Who’s had a colonoscopy?
 

Had my first the other day. All in all, not bad whatsoever. The buildup was much worse than the procedure itself. Glad it’s done for 5-10 years.

The prep is absolutely the worst. The procedure is nothing compared to the prep and the jet propulsion shits you get from chugging magnesium citrate.

Damn. Coming up on 36 so my time is coming in a few years. Not looking forward to this

Yes, but you might find the car keys you lost.

Absolutely 100%! I felt nothing during the actual procedure, beyond embarrassment.

The prep, though, is a nightmare. Warm, room temperature, cold, didn't matter, the vile substance they made me drink to prep should be classified as cruel and unusual punishment. I was partially puking it back up as I drank it, it was so foul. *Shudders remembering*

I kind of liked being cleaned out.. Had one 3 years ago. Having another one July 12th along with an esophagus scope. I'm having issues with my diverticulitis and a hiatal hernia.. I've changed my diet and lost 25lbs in the last 6 months, but I still have issues. Feels like I have a knot in my lower abdomen..

I hear you can request a pill rather than the drink and that's a much better experience. Doctors are hesitant to prescribe the pill for whatever reason. Anyone have any experience or expertise on that?

been there

I’m 36 myself, was thinking about getting it done soon.

I thought there was a pill option but maybe it’s not common because it wasn’t offered. I drank the lemon shit which really wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.

They also recommend a "white diet" the day before you do the cleanse. It's literally what it sounds like - white foods. Supposedly it helps clean you out more thoroughly and makes the process easier for the doctor and shows more up your chute.

I just got one last week. I feel like the prep was easier than it was the first time I did it. I got a hunger headache for a while, but once I started on the liquid diet it was actually surprisingly easy.

The bad news is that they moved me up to a 3-year cycle. .

45 is the age if you have normal risk factors.

Evacuating the bowels after drinking that prep was the worse part.

I fell asleep on the shitter. I got tired of getting up every 20 min

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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Thread mashup idea: Anyone here have a deviated colon?

A must watch for all colonoscopy patients.

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Had mine in November last year. Found it kind of odd that the prep for people is so different. Brother & my dad had one and their prep was different from mine and different from each other.

Mine was the over the counter Miralax. Think the process was something like take a couple pills, then mix up half of the Miralax bottle and drink it in 10 minutes. Then an hour later mix up the other half and drink it. Taste didn't bother me much. Other than going to the bathroom every 10 minutes, the prep wasn't bad.

The actual colonoscopy was, I guess, a breeze. I remember getting into the room, the doctor going "Ok, roll on your side" and the next thing I knew I was waking up in the recovery room.

I built it up into my head as some huge ordeal and was nervous going in. It's not. It's easy.

The last one I had, the prep was horrible. I had to drink a gallon of this vile tasting shit. Half of it starting at 6 PM, the other half at 2 AM.

The prep stuff they make you drink is just strange. It's not horrible in a "this tastes like literal shit" way - it's kind of oddly sweet with some earthiness to it. But it definitely does somehow create a little gag reflex, and having to drink it over and over and over and over again builds up to the point that you almost puke it up by the end.

I get to do it for a second time in August (I'm only 41, but they found a couple of polyps the first time around, so I'm on the frequent flyer program). My pro tip is to buy a bidet attachment for your toilet if you don't have it already. It at least makes it more tolerable on the other end.

It tastes like 7-Up you would order off of wish.com

I've had one and there are worse things than that test, and mine is so nice they're asking if they can look again soon.

Back when old uncle Ernie was alive, his doctor set him up for one on a Friday. So, on Tuesday I brought the jug of prep home to him and told him it was for Thursday. Of course when I got home Wednesday afternoon, he had already drank it all and spent the afternoon shitting his guts out.

So I called my neighbor up the road, who was his doctor and he said feed him a decent supper then go back to the drugstore the next day and have him drink another gallon.

By the next night, he said he was as weak as a baby and his ass felt like a corncobbed cat.
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Peter King wrote in his column a few years ago about how he started his colonoscopy prep before boarding a 3 hour flight… JFC that is crazy.

I heard Billay offers a colonoscopy prep service to help the procedure be a bit less of a struggle.

I was an Endoscopy RN for 4 years. 100% of what that MD said sounds wrong. Cologuard is an "ok" diagnostic tool, but it is not the gold standard by any means. There are false negatives a lot with that test. If you are 50+ you need a colonoscopy, end of sentence. If its clear then you don't have to get one for another 10 years (depending on family history.) As you age your risk goes up not down. Once you hit 85 you don't have to get them anymore because colon cancers grow very slowly, and the probability is you will pass away before a cancer would grow.

53 still have yet to have one. I have a friend that is a GI nurse, tells me what Dr to see. Every year at my annual regular Dr checkup, you know the one you have to have before they'll reup your meds, they ask. No I haven't I say, your office was supposed to set up the appointment. I never received a call.

Not sure who is ****ing up here, my my PCP or the GI office, but just stupid.

The best thing Peter King has ever written. LMAO

Link: https://www.si.com/.amp/nfl/2018/05/...-kickoff-rules

My brother did that Cologuard and got a positive result for cancer; which is what prompted him to go in for a colonoscopy that was negative.

Yup, sounds about right. Just not a very precise test.

