anyone should be scared of at all. I think there are way more "routine" medical procedures done that are more uncomfortable than a colonoscopy. Anyone ever have any serious dental work done? Get a fukn needle shot into your gums? WAY worse.

Don't ignore it. Do it when the doc says. That why you have insurance.

 

[GetX'd]

Everyone by far and away says the prep not the procedure is the biggest problem. There's away to over come that as well. Ask for pills vs. the drink substance. The pills require you to take like 4 every half hour and drink a liter of water with them. They have the same effect. Just way easier then the regular prep they give you.

Either way my friends take care of your bottom half and it will take care of you.

 

[kiwigtx]

.................... Anyone ever have any serious dental work done? Get a fukn needle shot into your gums? WAY worse. .......................

Yep, I had my bottom two wisdom teeth out about 4 years ago. Right side took one injection.....the left side needed 5 of them, and I could still feel that tugging. Luckily for me all 4 wisdom's had been easy pulls....longest one took about 15 minutes. Even so, I think that Dentist's must be charging by the tooth if they come out easy....cheapest was around $250

 

[Moparmatt72]

It really depends on the person, I'm a GI nurse, those pills don't always work, course the drink doesn't always either, had one guy have to prep 3 times and still wasn't clean. It's always good to have these done, been many times we have gone in and found cancers without any symptoms, but it's always good when you can catch it early to get control of it.

 

[cdr]

the day of my procedure ,,,, I am no longer Full of Sh--!!!!! My wife says I am a hemorrhoid,, or did she say I have hemorrhoids ? & my butt hurts, LOL , Doc said everything is ok !!! glad it's over.

 

[patrick66]

I had a very horrible nightmare about this last night...I had one about three years ago, and everything was fine. Might be time for another.

 

[Pops1967GTX]

 

[fwi]

I am having my second one next Monday..... as they say, the prep is the worst part.....just make sure you have a good working toilet!

 

[Riverdawg]

I really gotta get mine done. Just need to remember to call and get it scheduled.

 

[Car Nut]

I've had over twenty of them done, had a brother suffer and die from cancer. The prep has improve over the years, so much better than what it was.

Get it done!

 

[Cranky]

On my first, I didn't even finish the prep as I couldn't stand anymore of it. Nothing more was coming out anyways so that's where I called it. I asked the doc if things were good and clear and he said it was. It's been a few years since my 2nd and the prep was much better but still wasn't all that great. I did the same thing and the doc said I was clean on that one too. My first test was like nothing happened but my 2nd time made me feel kinda odd feeling for several days. Doc said it may have been the anesthesia.....it was a different kind than the one before. The first one showed only a couple of polyps but my 2nd turned up many more. Don't delay. I have a buddy of mine going through colon cancer now.....caught it somewhat early on his first colonoscopy.

 

[Bb70charger500]

Screw that nonsense they give you before a colonoscopy! Try sugar-free Haribo Gummi Bears, instead! A dozen will taste real good, but they'll put you on the toilet and make you empty from top to bottom in minutes! Read the reviews on Amazon.com - they are some of the funniest things you are ever going to read! An example below the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Gummi-...082861&sr=8-1&keywords=sugar+free+gummy+bears


Size: 5 pound It was my first deployment and I had been missing a lot of stuff from the states. I could get gummi bears at the PX here but not sugar free, and with the army weight regulations I try to keep my snacking healthy. Thus, when I saw a 5 lb bag of sugar free gummies I couldn't help but putting the order in. The gummies shipped in a varily fast manner and I was relieved to notice that non of the gummies appeared to have melted or been damaged in anyway. When I got the bag I was somewhat shocked, seeing for the first time how much 5 lbs of gummie bears actually is. I knew there would be no way for me to consume them all alone. Luckily, we had a range later that week. I stashed the gummies in my wall locker until the range.
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On the day of the range, we all sat under some camo nets we had put up to protect us from the sun as we waited our turn too qualify. During this time, I broke out the gummies. Everyone was stoked. We all sat around chatting as we ate delicious soft squishy gummies washed down with Rawdatain water. So far, the range had been going smoothly. Soon it was my turn to fire. I was given range 3 and I immediately got into prone as this range starts off from the prone supported position. I adjusted my sand bags and that's when I realized something wasn't right.
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It start with just a gurgle and then a grimacing pain. I could hear the range control over the loud speaker "Firers Prepare to fire-Lock and Load your weapons" GURGLE- the noise was terrible the pain was horrifric. I tried to focus on the target by my vision started to blur and sweat poured into my shooting eye. All the while, "Firers place your selector switch from safe to semi". I could not longer feel my hands they had gone numb. I realized at that moment I had to go and I me GO. An then, "Firers, at this time you may fire your weapons". I didn't move my switch from saftey; even if my hands weren't numb, I wouldn't have trusted myself with a loaded weapon. Now, I had another problem. The range was hot! I heard firing around all around me. I weakly fumbled with my weapon and placed it in a safe position. The range safety came up to me. "Soldier, is there something wrong". The look I gave must have gave said it all. The safety waved his paddle and the call was made. "Seize fire! Seize fire! Seize FIRE!" I was up and looking for relief. Perhaps the other Soldiers stopped firing, buy my colon had just begun. I made rush to the porta johns to find they were all filled up. Of course, I had shared those gummies with at least 10 other troops. The noises coming out of those porta pots will cause PTSD for many years to come. I thought for a second about finding a place out of sight. However, it was futile, I was in the desert you could see for miles all around. Then I remember the nationals had a porta pot and likely no one else knew it was there. It was under the range control tower surrounded by a small fence.
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I rushed, as quickly as possible in my condition, clenching my cheeks and praying to every god I had ever heard of. I made it and found it was unoccupied. I opened the door to find, in my dismay, an Eastern Toilet. I began to take all my gear off in a hurry. Whilst, small amounts of air slipped past my cheeks with a liquid like feel. "Oh gods!" I thought. I clenched tighter ripping my boots off I could tell I would need all my clothing off as this was likely to cause to cause an immense back splash.Finally, disrobed, I allowed the release....it was a clumpy tidal wave of destruction. The smell was nothing of this world. I tried not to vomit as my anus took on a will of it own expeling this sickness from my system. After, I looked down in horrior at the Eastern Toilet realizing there was no way that this was going to drain properly. I accepted defeat at my attempt to clean up the terrible smelly gummie soil and washed myself up with some baby wipes I so mercifully had in my ACU pocket. I put my clothes on and stumbled out of the toilet. As I walked, one of the natives walked by me. I tried to warn him, but he didn't understand. I only heard him cry out "Allah" as he slammed the door walking away from the porta pot looking at me with fear. The eyes telling it all. He couldn't understand how that could have come out of a human being without killing them.
In the end, 10 troops were given saline solution for dehydration from the terrible gummies. Our unit swore a vow of secrecy to never speak of this experience again with one another because of the back flashes that some still have.
Thanks Haribo !

This was the best read of the year for me ,your so detailed you should write books! I sadly know about the gummys I

 

[Bb70charger500]

Working on a road crew at night (on call mechanic) tore threw a bag of these gummys and hours later speeding down the high way looking for the nearest Porto jon. The next night that porto Jon was removed from the job site ! Guess it needed cleaning