OT Colonoscopy

Daniel-San wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote...
I remember reading here, and I'm too lazy to go back and
Google it, about a particular brand or flavor of the bowel
Drano you have to consume before a colonoscopy. It was one
of the rare displays of unanimity I've ever seen on roff,
everyone seemed to agree on it. So, what is it ?


Magnesium Citrate. A coupla bucks at yer neighborhood Walgreen's/Osco/CVS,
etc. I recommend the cherry flavor. Drink bottle, wait for results. Doesn't
take long.....

That's it !! That's what I remember, er ... failed to remember.
Thanks Daniel.

And it's not for me, btw. SWMBO was also born in '56 and they're
finally getting around to her colonoscopy but I guess mine will
be coming soon enough.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote ..


And it's not for me, btw. SWMBO was also born in '56 and they're
finally getting around to her colonoscopy but I guess mine will
be coming soon enough.

I've gotten them for a while now, roughly once a year. Unfortunately, my
genes are rife with problems with the "lower unit" so it's part of my
life -- sucks, but it could be much worse. If this is Christine's first
'scope, she might want to consider asking the doc for a slightly higher dose
of Valium (or whichever drug the doc chooses.) For my first one I was so
f'in nervous, the doc doubled my dose before I drifted into la la land.
But(t) it's over before you know it.

All in all, it really could be much, much worse than it is.

Dan

I remember reading here, and I'm too lazy to go back and
Google it, about a particular brand or flavor of the bowel
Drano you have to consume before a colonoscopy. It was one
of the rare displays of unanimity I've ever seen on roff,
everyone seemed to agree on it. So, what is it ?

--


It "ain't" fun!
I just had one done late Nov
Although the doctor gave me enough drugs that I was wasted for 2 days - the
good part
It still wasn't fun!
I drank OUST the day before and sh** my brains out -

I am currently in the process of growing my brains back.

--
Fred

"Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message
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On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:13:53 GMT, "Daniel-San"
(Rot13) wrote:


"Ken Fortenberry" wrote ..


And it's not for me, btw. SWMBO was also born in '56 and they're
finally getting around to her colonoscopy but I guess mine will
be coming soon enough.

I've gotten them for a while now, roughly once a year. Unfortunately, my
genes are rife with problems with the "lower unit" so it's part of my
life -- sucks, but it could be much worse. If this is Christine's first
'scope, she might want to consider asking the doc for a slightly higher dose
of Valium (or whichever drug the doc chooses.) For my first one I was so
f'in nervous, the doc doubled my dose before I drifted into la la land.
But(t) it's over before you know it.

All in all, it really could be much, much worse than it is.

Yes, it could...

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"Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message
...

I've gotten them for a while now, roughly once a year. Unfortunately, my
genes are rife with problems with the "lower unit" so it's part of my
life -- sucks, but it could be much worse. If this is Christine's first
'scope, she might want to consider asking the doc for a slightly higher
dose of Valium (or whichever drug the doc chooses.) For my first one I was
so f'in nervous, the doc doubled my dose before I drifted into la la land.
But(t) it's over before you know it.

All in all, it really could be much, much worse than it is.

Dan

Like Daniel-San I have colonoscopys quite often - usually every 3 years, but
sometimes, if they found pre-cancerous polyps the previous year, as often as
every year. The first one I had was many years ago when the procedure was
quite new and the current pre-procedure protocol had not yet been developed.
They were going to remove a polyp that had been discovered during the course
of an air-contact Barium enema.
The protocol at that time was for you to go on a clear liquid diet for
12hrs, then be admitted to the hospital the night before the procedure. They
would then give you a series of old-fashioned enemas until you only passed
fairly clear liquid. Early the next morning they would commence giving you
more enemas until you passed only very clear liquid.
Normally hospital procedures don't upset me all that much and I take great
delight in ribbing the nurses. I had had 8 enemas the night before, and
after the 4th enema that morning I told the nurse "Are you kidding, My guts
are so clean that they could use them for suasage casings". Her reply shut
me right up. "Well you know the Dr. is going to burn that polyp off, and
stomach gas is explosive." While intellectually I knew she was mostly
blowing smoke, the visualization stopped me cold.

Bob Weinberger - La Grande, OR

Bob Weinberger wrote:
..."Well you know the Dr. is going to burn that polyp off, and
stomach gas is explosive." While intellectually I knew she was mostly
blowing smoke, the visualization stopped me cold.

The visualization is interesting enough, but what makes the whole thing
REALLY fun is realizing that your life is in the hands of people who
don't know that the gas involved has nothing whatsoever to do with the
stomach and that the colon is an oxygen free environment.

Wolfgang
pfffff......

Bob Weinberger wrote:
...Her reply shut
me right up. "Well you know the Dr. is going to burn that polyp off, and
stomach gas is explosive." While intellectually I knew she was mostly
blowing smoke, the visualization stopped me cold.

Yeah, the visualization is interesting, but what REALLY makes the whole
thing fun is the certainty that your life is in the hands of people who
don't know that the gas involved has nothing whatsoever to do with the
stomach and that the colon is an oxygen free environment.

Wolfgang
pfffff......

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Bob Weinberger wrote:
...Her reply shut
me right up. "Well you know the Dr. is going to burn that polyp off, and
stomach gas is explosive." While intellectually I knew she was mostly
blowing smoke, the visualization stopped me cold.

Yeah, the visualization is interesting, but what REALLY makes the whole
thing fun is the certainty that your life is in the hands of people who
don't know that the gas involved has nothing whatsoever to do with the
stomach and that the colon is an oxygen free environment.

Wolfgang
pfffff.....

Oh, think she knew better, but just said that to shut me up - and it worked.

BTW when I told that story to the Dr. who now does my colonoscopy, he told
me about a recent report in one of the medical journals about an incident in
which a Dr. was burning off a polyp (or hemeroids?) in the large intestine
but very near the anus. The patient apparently passed a large volume of gas
which "exploded" and threw the Dr. into one wall and propelled the patient
into the opposite wall. Fortunately neither received life threatening
injuries. Apparently he was working near enough to the opening that there
was sufficient oxygen for an explosion.

Bob Weinberger - La Grande, OR

Bob Weinberger wrote:
"Wolfgang" wrote in message
oups.com...

Bob Weinberger wrote:
...Her reply shut
me right up. "Well you know the Dr. is going to burn that polyp off, and
stomach gas is explosive." While intellectually I knew she was mostly
blowing smoke, the visualization stopped me cold.

Yeah, the visualization is interesting, but what REALLY makes the whole
thing fun is the certainty that your life is in the hands of people who
don't know that the gas involved has nothing whatsoever to do with the
stomach and that the colon is an oxygen free environment.

Wolfgang
pfffff.....

Oh, think she knew better, but just said that to shut me up

Maybe. I hear stuff emanating from medical personnel every that
boggles the mind.

- and it worked.

Well, yeah, o.k., there is that.

BTW when I told that story to the Dr. who now does my colonoscopy, he told
me about a recent report in one of the medical journals about an incident in
which a Dr. was burning off a polyp (or hemeroids?) in the large intestine
but very near the anus. The patient apparently passed a large volume of gas
which "exploded" and threw the Dr. into one wall and propelled the patient
into the opposite wall. Fortunately neither received life threatening
injuries. Apparently he was working near enough to the opening that there
was sufficient oxygen for an explosion.

See, this is exactly what I was talking about. Abject nonsense.

Wolfgang

On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:13:53 GMT, "Daniel-San"
(Rot13) wrote:

All in all, it really could be much, much worse than it is.


oh my yes, it can be much worse.....very much worse.
Harry
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