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Oh the joy! Just started drinking the good stuff to clean me out for tomorrow's colonoscopy. Getting hungry too.
GliderJohn
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Oh the joy! Just started drinking the good stuff to clean me out for tomorrow's colonoscopy. Getting hungry too.
GliderJohn
Have a ratchet strap ready to hold you down to the hopper once that stuff gets its work in ....
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By this time tomorrow, you'll be clean as a whistle inside.
Meanwhile, enjoy the Jello.
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Good luck!
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I just went through this 2 weeks ago. I’m 47 and did mine early due to my mother dying from colorectal cancer last December. I had 15 polyps!! Some were “ pre cancerous” meaning they could be if not addressed. So out they all went. I stopped drinking alcohol because of this. I used have 2-3-4 beers at night. The drinking puts me at 50% more risk for the colon cancer. Big wake up call for me. For those that really want to shy away from the colonoscopy... GO. It’s easy peasy
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I had my second on last year, every 10 years, and there was a change last time. Instead of putting me in Twilight sleep, they put me under all the way. I’m glad because I felt some discomfort the first time but couldn’t respond.
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Good for the quick loss of a few pounds.... :wink:
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Last one I had they called the next day to check on my well being. I got really serious and told them I had a question. The nurse rather gingerly asked “ok what can I help you with??” I replied, “can you explain exactly how I got this big hickey on my neck???” The silence on the phone was hilarious!
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Last one I had they called the next day to check on my well being. I got really serious and told them I had a question. The nurse rather gingerly asked “ok what can I help you with??” I replied, “can you explain exactly how I got this big hickey on my neck???” The silence on the phone was hilarious!
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BTDT many times, best of luck, drinking it is worse than expelling it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beqdxDlNnVs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beqdxDlNnVs)
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Always look on the bright side. People won't be able to say you are full of it.
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BTDT many times, best of luck, drinking it is worse than expelling it.
Drinking that stuff is worse than most anything else I have experienced.
That is NASTY tasting stuff.
Other than that, it's an easy procedure.
I had mine while under, so I took a nap and when I woke up, your all done....
kjf
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the first one I did was outpatient, meaning wide awake and very, very unforgettable.
very very :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:
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I had my colonoscopy and January one polyp, all good for another 5 years, by the way after you drink that crap to get prepped, don't bend over walls are hard to clean.
TOMB
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I just went through this 2 weeks ago. I’m 47 and did mine early due to my mother dying from colorectal cancer last December. I had 15 polyps!! Some were “ pre cancerous” meaning they could be if not addressed. So out they all went. I stopped drinking alcohol because of this. I used have 2-3-4 beers at night. The drinking puts me at 50% more risk for the colon cancer. Big wake up call for me. For those that really want to shy away from the colonoscopy... GO. It’s easy peasy
It can get better over time. At age 55, they found 3 polyps, so I went on a 3-year repeat cycle. At 58, they found two more, at 61 they just found one, and my last one at 64 they found none, so I'm back on a 5-year plan.
For anyone who's risking a pretty horrible death because they're scared of it, quit worrying. They knock you out and you don't know a thing. Not a problem even for the worst cases of white-coat syndrome!
Lannis
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My brother thought you had to drink the whole jug. Instructions are to drink until you pass clear. :weiner:
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My brother thought you had to drink the whole jug. Instructions are to drink until you pass clear. :weiner:
That's what they tell you to do.............it's about 5 gallons worth. Wait till you expel bottom side and top side at the same time.
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My brother thought you had to drink the whole jug. Instructions are to drink until you pass clear. :weiner:
That's never been my instructions, and I've done it a bunch.
"FINISH IT AND NO FOOLING AROUND" is the summary of the instructions. Although it does seem like the last gallon or so is overkill ....
Lannis
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My flush was easy! 64oz Gatorade. Big bottle of micro lax power to mix in the gator juice and like 4 small ex lax type pills. Went to the can like 5 times that evening! Lol. Doc said my prep was great. Spotless clean
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But you guys are full of it
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The flush stuff gets better each time I go! My wife had no polyps for a change and I had a couple for the first time.... so I go back again in a few years.
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My doctor for my first colonoscopy found no polyps, but he did find that wad of chewing gum I swallowed in first grade art class.
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I had my last one at the VA in Dallas. Wide awake and the Doc explained what he was seeing.
Thank goodness for indoor plumbing and no longer deciding on using the Sears or Monkey Wards catalog. Good ole days. BS.
Tex
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Oh the joy! Just started drinking the good stuff to clean me out for tomorrow's colonoscopy. Getting hungry too.
GliderJohn
aka..."Movie-Prep!!" - - like the instructions state:
"Stay very close to the toilet!!" :shocked: :rolleyes: :laugh: :grin: :wink: - - "Dooooohhhhh!!!"
