Existentialism and the Jello myth

[Grampa]

weeeee...im a geyser

[Skybarney]

One would think this being almost 2014 there would be a better way to deal with a look inside than cramming a camera up ones ass.  I am 48 and hoping that a meteor hits the planet before I am 50......  Hard to stomach the thought.

[KnightofNi]

weeeee...im a geyser

i can drink milk and do the same thing. 

[1.21GW]

One would think this being almost 2014 there would be a better way to deal with a look inside than cramming a camera up ones ass.

Yeah, when are we going to get this technology?

[duc_fan]

One would think this being almost 2014 there would be a better way to deal with a look inside than cramming a camera up ones ass.  I am 48 and hoping that a meteor hits the planet before I am 50......  Hard to stomach the thought.

Propofol is a wonderful thing. 

Seriously, the prep is the worst of it.  Find a doc who does the Miralax prep, it's not completely evil.  Try to avoid the "Go Lytely" stuff.  Reports from nurses I know indicate that one is less than fun.

Most importantly, find a way to laugh about it.  Reading Dave Barry's column on the subject is a great way to make the experience humorous:

OK. You turned 50. You know you're supposed to get a colonoscopy. But you haven't. Here are your reasons:

1. You've been busy.

2. You don't have a history of cancer in your family.

3. You haven't noticed any problems.

4. You don't want a doctor to stick a tube 17,000 feet up your butt.

Let's examine these reasons one at a time. No, wait, let's not. Because you and I both know that the only real reason is No. 4. This is natural. The idea of having another human, even a medical human, becoming deeply involved in what is technically known as your ''behindular zone'' gives you the creeping willies.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2009/02/11/427603/#storylink=cpy

[Skybarney]

Can't we just swallow a camera pill yet?  Not to mention this being the USA they don't even give you the dignity of being completely asleep for the procedure.  

I will never forget watching my buddy get four shots of painkillers (paraglider crash broke his shoulder) before being hauled off for x-rays.  Then they put him under completely just to set it.  Not bad for $600.00.  Of course this was Switzerland.  Here in the USA they would you feel everything rather than just knock you out.  Every x-ray tech I have ever met was descended from Marquis de Sade.

I think I will plan my 50th B-day in Switzerland as I can't imagine them making people stay awake for a scoping.  Especially as they don't make you stay awake to set a shoulder.....

[ducpainter]

If your doc won't put you out completely find another.

When I had mine done the doctor came through the prep room just after the nurse had given me whatever they give you. He said "give him another dose".

I woke up after it was all over feeling mighty fine.

[Grampa]

This isn't Bobspapa, it's Lilysmama, aka. Mrs. Bobspapa, but it's his account that is logged in right now, so I am just going with it.  No, Bobspapa is currently upstairs engaging in narcotics-tinged dreams (probably about bathrooms and food), but he mentioned in recovery that he'd started this thread -- why was I not surprised? -- so I just wanted to let everyone know that everything went well.  Sadly, or not, there is no video of the procedure nor his Droopy Dog performance afterwards.

Mark November 4, 2013 on your calendars folks...it is the one day that you can be assured that my beloved husband is not full of shit.

LM/Michelle

[Grampa]

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/capsule-endoscopy/MY00139/DSECTION=what-you-can-expect

there is a camera pill... i think the NSA uses them.

[Howie]

You would still need to have a clean, shiny colon.  Prep is the bad part.

[rgramjet]

Blast, I'm too late!  Was going to suggest a practical joke on your lower GI doc.  A big bowl of cowboy chili paired with a couple ears of corn should do the trick!

[ducpainter]

This isn't Bobspapa, it's Lilysmama, aka. Mrs. Bobspapa, but it's his account that is logged in right now, so I am just going with it.  No, Bobspapa is currently upstairs engaging in narcotics-tinged dreams (probably about bathrooms and food), but he mentioned in recovery that he'd started this thread -- why was I not surprised? -- so I just wanted to let everyone know that everything went well.  Sadly, or not, there is no video of the procedure nor his Droopy Dog performance afterwards.

Mark November 4, 2013 on your calendars folks...it is the one day that you can be assured that my beloved husband is not full of shit.

LM/Michelle

It happens once every ten years.

[Grampa]

food was just been passing right through me as of late, so the colon blow prep crap, was the least of the procedure issues. not eating solid food and waking up from being knocked out were the shitty parts.

[Oldfisti]

What a timely thread!  I'm currently a 6pack into the colonblast program right now.  Procedure is at 11:30 tomorrow.  The no food thing has definitely had me a bit crabby.

Just for shits and giggles I'm playing rectal roulette and seeing how long I can hold out until the gastrointestinal geyser can no longer be contained.  Fingers (and legs) crossed.   

[Triple J]

Been there, done that. Good times.  I quit eating anything by 1/2 way through the "cleanse", realizing it was futile.

Good luck on the results.