Colonoscopy Journal:

[360]

I'm just glad I'm not your plumber.

LOL. Thankfully we are on city sewer, and I have a 3 inch main. Oh the stories I could tell.

 

[Vince49]

I think this belongs over on the Butthurt thread! And yes I have had the procedure done twice!

 

[Woodsman]

While this is a serious procedure, I LMAO at the story. Only someone who has gone through this can appreciate the humor and indignity of having this done.

When I got to the hospital for mine I ended up with this really great looking female nurse, which I thought was a good sign (other than feeling a breeze and being in front of a bunch of strangers in a corner booth so everyone walking by could sneak a peek). As I was getting ready to go under she asked if I needed anything. I said yes, you can buy me dinner because I can't believe I'm doing this for nothing.

 

[Fenway]

These people see more colons than we see guns and it's just another day at the office for them.

 

[360]

Dude, you post in the iest threads...

 

[theweakerbrother]

Getting ready to receive my third one. They'll be on the docket for a while... but they are worth it.

I had my colon shortened quite a bit. If this one comes back okay, I wont have to receive another one for 2-3 years. I've done the prep work more times than I've received colonoscopies and each time it has been different.

This coming colon blow method is splitting a giant sized bottle of Miralix between two bottles of Gatoraide. I've also had the pill form and another drug that had the look and consistency of cold egg drop soup.

For those of you who are about to drop trawl, we salute you.

 

[bwframe]

Bump to all who are heading down that hall!!

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be hitting the five-oh this year. Heading down the hall.

 

[rmabrey]

gross thread

 

[Joe Williams]

I had one a few years ago, cause they had some "concerns." The procedure itself wasn't a big deal, because I was asleep. The prep was nasty. Waking up was fun, because they apparently pump you full of air, and I had some truly EPIC farts. They were window shaking awesome, I'm here to tell you. I decided to have some fun with the nurse while I was still all groggy, and asked Cathy if she wanted to go rent a plane and go for a quick hop since I had the day off. Poor lady thought I was serious, and was MOST emphatic that I should NOT do that LOL.

There's nothing so bad about the procedure that would justify not having it if needed. Get 'er done!

 

[360]

Getting ready to receive my third one. They'll be on the docket for a while... but they are worth it.

I had my colon shortened quite a bit. If this one comes back okay, I wont have to receive another one for 2-3 years. I've done the prep work more times than I've received colonoscopies and each time it has been different.

This coming colon blow method is splitting a giant sized bottle of Miralix between two bottles of Gatoraide. I've also had the pill form and another drug that had the look and consistency of cold egg drop soup.

For those of you who are about to drop trawl, we salute you.

Likewise here. I had about 5 feet of my small intestine removed, and part of my colon, for a resection. They had me on the table with my guts sitting on my chest. I asked the surgeon to take pictures, and he did. I now have short bowel syndrome. When I eat, it is like a funnel.

He said the part of my SI they removed was like the fat side if a strip steak...real tough. It was so blocked, that everything I ate, sat in my bowels for days until it liquified, then came out like a water spicket. I lost over 100 lbs because I couldn't/didn't want to eat.

For those of you who have no idea what Crohn's is, imagine eating Taco Bell, then White Castle, then drowning it with a case of Schlitz. You know what's coming the next morning, (or even sooner in some cases) and feeling like that nearly 24/7 every day of your life. I really puts a damper on things sometimes.

 

[LtScott14]

C-Scope. BTDT. Suggest a flavor in the prep, maybe Kool aid or something non alcohol.
They had a poster of butts, mostly animals, and couple of Hollywood ones in the surgery room.The tv pictures were pretty cool. Glad to go home afterward. don't recall any real pain except for the prep before, and being a little cold during the "action"

 

[Mr. Habib]

Have a friend that had that done years ago. He was understandably nervous was asking the doctor lots of questions. At one point he ask how the doctor how he knew when he had gone far enough. The doctor told him that he puts a piece of gum on the end of the probe and when you start chewing he knows to stop.

 

[Knife Lady]

I hear there is a pill or pills you can take for the prep instead of drinking that nasty stuff. I am overdue for mine but I know I will be having it done soon. I am not looking forward to it, thats why I have been putting it off. Scared I am.

 

[theweakerbrother]

I hear there is a pill or pills you can take for the prep instead of drinking that nasty stuff. I am overdue for mine but I know I will be having it done soon. I am not looking forward to it, thats why I have been putting it off. Scared I am.

Get the scope. You will be more scared of getting a colostomy from having a polyp turned-tumor if you don't go.

If you can, stay away from the drink unless it is Miralax. The drink called Fleet is full of fail.

 

[theweakerbrother]

You also haven't lived until you've experienced a rigid sigmoidoscopy.

It is as fun as it sounds!

These NSFW pictures and videos must have been created by aliens who are incapable of human emotions.

Rigid Sigmoidoscopy: Multimedia - eMedicine Clinical Procedures

 

[Blue Tile Spook]

Had both procedures done, not at the same time. The lower I've had to have done three times.

My comment before the "good meds" hit? "You don't work for the phone company. Don't use any more cable than you have to."

The coil of line for the scope was up next to my head, along the wall and looked like something that the cable company or telephone company would have installed on a truck for industrial use.

 

[seamusalaska]

Had one done about two weeks ago. The prep is 'exciting' as some have mentioned. You'll live on the toilet or very close to it. The procedure itself was a breeze. (I had a very good doctor). I stayed awake, just slightly drugged, and watched. Very interesting. They gave me printed pictures afterwards and NO I will NOT post them. But as a great philosopher once said, "Get 'R Done". It just may save your life.

 

[A_Brit_In_Indy]

I have mine done in a few week, most definitely not looking forward to it

 

[rockhopper46038]

Also survivor of the procedure...not the absolute worst thing ever done to me, but I'm not recommending it as an alternative to Disneyland.

 

[tedbower]

Well I went to my doctor last week for a physical and just turned 50 in january so guess what I got in the mail ? A packet from the colonoscopy doctor to fill out and schedule my appt. Not looking forward to it .