I really ,really hate getting a Colonoscopy

Davey Jones

Davey Jones

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Just had it done yesterday.

Its not really the procedure itself,its that damn prep liquid they make us drink.
After all these years you would think they would come up with a better tasting drink.

 

I feel your pain brother.

The last colonoscopy I had, for the prep I did the pills. It's something like about 60 horse pills and you take 6 of them every 15 minutes with a big glass of water and also drink a lot more than that during the day.

HOLY HANNA !! before they kicked in and "stuff' starting coming out of me, I did think for a little while I was just going to explode before they started to work their magic.

I have to have one again the first part of 2015, oh boy I can hardly wait for that. I'll most likey do the pills again, oh yeah, they are close to $90.00, that alone almost made me crap myself when I went to pick them up at the Drug Store.

All in all they cleaned me out better than the liquid did a few year prior to that, 3 years ago.
 
Hate it or not, you must keep fronting up regularly.
You've got too much to lose otherwise.

Said she who's never had one, but my husband, with a strong family history of gut cancer, has regular colonoscopies and endoscopies.
I've had a barium enema which was great fun. How often do you get to see your own bowel on a TV screen?
 

Boy, this is a subject near, but not dear to my heart lately. As Warrigal indicated, a necessary evil...I did find out one thing on my last colonoscopy though. The doctor wrote me a prescription for a pretty spendy laxative. I asked the pharmacist if there was a generic available. She escorted me over to the laxative aisle and handed me a bottle of ClearLax...same thing as the prescription only $20 cheaper...and it did it's job just fine! They try to get you coming and going.
 
Old Hipster said:
I feel your pain brother.

The last colonoscopy I had, for the prep I did the pills. It's something like about 60 horse pills and you take 6 of them every 15 minutes with a big glass of water and also drink a lot more than that during the day.

HOLY HANNA !! before they kicked in and "stuff' starting coming out of me, I did think for a little while I was just going to explode before they started to work their magic.

I have to have one again the first part of 2015, oh boy I can hardly wait for that. I'll most likey do the pills again, oh yeah, they are close to $90.00, that alone almost made me crap myself when I went to pick them up at the Drug Store.

All in all they cleaned me out better than the liquid did a few year prior to that, 3 years ago.
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It's the water that done the deed, the pills just a trick to get you to drink all that water.
 
I've never had one but I would really, really hate to do so. My son is getting one every six months.
 
I confess I'm guilty. I did get over that way on occasion once upon a time. I guess I don't recognize you unless you were the one wearing the slippers or had that beautiful eye, eyeballing me.
 
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Welcome to the forum Drifter, glad you drifted our way! :)

My husband and I have never gotten colonoscopies, and don't intend to do so. I have a relative that was getting them, had polyps removed, got colon cancer, had a section of his colon removed, the cancer spread to his prostate, liver, etc., and now after suffering with extensive chemo and radiation treatments, he has passed on. I've heard of too many internal injuries and infections acquired through that procedure when done in a careless way, when done in a hurry or on a time schedule, or when done with unclean instruments. http://www.natmedtalk.com/showthread.php?t=5017&highlight=colonoscopy
 
I don't drive the wrong way on one-way streets, I don't go in the Out exit and I don't get colonoscopies. Very simple.

Hell, I haven't had a doctor listen to my heart for over 30 years - you think I'm going to let them send a video drone into my nether regions? :chargrined:

It's just another creative way they've come up with for making a profit.
 
Phil, think of it as making a contribution into your doctor's retirement fund. ;)

PS: A colonoscopy about ten years ago MAY have saved my life (cancerous polyp). What the hell, I will say it saved my life ..... I'm still here, aren't I? :)
 
dbeyat45 said:
Phil, think of it as making a contribution into your doctor's retirement fund. ;)
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It certainly is that.

PS: A colonoscopy about ten years ago MAY have saved my life (cancerous polyp). What the hell, I will say it saved my life ..... I'm still here, aren't I? :)
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I'm glad it did, i really am. Unfortunately the process goes against one of the principles of my life philosophy - "you don't go looking for trouble".

If I die, I die. No big deal. I'd rather die with my dignity intact. :cool:
 
I've never had one but if there were indications that something was wrong, I'd do it. I plan to live to over 100 so need to make sure I'm on top of the potential problems. Seems colon cancer is more common now and I wonder if that is because of our diets? I'm guessing it has a lot to do with it.

Roughage people, eat those prunes!!
 
Lack of exercise, poor diet and smoking are all factors that we can control. Age, family history and even our race are beyond our ability to control.

As with most modern "diseases".
 
I had BOTH colonoscopies and endoscopies done at once last Tuesday.
The best part of all this is when they knock me out and I wake up to a glass of apple juice.

Cost? co pay $150.
 
By the way, Jillaroo, I like that welcome sign. Reminds me of a branding iron. You might oughta keep your eye on the sign. I've been known to have a slight of hand in as card game.
 
I recently had a pill cam test...for the uninitiated, this is a procedure in which you swallow a small camera the size of a large capsule. It starts recording the minute it hits your mouth until you pass it, normally a day or two later. By this time the battery is supposedly worn out.

They have you swallow the camera at 8:00 in the morning and hook you up to a belt that monitors the progress of the camera. You then go about your day until around 5:00 pm when you return to have the belt removed.

Around 3:00 pm I had the urge and upon finishing my business, lo and behold the toilet bowel was lit up with a light flashing like a sensor light on top of a school bus. I immediately called the nurse and told her I had passed the camera. She asked me if I was sure and I told her I was pretty sure, unless the government is monitoring my toilet habits, in that case I have more problems than I thought!
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Yes, they are a pain in the ass. I have had two so far and am due for one next year. As they fill your intestines full of air, it creates giant size farts afterwards. Kinda comical with everyone in the room blasting away.

Ozarkgal, I would never get that pill down. I have trouble swallowing any pill. Maybe they could reverse the little motor in the pill and insert while I'm having my colonoscopy.
 

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