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being put to sleep like that. ive heard the worst is the drink the night before. will be sitting on the toilet a lot I suppose. my mother died of colon cancer at 74. im 62 so I need to have it done wish me luck.
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Good luck! Don t worry I'm sure everything will be fine. You are right, the drinking the liquid is the worse. Keep us posted. 🙏
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Good Luck! I'm glad to hear that you are being so proactive in your health care! Let us know how it goes.
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Good luck, pal!
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i hope all goes well i have never had one and wish i could just use the colonguard procedure that i see on tv
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I concur the prep is worse than the actual test.
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Good luck, but I'm sure everything will be ok. But I know the day before is really miserable. I have had to have one a few years back and it was a miserable day before the procedure.
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Good luck tomorrow!
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being put to sleep like that. ive heard the worst is the drink the night before. will be sitting on the toilet a lot I suppose. my mother died of colon cancer at 74. im 62 so I need to have it done wish me luck.
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Good luck
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i wish you the best. the prep is worse than the procedure. good luck! :rainbow: :peace: :wave:
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Good Luck! :clover: I hope you get great results!
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I haven't had one for a long time, but it was really no big deal. The last time they let me watch the whole thing on a TV screen as the probe journeyed down a long pink tunnel.
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good luck....hope all goes well...got to have mine scheduled soon...had an appt nd cancelled due to sickness and havent rescheduled yet...been a rough summer and still dealing with medication allergy issues and low blood pressure...
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I've experienced worse things. Drinking the gallon of liquid is the hardest. The first one I had I could watch the monitor while they did the colonoscopy. The second time I was out for the whole thing. You'll be fine and I hope you have a good report.
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Couldn't getbitbdone cause I didn't drink enough of the drink they give you. Will reschedule but hated that drink and pooping atb3,4 6am.
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Good luck hope it goes well!
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Best of luck to you! I believe you mean colonoscopy? My family has no history of cancer other than a grandmother who died of lung cancer at age eighty four. Her death from cancer was inevitable as she used to smoke eight to ten packs of cigarettes per day. Given my family history I have opted out of getting a colonoscopy-much to my Doctor's chagrin. My doctor is also less than pleased that I will not take medicine for my slightly heightened Cholesterol levels. I told my Doctor, at the last visit, that my cholesterol levels have been exactly the same for thirty five years. He responded with telling me that older bodies are not equipped, as well, to handle higher levels. I am not concerned. Nobody in my family has died at an age earlier than eighty four. I figure, age fifty six, I have at least twenty eight years to go.
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I wish you the best of luck and all goes well. It is good that you are having this done. Last time I had it done the doctor removed polyps in me. I am so thankful that they found these and removed them as they can lead to cancer.
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Yes - the worst part is the stuff you take the day before. The procedure - you won't even know anything until it is done.
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Best of luck to you! I believe you mean colonoscopy? My family has no history of cancer other than a grandmother who died of lung cancer at age eighty four. Her death from cancer was inevitable as she used to smoke eight to ten packs of cigarettes per day. Given my family history I have opted out of getting a colonoscopy-much to my Doctor's chagrin. My doctor is also less than pleased that I will not take medicine for my slightly heightened Cholesterol levels. I told my Doctor, at the last visit, that my cholesterol levels have been exactly the same for thirty five years. He responded with telling me that older bodies are not equipped, as well, to handle higher levels. I am not concerned. Nobody in my family has died at an age earlier than eighty four. I figure, age fifty six, I have at least twenty eight years to go.
HOW could you smoke 10 packs a cigarettes a DAY? That is 250 cigarettes!
Doctors like to push pills on people. I had one who tried to push something on me a few years ago. It was actually injections and he was like we will start you on xxx injections today. I said NO YOU WON'T. He just looked at me. We went back and forth and I was like It's MY body and I am not doing this. He also sent me home with 2 scripts. I am not taking either of them. Did not need them. He is a druggie. Every person he sees they say he puts them on 2-3 prescriptions. I refuse to go back to him.
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Yes - the worst part is the stuff you take the day before. The procedure - you won't even know anything until it is done.
I guess the worse part (never had it) would be the needle in the arm to put you to sleep???? A friend had it a couple years ago.
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Well, how did it go? This is the lot of everyone over 40 nowadays.:P
Now you can advise others about your adventure and won't have to do it again for another eight years.
Yay! :party:
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I have had 5 of them and I don't think I will again. Although the doctor found 3 plyops when I had the second one. Of course it had been way over 10 years and go rid of them . recommend I have one every 5 years and I have had so far. And this las one was only a tiny one. The last doctor wanted me to come in every year. Said nope and that I would never comeback to him again anyway. the crude he gave me was awful. His own recipe and was the hardest one I ever had. Most of them use go lightly which is not so bad.
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You don't wish for luck, you ask God to bring you thru it.
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I haven't had one for a long time, but it was really no big deal. The last time they let me watch the whole thing on a TV screen as the probe journeyed down a long pink tunnel.
That would be cool to watch. I like watching medical procedures. I watched my brother's Lasik procedure on TV from the waiting area.
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I haven't had one for a long time, but it was really no big deal. The last time they let me watch the whole thing on a TV screen as the probe journeyed down a long pink tunnel.
That would be cool to watch. I like watching medical procedures. I watched my brother's Lasik procedure on TV from the waiting area.
I had one done last fall. Watching the procedure was not an option. I was "out". If given the opportunity, I would want to watch. Fascinating.
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When I had mine they had me drink Gatorade with MiraLax in it. (not purple or red). I wanted to watch the whole thing but my sisters talked me out of it. 8)
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Well, how did it go? This is the lot of everyone over 40 nowadays.:P
Now you can advise others about your adventure and won't have to do it again for another eight years.
Yay! :party:
:fish:
I had to have one done for 3 years in a row. They took my right colon because of a polyp. One lousy benign polyp that was found on my last CT Scan after my radiation treatments were done. I hated that doc and if I wasn't in a state of shock, I would've requested a second opinion. The surgeon was happy to cut me up. Won't ever have that surgeon again. Lots of patients walked out on him during their appointments for one reason or another. He was truly a nasty man. It will be 5 years now and I go back to the Gastroenterologist in Dec. Yuk!
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i hope all is ok
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Like others, drinking the fluids was the worst except for sitting on the toilet long periods of time. However, did have stomach surgery several years ago. So, is best to have the colonscopy.
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I had one for the first time last year. I was scared, but I drank that drink, slept in the bathroom(lol) and was ready to go in for the procedure in the morning. No polyps were found. Go back in 3 yrs.
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Good luck!! I heard the worst part is the drink you have to take before the procedure. It is not fun getting those test, but it is worth it to stay in good health.
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Yup, it's true. The day before prep time is the worst part of it. You don't remember anything of the actual procedure.