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Have you guys ever heard of H2O High Colonics, some states don’t allow it, some states like Iowa have private practices that do this with gravity flow tanks, takes about 1 1/2 hour to let a couple gallons go up the intestines to the stomach, than gently vacuumed out,you can watch all the stuff that’s been stuck in there just flow out. It actually feels great and you feel much lighter for days afterword. You can get kits off amazon to do yourself at home,but it’s much easier at a state certified establishment. I started this practice about 35 years ago after reading “The Bowel Book “ you got to keep the plumbing cleaned, this method is like maintenance of periodic bleeding brakes. What you guys are doing is equivalent to Rotorooter.
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Dr. Ho....please pick up the brown phone...Dr. Ho...brown phone....
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Have you guys ever heard of H2O High Colonics, some states don’t allow it, some states like Iowa have private practices that do this with gravity flow tanks, takes about 1 1/2 hour to let a couple gallons go up the intestines to the stomach, than gently vacuumed out,you can watch all the stuff that’s been stuck in there just flow out. It actually feels great and you feel much lighter for days afterword. You can get kits off amazon to do yourself at home,but it’s much easier at a state certified establishment. I started this practice about 35 years ago after reading “The Bowel Book “ you got to keep the plumbing cleaned, this method is like maintenance of periodic bleeding brakes. What you guys are doing is equivalent to Rotorooter.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/General/i-VR3md2Q/0/e86a1324/O/WeBeAmazed.jpg) (https://lannisselz.smugmug.com/General/i-VR3md2Q/A)
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:grin: :grin: :grin:
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Thanks for all the support here, at least from some of you. :grin:
Back home. Only found one polyp. Didn't care for the long wait of about 1 1/2 hours in the prep room. Otherwise went as smooth as one can expect. Nice to be able to eat and drink again. That fasting thing didn't bring me any spiritual or otherwise supposed benefits, just made me sort of grouchy. Trying to summon the energy to go mow the jungle that was just a freshly cut yard a week ago.
GliderJohn
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The knockout stuff has improved as well. I remember going home and going straight to bed waking up the next day. Last time, I straight woke up and went for steak and eggs, and had the rest of the day.
It's still better than doing it without anesthesia. :sad:
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From LowRyter:
It's still better than doing it without anesthesia.
You got that right. Been there done that and almost kept me from consenting to any further ones when my first one was done without anything.
GliderJohn
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From LowRyter:You got that right. Been there done that and almost kept me from consenting to any further ones when my first one was done without anything.
GliderJohn
Oh, yeah. BTDT too. I was shaking with pain.. :shocked:
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Oh, yeah. BTDT too. I was shaking with pain.. :shocked:
My first one was done with no anaesthesia. Uncomfortable but no acute pain. My guy must have been steering better than yours!
Knocked out or not, a day's hassle is better than a lifetime changing colostomy bags.
Lannis
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I said while you are working on me, might as well do a vasectomy too. Walked out of the Docs office and kick started my ole pan head and road 42 miles home. The last 20 was washboard gravel. :sad:
A little bs on a Friday
Tex
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Everything the Turnip Farmer says is the unvarnished truth.. :grin:
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Next one will be # 3 or 4 for me. Only slightly overdue (Apr of this year.) I totally agree with one of the previous posters. Don't put it off, especially the first time, because of the unknown. Just do it. If you think it's bad for you, just imagine the doc on the other end of the procedure. But of course, he's making some $$ for performing this RotoRotor procedure.
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Anyone try the Cologuard kit? Ive seen the commercials.
It comes in the mail, you poop in the box, and send it back.
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My family doc wanted me to do the home kit but bottom doc said no no no! Doesn’t get the polyps you don’t know you have and isn’t accurate. The PA I trust.. all the girls in office concurred.
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Morgan Spurlock of Supersize Me documentary fame goes to Thailand for a number of medical procedures. Included in what is done is an remote a$$cam colonoscopy. You swallow it. You don't have to be awake or asleep while someone is playing Roto Rooter. :shocked: In the trailer, you'll see the size of the cam and him taking it. Brings new meaning to a "vacation in Bangkok". :grin:
https://skift.com/2015/01/30/cnn-documentary-shows-medical-tourism-in-thailand-is-a-serious-business/
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A little light reading for your amusement. Apparently from a British bicycle forum, in their "off topic" section from 2007. Scan through for the victi ...err... original poster blu-tone for the "condensed" version.
http://singletrackworld.com/2009/02/the-picolax-thread-returns
Howard
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A little light reading for your amusement. Apparently from a British bicycle forum, in their "off topic" section from 2007. Scan through for the victi ...err... original poster blu-tone for the "condensed" version.
http://singletrackworld.com/2009/02/the-picolax-thread-returns
Howard
I just re read this from the original thread in 07. I'm crying again. Dorcia asked why I was laughing.. and she remembered, too. :grin:
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Dang you Glider John! You're the cause of this! Just opening my stack of mail and found THIS!!!
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Dang you Glider John! You're the cause of this! Just opening my stack of mail and found THIS!!!
"I" before "E" except after "C." :grin:
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From Guzzistajohn:
Dang you Glider John! You're the cause of this! Just opening my stack of mail and found THIS!!!
All I can say is "bottoms up!" :evil:
GliderJohn