Posted on 08/16/2010 10:46:29 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob
My prescription is in the other room.
But it is a quart (not the gallon anymore) of Lemon-Lime Sea Salt tasting stuff.
And if you follow the diet to a T (which you must/why wouldn’t you) you get to swallow 2 pills to finish the cleansing instead of more Lemon-Lime sea salt tasting stuff.
LOL Your Doc gives you the souveneer pics too?!
That is my favorite part looking up my....
Or as I tell the doc I’m not such big A**hole after all.
yes, I am a perfect a...hole and I have the pictures to prove it. ;)
Hard to lose any life yet harder when it comes too early in life........he was a favorite of mine. Always polite and educational and as good a listener as he was a speaker.
May God help his friends and family celebrate Johns life and continue his efforts to keep our nation free and strong.
I will miss John Armors wisdom he shared with us here . I declare lucky, the ones who knew him personally.
My Opinion........Stay Safe !
Just damn
Agree..........
Where is the young person who will take up the mantle and continue the work of preserving the Founders' ideas?
Honor John's memory by delving into the Founders' writings, as he did, and passing their ideas on to future generations.
Never take life for granted.
RIP John.
Godspeed brother.
RIP
RIP
RE: “This was my 3rd one, 5 years apart. They have never found anything (thank You God) but I have family history of colon cancer. My neighbor is younger than I and has to have one every year and they have always find polyps but never cancer. I hope Obamacare lets us have these test often enough to prevent cancer from developing”
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Yes, everyone has different circumstances re the colonoscopy — my late father had a couple of seed-sized polyps when tested in his early seventies. So, he went every year for a couple more years and then said ‘forget it.’ There was no family history of anything and he died at 82 of different issues.
I had no polyps so they told me ‘10 years.’ Maybe by 2013 the whole test will be pills and water. As for Obamacare, I hope the whole mess has been repealed somehow before our medical system, flawed though it is, is destroyed.
Goodbye FRiend. I have learned so much from you over the years.
Praying for John’s family in their time of grief.
I asked if I could watch, and they moved the monitor so I could see it, and did not sedate me enough to knock me out. She said it actually makes it easier if the patient is awake and cooperative. The closest thing to a “bad moment” was when she had to go “around the corner” from the colon into the beginning of the large intestine. VERY peculiar, but not really painful, just kind of uncomfortable. All clean and good. No polyps, a couple of areas that were different colors from everything else, and so biopsied, but all clear. That was 2 years ago.
My family depends on heart attacks to save us from cancer. It doesn't always work.
You should really consult with your GI specialist. There are good articles on medical tests on WebMd and other websites.
Now, I believe, simple laxarives like Dulcolax, and Gatorade mixed with a powder are used, and are quite tolerable.
The test is done under a very short acting anaesthetic, and you are fully awake half an hour after you start.
Please don’t be afraid. It is a really nothing test, just a little inconvenient. IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE!
RE: “You should really consult with your GI specialist. There are good articles on medical tests on WebMd and other websites.
Now, I believe, simple laxarives like Dulcolax, and Gatorade mixed with a powder are used, and are quite tolerable.
The test is done under a very short acting anaesthetic, and you are fully awake half an hour after you start.
Please don’t be afraid. It is a really nothing test, just a little inconvenient. IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE!”
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Thanks, but maybe I was not clear — I HAD a colonoscopy in ‘03, had no polyps, and was told to come back for another in 10 years. That would be 2013. I don’t mind doing that but was interested in how the prep has changed over time. I loved the anesthetic I got — “Versed.” Wish I had that at home!
The test itself was a big nothing to me — the prep was annoying but other than gagging on the phosphosoda, it was fine.
I’m glad to hear yur test was negative. Mine was too.
When you have to go back for a repeat, no more phospho, just Gatorade & Dulcolax. They may very well have new prep methods by then. They are always evolving and improving, making for better patient comfort.
Rest In Peace Congressman BillyBob
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