I was out too. The actual procedure was the easy part for me. The bad part was not eating for two days. LOL I get sick if I get too empty for too long. That was pure torture! They won’t do them on Mom any longer. Her intestines are too thin. She has had C-diff for a long time and they can’t get it under control. I don’t think it’s good for the really old. If you decide to try the Cologuard, my insurance covered it, but even if it doesn’t it’s a fraction of the cost of the colonoscopy and it DNA based. I highly recommend it for people that are not high risk.
“They won’t do them on Mom any longer. Her intestines are too thin.”
Another thing that I don’t hear about much is that the membrane separating the “poop chute” from the urethra gets to thin, and brittle, in older people causing “things” to go where they’re not supposed to. For my MIL, it caused a chronic UTI situation for a few of her final years. Not a pleasant way to live life.
A couple of colonoscopies I’ve had apparently punctured the membrane — UTIs within a few hours.
My sister worked in medical malpractice insurance for years and never will have a colonoscopy. Too many horror stories.
Sounds like Cologuard might be the way to go — no anesthetic, and not invasive.
“ She has had C-diff for a long time and they can’t get it under control.
The only thing that worked for me was taking Culturelle, the probiotic.
Wiped it out in 2-3 days.
Even the infectious disease specialist couldn’t do what culturelle did!