If you put one of these in your glass, it will make it seem like you are on a tropical vacation.

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Make sure you get the really soft and premium toilet paper...

I'll one-up you there. I've been on team bidet for years.

PRO TIP: IF you don't have a bidet you can just do a barrel roll into the shower after finishing your poop.

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So you opted for the large container?

Here's another pro tip. Next time, go with the smaller one. I paid something like $120 for it but it was worth not having to continue to drink that nasty stuff.

My HCP didn't really give me any say in the matter. I probably could have asked, but it's not so big a deal that I felt it was necessary. I just kind of accept that my life will be pretty miserable from 4pm today until 10am tomorrow. It is what it is.

Did they send that or you buy it?

They only send me powder.

I picked it up from the pharmacy (jug included) if that's what you're asking. The jug contained the powder. Just add water.

You still have two hours to gorge yourself.

Give the medicine something to work with. load up the ammo.

I went in for my pre consultation yesterday. Scope is scheduled for September 1st which, mercifully is a Friday.

Doc was pretty open with me. He said the prep is 1000 times worse than the procedure.

My appointment is at 8:30, he said I should be home by noon unless they find some boulders in there.

FYI, I haven’t been having any issues but I turned 45 this year and that’s the new recommended age.

Can confirm. Feeling awful at the moment. I'm excited for the procedure in comparison. I just have to take a nap, and I get to eat a giant hamburger after.

Not sure whether you all go under for the procedure with anesthesia, but it's something to think about. You can do it without going under, but it is supposedly a bit painful...like getting a cramp. Why this is an issue? there is evidence that anesthesia can contribute to dementia later in life. Anecdotally, my mother had multiple cancer related surgeries and in her early 80's slipped into a state where she couldn't recognize anyone around her.

So is it necessary to do just because of age?

Probe up your ass < Water fast :harumph:

They don’t anesthetize you they sedate you. And you’re pretty much out for about 30min, but it’s possible you wake up during the procedure, but you won’t feel pain. I remember I woke up and just recall feeling a painless pressure then it was over. Piece of cake!

They recommend having a colonoscopy at 45 nowadays. If they find nothing you’re likely done for another 10 years. It’s worth having the peace of mind especially considering how common colon cancer is becoming in younger people.

Yep. I did my first one at age 38 because of some symptoms I was having that turned out to be unrelated. Even so, they found some pre cancerous polyps that worried them enough that I'm back for another round 2 years later.

It's not a guarantee that it would have caused problems, but I'm pretty glad I went in when I did.

I had my first one on Wednesday. Tuesday was definitely the worst part. Thank God I have a bidet.

Did everything come out ok?

you just gotta power through.

A friend of mine was worried about it, I told him it was no big deal. The worst part, other than the prep, is waking up to all of the doctors pulling up their pants after the procedure.

He wasn't amused...

Reminder 46,348 that were old. Thanks Face. Ya ****. :D

I have to admit...while this is a very serious subject, it is always fun to read this thread if nothing else for the comic relief.

Of course I am sitting here early in the AM doing my weekly treatment....so that may explain part of it.

Since I had my colonoscopy two days ago, I'm having a hard time peeing. Even with a full bladder I have to push really hard and the flow keeps stopping. A Google search suggests that it's fine as long as I can get eventually get it out. Anybody experienced this? Any tips or tricks? If your suggestion is dipping my dick in antifreeze, should I use Dex-Cool or?

Just have your wife reach in and put everything back where it belongs, items may have shifted mid-scopy.

That's what I did. They said we will do such and such. Then, after that we will give you the whatever to make you go to sleep. I must have gone to sleep when they were doing the first part because I don't anything beyond that conversation. Just woke up being wheeled out of the room and back into the presurgery (or whatever they called it) room.

Stopped at this local place that makes great burgers. Probably the best burger I've had in years. :)

What evidence?
I have family history of Alzheimer's on my mom's side. So, that does concern me some. I think genetics is probably the biggest factor.

Before the procedure?
:p

Is it diet?

What is causing people to have to have their ass scooped every few years?

