OT Colonoscopy

"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......

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
troutflies com

On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:36:32 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

but I guess mine will
be coming soon enough.

Three years ago last Monday they wheeled me out of three hours
surgery and since then I have had this little bird in the back of my
head chirping the most terrifying words in my ear almost daily..." If
I had only been tested in sooner..."

You don't want to learn about carcinoma staging and all that comes
with it, trust me... if they told me to drink liquid bricks I would
say: how much and when.

Harry
troutflies com

Ken Fortenberry wrote:

And it's not for me, btw.

Pity. I was savoring the image.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

rw wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
And it's not for me, btw.

Pity. I was savoring the image.

I've suspected as much, but I just don't swing that
way, big guy.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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

"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.....

Of course talk to your doc to make sure s/he agrees. Do whatever you can
to dissuade the doc from forcing you to drink a gallon of Colyte. If s/he
forces you to use Colyte, find another doc. it's a horrible, horrible
experience.

Why the difference? In either case, you essentially become one with the
toilet for a while. With Colyte, it's a GALLON of puke tasting stuff that
induces a gradual, excruciatingly crampy experience that drags on for six
or seven hours. With mag citrate, it's a pint (+/-) of only moderately
horrible stuff that brings on a far less crampy experience that lasts
about half the time. My doc said the ....ahem...results... were the same.

While at your local druggist, pick up a good book and a can of Oust. Trust
me.

Ask your doc if drinking Gatorade (or similar) is OK. If s/he allows it,
drink lots. You'll feel like **** (hah!) and the Gatorade will help.

Good luck,
Dan


Unless the cherry flavor is not red, get another flavor. No red drinks
allowed. Prevents the Doc from seeing blood.

On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:45:04 GMT, 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 ?

They advise you to mix it with something to kill the taste. I advise
you to mix it with just water and put up with the taste. I first
tried mixing mine with orange soda. It was almost a year before I
could happily drink orange soda again.

It's the Fleet stuff. I hadn't eaten any solid foods for a day or two
previous, so it really worked. And worked.
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