I had my first colonoscopy at 50. The colonoscopy was nothing, really. The bad part was drinking 5 gallons of some awful tasting liquid that goes through you like crap through a goose. I turned 60 this year and dreaded my second.
Imagine my ‘disappointment’ when at my annual physical my doctor told me “oh, we’ll just have you perform a ColoGuard test.”
Crapping into an ice bucket is much better than the colon prep ‘binge and purge’ routine.
I think Drs just like to **** with your bank account.
I was going to post the whole article, which described that liquid drink, but there were issues with the Miami Herald link.
I had colon cancer and was totally blocked back in 2010. Imagine drinking the 5 gallons of prep and passed none of it.
If you would have said that I was full of “it” you would be correct. Emergency surgery followed.
Regular anesthesia has an unusual effect upon me. It is like drinking 20 cups of coffee. It stimulates me. Twice I have woken up on the operating table with my arms strapped to boards and all the tubes still in. Freaked out the teams.
As soon as surgery is over, I switch to IV Tylenol as I can’t take the epidural pain pumps.
Subsequently I woke up in the middle of a colonoscopy. I watched much of the process and talked with the Dr. During the procedure. I could see he was uncomfortable.
Yo-Yo wrote: “Imagine my ‘disappointment’ when at my annual physical my doctor told me “oh, we’ll just have you perform a ColoGuard test.”
I’m 72 so I’ve had several. When I asked my doctor about ColoGuard, his first response was “I don’t make as much”. Still, he prescribed the Cologuard.