'C' is for ...

[ozguy]

COLONOSCOPY! Tomorrow I'm having one (just a routine check).

For the next 24 hours I must avoid all solid foods and drink only this 'stuff' (3 litres of it over 3 - 6 hours!!

) that'll make me go to the toilet and clean me right out.

Spare me a thought, won't you?

 

[martin6]

Ugh, I'm sorry. My dad had a colonoscopy because he thought he would be a good boy and just get it done. He said that was the last time he'd do it only (willingly) because he had to drink all that nasty stuff!!!!

I hope, although I'm not worried, your results are GOOD!

 

[eddielee]

Yuck, I hate that test. You'll be going to the bathroom all night. In the morning you'll feel drained and hungry. Are they going to put you to sleep? When I had it, they didn't even give me a sedative. I hope you get a clean bill of health.

 

[gsdx]

I'll spare you a thought. Best of luck, eh?

(Is there a greeting card for this sort of occasion?)

 

[Absolut]

Are you gonna post pictures ozguy?









just kidding. I hope everything comes out safely (literally and figuratively.)

 

[Scrub]

Spare me a thought, won't you?

I feel your pain.

It'll be over before you know it.

 

[Circe Infuria]

Be prepared to fart a lot afterwards...

Seriously, I hope everything comes out okay!

(okay, sorry I just couldn't resist )

Hope you go thru it okay and that the results are good!

 

[alley]

Had my first one when I was 8, sedation was never mentioned---so Iam just a little jealous. Good luck and for once I don't need pics posted.

 

[Richardodessa]

My Father just died of Colon Cancer, simply because he wouldn't go for a colonoscopy even though he knew it runs very heavily in the family. I miss him but I get my colonoscopy done regularly.

 

[valis23]

We're right behind you, dude -figuratively speaking, of course.

I'm holding out hope that by the time I reach the point of needing such, they'll have developed a less obnoxious method of testing. I figure the odds are pretty good -when you reach rock bottom, the only direction is up.

(I'm going to hell for that, aren't I?)

 

[Circe Infuria]

Doctor: You have declared in the questionnaire that you are a homosexual. Is that right?

Me: Erm, yes

Doctor: Well, I guess you are going to enjoy the colonoscopy then.

I think I would have been inclined to slap that doctor. Saying that would be like telling me, a woman, that I must enjoy going to the gynocologist.

That's a big NEGATORY, chief!! It sucks!!

 

[gmoney]

I wish you the best of luck with this, Ozguy! Are you having a PSA test also? I hope so.

 

[Kyanimal]

Hey, "B"! It's not really all that bad! The "Prep" part is the worst! The actual proceedure is propbably not something you're going to remember!

There is this great "stuff" known as VersEd! Derived from Sodium Pentathol, "Truth Serum". Not only have I had the "pleasure" of having been under it, I've also had the opportunity to observe those enduring the proceedure. It's known as "Twilight Sedation", and is truly quite remarkable! Something, indeed, to look forward to!

Just be sure there is someone to drive you home, afterward!

Keep smilin'!!
Chaz

 

[G-Lexington]

That's good enough for me.



Lex

 

[ozguy]

That's good enough for me.



Lex

Damn you, Lex ... I'm gonna be singing that bloody song all day now!

 

[ozguy]

.... Are you having a PSA test also?

Nope .... Doc did a check-up via the finger-up-the-khyber-pass method only a few months ago and assured me that my prostate was in fine form. I rather enjoyed that procedure, too!

 

[JR]

C is for Clean healthy bowels and the happiness they bring.


O is for Open wide so you don't snag on the doctor's ring.


L is for the Lovely drugs that help you through the sordid ordeal.

O is for getting it Over with and

N ever forced to squawk or squeal.

 

[ozguy]

C is for Clean healthy bowels and the happiness they bring.


O is for Open wide so you don't snag on the doctor's ring.


L is for the Lovely drugs that help you through the sordid ordeal.

O is for getting it Over with and

N ever forced to squawk or squeal.

You guys are making my day-with-gallons-of-gunk-to-drink-&-not-a-single-bite-to-eat pass so much more merrily!!

 

[cocktales]

Whoa-boy!

Good luck my friend!

Well, I was to have a "C"; but my resting pulse rate is so low, MOST Docs are afraid to put me under for fear I will NOT wake up (I tell them I historically have a very "LOW" resting pulse rate; but still they fear it)....

So, they chose instead to blow my bowels up like a giant balloon and use a camera to go in and check for "polyps"...

Well, I went through the cleansing routine you described (and it's NOT any fun and you must be located right near the potty, or else).

So I went in the Radiology Room and they put me on a table and put a hose up my ass and blew me up .....like I said above....a balloon and then they quickly inserted this camera and I watched them shove this thing up my ass and it was ALL on the video screen for the Docs to monitor and see if I had any problems....

Thankfully, I had NO problems, they said I have the bowels of a much younger guy (thanks for giving my asshole a compliment).

Man, when they took that camera out of my ass, I had the worst case of "gas" that you've ever heard of and the Docs and lab-tech just left me there to smell all those nasty smells....

Well, I hope your experience is/was better than mine; but I hope your out-come is equally as good as mine too with NO problems!

Please be sure to let us know how your "C" ended up!!! lol
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[trawler69]

"Do you fell like the bottom has fallen out of your world?.......Well drink syrup of figs and feel as if the world has fallen out of your bottom!"

But seriously hope it all goes OK. My mate had one the other day and said it was no problem.