Do other countries have this same issue?


These are questions I just find interesting. I'll try and educate myself with a google search. I'll be 45 soon enough so figure I should know.

Yes, and no. Polyps grow incredibly slow. (for the most part) To prevent them with diet you need to have been eating fiber consistently basically starting in your twenties. Of course that fact is based off the average, I am sure some people are genetically gifted, and they could start eating more fiber after their first coloscopy and somehow don't have polyps on their 2nd colonoscopy.

Southern Asian countries have the lowest polyp formation numbers. Their diets contain the most fiber.

Hey great info. Thanks.

Was just looking it up on google. Seems I'll be getting probed pretty soon :).

I think in the past these tests didn't exist and people died younger when bad things happened. Of course, bad diets today probably make problems more likely to occur, too.

Mission success. Went with a giant breakfast burrito and chips and queso in lieu of a morning hamburger.

Thankfully, I at least get 5 years before the next one (no polyps this time).

Time for a nap.

Speaking from experience...a colonoscopy is a walk in the park compared to a kidney stone....

Great to hear! While you're tired, if you want to just let me into the mod lounge I'll take over your duties for the time being. So you can get some rest. Nothing selfish here.

You're not going to walk very far with that camera cable up your behind.

Glad everything came out OK :)

ROFL

At least you get sedated, unlike a sigmoidoscopy.

:):):):)

In the end, or out of the rear end, no matter who you are, you will find you just how full of shit you really are.

Actually, by the time of the procedure, you’re pretty much out of shit.

That’s the idea as I understand it anyway.

Yep, freaking crazy...

This is one of the things that truly terrifies me.

That stuff is often like truth serum and I'm having a hard time thinking of who I could have drive me there and pick me up without wanting to drop me off along the way...

I had to coach a Hockey game on the other side of KC the evening before my colonoscopy, so I had no choice but to try to time when to take the first round and when we'd get home and not be too far off the mark in terms of what time I was supposed to do the first and second rounds of the sauce!!! Thank God there was no traffic.

And as much as I was sure the second round had zero chance of producing any more shit, I was wrong.

The day they schedule me for another colonoscopy is the same day I have a bidet installed...

That's pretty much the opinion of everyone.

How are they supposed to see up in there if your shit is blocking their view or hiding a polyp?

You try to cheat and not follow directions on drinking all that crap, you might have to end up repeating the procedure.

When those floodgates open, no amount of will or clinching the butthole closed will stop that shit from getting the hell out of your body.

100% They said it was 15-60 minutes, they were right, I made it with about 10 minutes to spare. I WON'T temp fate agins, like that.

I'm not afraid of shidding myself. I started off a few days that way in my 30's.

That drive home though with no filter between brain and mouth might end any of the few long term relationships I've got left...

Having my first colonoscopy and third endoscopy mid March.

Having stuff shoved in two holes at once. Is this a menage a trois?

Had my colonoscopy at 53. Everything was fine and I have no family history of colon cancer or other issues.


I recently turned 63 and since I didn't have issues before, my insurance company sent me a home test kit. Reading the info that came with the kit they've made significant progress in identifying pre-cancer and cancer without the whole colonoscopy thing. The caveat is you should see no blood when pooping. That's a no-go on the home test kit.

It is for vince mc mahon if you do it during prep

The prep is far worse than the procedure.

There's a sort of karmic justice to me getting a colonoscopy, b/c my Dad was a KC area gastroenterologist. Colonoscopies were dinner table conversations when I was a kid. Took me YEARS before I got what Dad actually did during a colonoscopy and that many people wouldn't like to discuss them as they ate.

I do the endo every 3 years for Barretts.
I did the colonoscopy and endo combo the same time a couple of years ago.
I assumed he just used the same scope up my arse and out my throat because when I woke up my breath smelled like sh........ I asked the nurse about that and she just shook her head and looked at my wife. She said "he is all yours" to my wife. Wife said "I know, any possible way you can keep him".

Yup. Procedurally it’s a breeze. Prep blows, (literally) butt wasn’t too shitty. 😂