The Colonoscopy

[*michaelsean*]

(07-24-2019, 03:23 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: I wanted to thank everyone again for your responses. I had the procedure this morning (hence my writing this mid-day at home on vacation) and it went off without a hitch. When we got home the wife said I needed to come back on the boards and "pay it forward," as it were, and I agreed.

So, for anyone who is facing one now or in the future, and has never had one, it's not a big deal. I had to experience one myself before I would believe that, but it is the truth. It's cliché to say that the worst part of the whole experience is the prep the day before, but it's true. When I was drinking that horrific swill at 2 AM this morning, feeling equally hungry and nauseous, which then quickly segued into me hunkered on the john feeling sadness and shame, I couldn't have imagined feeling any worse.

The procedure was so easy it's laughable. I spoke with the anesthesiologist for a bit, then with the doctor. Then, I was wheeled back into the room and asked to turn onto my side. There was another minute of chit-chat before they administered the anesthesia. I felt dizzy for a second or two, then the next thing I knew, I was in the recovery room. I don't even remember waking up there, it was like I joined a tv program already in progress. Man, that Propofol is some good shit

And, the best part is the doctor said I don't have to come back for ten years Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Yeah I posted about mine a year plus ago trying to tell people to get it done because the actual procedure is nothing. I had two polyps they snipped off, and while the vast majority of polyps will never become cancer all Colin cancer begins with polyps, and the good news is it takes an incredibly long time for them to become cancer. Like 10- 15 years so if you get the colonoscopy every ten years (five if you’ve had polyps) you are pretty much colon cancer proof.