I’m serious…have you had one check your prostrate with their finger up your ass?
Keep out of this billay
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Nope. A boy can dream...

Okay, that’s cool because it’s a terrible thing to experience.
Especially if you have a ruptured appendix that’s gone septic.
But there’s reasons to do it just like squeezing your nuts, looking for tumors and shit.
Take the ****in tests and live longer my friend.
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It's not like I'm against it. I'm just not doing the leg work for the shit they're being paid to do. F em.

While I appreciate the sentiment, their financial consequences for losing your business are far lower than your potential health consequences for never getting it done and wishing you had. Our medical system requires you to be proactive a lot of the time, as frustrating as it is.

We’re good
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We'll give it another shot here in a couple of months. The roid needs some obedience training anyway.

This x a million

"Who’s had a colonoscopy?"

With or without a doctor. I need some clarification...........

I think DC is becoming more of a joy to visit than the lounge.

Thanks and I will make sure to tell him I need one. I thought it sounded strange when he said that and I don't think I misunderstood him.

In regards to Cologuard I have read there is alot of false positives but haven't heard much about false negatives. Thanks for the info

How about a colostomy, who's had one of those?

Had my first last September 7th! Had to fast about. Will have to do it in five years.

I'm always very careful when I check in for my colonoscopy that I don't accidentally say I'm there for a colostomy.

What kind of sensations did you feel? Did you do anything that made it more pleasurable to your doc?

I went with ColoGuard instead, it achieves the same thing with a lot less hassle... just poop in a cup and send it off to the lab, 99% accuracy

Dude, thats not even close to the truth.:shake:

You cant shortcut this. By the time you see blood or experience any pain, its too late, you could already be dead. It's just a question of how long you have left.

It was nothing...the prep was no big deal (pill and a bottle of gatorade?). The procedure itself was nothing. You count to 10 (but only make it to 5), and you wake up what feels like 2 minutes later, and you have proof that you have no polyps or irregularities. Do NOT be fooled into thinking COlo-guard is an acceptable substitute.

Do you take psyllium? I had a colonoscopy 8 years ago and had diverticulosis and started taking psyllium. My colonoscopy a year ago was 100% clear with no polyps and no diverticulosis. It also lowers your cholesterol which is a nice bonus.

Alright I am 52 and had mine last week. The prep was exciting, fountains of shit for 24 hours followed by liquid diet for day and a half before. All in all not fun, but not that bad.

I am pretty healthy but they found and removed 3 polyps. They were all benign, but they were the type that if were left alone, frequently develop into cancer after another 5 years or so. I am good to go, and thankful for modern science.

So this is a public service announcement, go get your colonoscopy as soon as recommended. Colon cancer is highly preventable if you get the anal probing.

what has amazed me with these threads, is the number of different ways doctors do clean outs

Mine was gatorade and miralax

Others needed the magic cocktail

then one had a pill and gatorade


Why all of the differences?

All I know is I’ve had 5, and the highlight is when you wake up and they slip you a ham and cheese sandwich, then your guts start waking up and all this air they blew up your asshole so they can look around needs to start working its way out. Fart city for about an hour, and the nurse is saying that that’s just fine, everyone else does it but my wife doesn’t seem to care about everyone else.

Don’t matter about the results, I just want to get home.
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I am actually having it done tomorrow morning. Started Suprep to clean me out a few hours ago. Better than chugging a gallon of GoLytely. God that shit is awful. It'll be worth it tomorrow morning when they hook that IV up and give me those awesome drugs. I always wake up feeling refreshed as if I had the best nights sleep.

On the first one I woke up groggy and a little incoherent.

My wife was there and told me "They said you can't go home until you fart"
I said confidently, " I can do that!"
I was right.

I asked the same question earlier in the thread. Basically - my dad, my brother, & myself each had a colonoscopy within 18 months of each other and each one of our preps was different. Each doctor that ordered it was different, but all at the same clinic.

You would think that there would be a standard "Do these steps" but it seems like it changes based on how the doctor is feeling that day.

I assume that if he thinks that you are an asshole, he will prescribe the worst possible prep.

My doctor must hate me.

I know this may come as a shock to many, but it mostly has to do with your insurance.

Had mine on Tuesday. 4 dulcolax followed by 1/2 bottle of miralax in a quart of gatorade then another quart of gatorade and the other 1/2 of the miralax 6 hours later. It definitely cleaned me out. They removed 3 polyps so I got to go back in 3 years instead of 5. Every Doc has their own preference. Spouse had hers the week before. That routine didn't do a very good job cleaning her out (had done at same place) but they "powerflushed", her doc's words, her and didn't find anything. She has a few medical issues and the doc reccommended she do the Cologuard test instead of a full scope and reserve the scope for when/if the Cologuard test shows something.

This is exactly what mine was.

Nice, my comment was "oh, is that all I need to do?"

We went home immediately. :D

If you want some comic relief about a colonoscopy just fin the short on YouTube where Jeff Foxworthy relates his experience.

Will make you chuckle

In my late 30's I started having exit issues. Did a 7 day water only fast and it cured all my symptoms.

Of course probably best to get checked out at 45 if that is the recommended age.

We meet again, you vile concoction...

https://i.imgur.com/HyWfGUw.jpg

My pro tip from my recent one is to keep shaking that jug a lot. I didn't do it, and the taste of each glass was stronger than the one before.