Live near the toilet. The prep is awful. The procedure is enduring. The results may vary.

that shit they give you called GoLytely does anything but that. if my neighbor's house had been on fire, I could have put that bastard out from my bathroom window had I been backed up to it.

I had a couple small pollups cold snared off, so I'm on a 3 year schedule and this fall is my 3 year anniversary so I've got to go back in a couple months. its the best nap you'll have, but the fire hydrant ass the day before is not fun.

I did a Cologuard a couple of years ago and it came back good but I asked my doctor a couple of weeks ago since I am now 52 if I should do a colonoscopy. He said no need since my Cologuard was good. Ok then..

He did tell me the older you get the risks go down for colon cancer that is why they lowered the test age to 45. Thought that was interesting and hope he is not an idiot.

I get colonoscopy updates around home sometimes, wife is an endoscopy nurse. I've never heard what you posted before. Risk goes up with age and more younger people have positive tests, from what I've understood.

The prep sucks but when they find a sessile serrated polyp that doesn’t show up any other way and you avoid colon cancer (my experience) it balances out.

I've had two colonoscopies now. The day before is pretty inconvenient, but survivable. I slept through the procedure itself. They said count down and I dont even remember starting. The first time I was behind schedule on coming out of anesthesia. I vomited in the driveway when I got home and was out of it all day. The second time I had no problems at all. I asked them to put that "New Car" smell in there, but they must have forgot.

Not me but I had a Color Guard done recently which turned up negative

First time I've played with my poop since taking Direkshun's mom out for Sizzler

The procedure is a cake walk, the best sleep of your life. On the other hand, the prep, yikes.

i've come to enjoy them

They have a prep called Miralax that you can mix in juice or water that's only about a 1/4 of the volume of GoLytely that's better. You still shit your brains out but you don't have to drink a gallon of the stuff.

I've went the direction of the gallon of the nasty tasting stuff. I always feel that once completed, I should be awarded a Tee-shirt. Kind of like one gets when they manage to eat the 72 oz steak slab, with all the sides. :p

I don't know how old you are, but if you are 45 or younger, see a surgeon specialist. Diverticulitis is the worst, and I dealt with it multiple times each year for a really long time. I scheduled optional surgery and had 14" of my colon removed. That was twelve years ago and I haven't had one attack since. It was one of the best decisions of my life. While optional surgery sucks, it's better than a potential perforation and colostomy bag for the rest of your life.

Same here, but I told my wife I was going to have a shit-bag and she believed it until the doctor told her different right before they took me back to surgery.

She was relieved and pissed at the same time.
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A must watch for all colonoscopy patients.

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