Bummer of a day for me :(

gudnoyez

While you all are feasting on leftovers from Xmas drinking beer watching football, I'm starving, I got lemon jello cooling in the fridge and lemon Popsicles and water, yeah that's right I got to ride the silver chair tomorrow otherwise known as a Colonoscopy.

Yeah the wife's showing no mercy she just grilled up some big fat Iowa Chops on the George Foreman grill she got for Xmas fried onions and mushrooms, German Spatzle ( dumpling noodles) not to mention left over ham and the works, cookies, fudge, Deer Sausage and Jerky. She even had the nerve to ask me where the life insurance policy is and who to contact as we also get a years pay from the employer, I hope she's joking I'm sure she is its just anesthesia being knocked out and probed so I'm sure I will survive. I know one thing she has to drive as they won't let you after the procedure, she said she will treat me to lunch afterwards should I survive gotta go stomachs growling time to put down another lemon popsicle. I drink some junk at 5 pm that cleans you out so I plan on watching my Vikings sitting on the Throne Bummer of a day for sure.

honestaquarian

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OMG you guys must be an old married couple
That is F#$%@ up what she did (*and FUNNY AS HELL*)

jeremymarcinko

Nothing quite like a magnesium shake, enjoy

gudnoyez

honestaquarian wrote: »

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OMG you guys must be an old married couple
That is F#$%@ up what she did (*and FUNNY AS HELL*)

Yeah if you consider 52 old the Doc said I was a couple of years overdue. Wait a second I guess I am getting up there in years, see what you got to look forward to once you hit 50 . The wife's a sweetheart we have been married 31 years she has made sure the life insurance was up to date since day one , I told her don't worry that her life insurance is current as is the contacts!

honestaquarian

I turn 49 next month and I just found out I have very little cartilage left in both of my knees.Especially the left one,which has been giving me problems. They said I was too young for a new knee,so we will maanage it with Cortisone shot's and NSAID prescription pain killers.

Nightfall

I'll die of prostate cancer before anything goes up there. Nope.

Sorry man, hang in there.

honestaquarian

Nightfall wrote: »

I'll die of prostate cancer before anything goes up there. Nope.

Sorry man, hang in there.

Nightfall momma always said "Watch what you wish for"
(*because you might just get it and NEVER in the way that you THOUGHT it would come*)

Easy Runnin

The prep really sucks but the procedure is no big deal. I have a family history so I've already had 4. The funny thing was on the first one they found 3 crayons, 2 pennies and a green army man.

honestaquarian

Easy Runnin wrote: »

The prep really sucks but the procedure is no big deal. I have a family history so I've already had 4. The funny thing was on the first one they found 3 crayons, 2 pennies and a green army man.

lawd

HEPP diss po chowd wif a eatin' disordah!!!

Joey_V

Nightfall wrote: »

I'll die of prostate cancer before anything goes up there. Nope.

Sorry man, hang in there.

It's colon cancer theyre searching for

Joey_V

gudnoyez wrote: »

While you all are feasting on leftovers from Xmas drinking beer watching football, I'm starving, I got lemon jello cooling in the fridge and lemon Popsicles and water, yeah that's right I got to ride the silver chair tomorrow otherwise known as a Colonoscopy.

Yeah the wife's showing no mercy she just grilled up some big fat Iowa Chops on the George Foreman grill she got for Xmas fried onions and mushrooms, German Spatzle ( dumpling noodles) not to mention left over ham and the works, cookies, fudge, Deer Sausage and Jerky. She even had the nerve to ask me where the life insurance policy is and who to contact as we also get a years pay from the employer, I hope she's joking I'm sure she is its just anesthesia being knocked out and probed so I'm sure I will survive. I know one thing she has to drive as they won't let you after the procedure, she said she will treat me to lunch afterwards should I survive gotta go stomachs growling time to put down another lemon popsicle. I drink some junk at 5 pm that cleans you out so I plan on watching my Vikings sitting on the Throne Bummer of a day for sure.

Routine procedure, but keep an eye on symptoms.

I've seen everything from colonic perforation to splenic lacerations from this procedure.

I do not look forward to one... I have 17 more years.

aprazer402

I'm just over 60 had one in March, the prep is by far the worst part. But this time I drank the small bottle of magnesium citrate and Ducolax rather than a gallon of Go-Lytly. It worked as well, lot less fluid to drink They found no polyps etc. in me, thank God no green army men, that is funny. When you see them start to inject the Propofol "milk-looking fluid" into your arm, you have about three seconds before la-la land. You'll be fine.

EndersShadow

You guys all suck! I'm 32 and have had 20 of those things so far (chronic gastric issues)....

It's not THAT bad if they let you do the Mirilax prep. Golightly sucks as did phosphate soda.

I've had just about every type of prep and the Mirilax is the best BY FAR!

voltz

The Night of a thousand waterfalls! enjoy will you can

I remember being so weak the day of it, they put a IV in my arm then he said goodnight and the next thing i knew they were trying to wake me up!

gudnoyez

They gave me this Suprep it's two 6 oz bottles 1 tonight 1 tomorrow you mix the bottle with a cup along with water up to the 16 oz line then drink two 16 oz glasses of water after that the two glasses after that nasty tasting stuff I guess I will be up all night doing the #1 and #2 thing, I was starving but now my stomach just hurts can't wait till its over I'm assuming it's going to start working any minute dang it all.

EndersShadow

If your stomach hurts then the trains runnin lol.

Worst for me was my first one. Was getting sick on the prep all night AND insult to injury... I found out at the dr office..... While my lunch was sitting in the car AND they got pizza for dinner (from my fav place)

gudnoyez

The worst thing is that we are expecting an ice storm tonight through the am changing over to snow if they have cancelationsome and close the clinic and I go through this for nothing then I will be upset. I do have a choice of Famous Daves, Outback steakhouse, or the Filling Station local place that have pork tenderloins as big as your plate those are my lunch choices but first I got to make it through the night hopefully the impending ice storms don't ruin it for me. Thousand waterfalls eh looks like I got about 996 waterfalls to go

aprazer402

Don't get your hopes up thinking of a cancellation. As General George S. Patton said YOU ARE going to the front... !

aprazer402

You are going to the front. Your doctor to the rear.

MrBuhl

Easy Runnin wrote: »

The prep really sucks but the procedure is no big deal. I have a family history so I've already had 4. The funny thing was on the first one they found 3 crayons, 2 pennies and a green army man.

Had my first one this year too - really - the prep is the only thing - it's a non-issue. And with a friend who had his exactly on time, and found out he had stage 2, it's time and discomfort well spent. Easy to be cavalier till you have cancer, get it done! The best news is you didn't need it!

cfrizz

I will be attending on the 7th the memorial service for my cousin who died last week after years of suffering because he refused to acknowledge that he had prostrate cancer. His PSA came back positive but he stated frankly that he didn't want to know, and he would be fine with his all natural diet.

If he had gotten it treated all the way back in 2007, he would still be here. Instead he chose to ignore it until he was screaming in pain and had lost a ton of weight.

Of course by that time the cancer had spread to his bones. So now he is dead after years of a long drawn out PAINFUL demise but he died his way.

What isn't right or fair is that his sister and his neices and nephew had to watch and hear all of of this. His neice just said the other day that she will never forget hearing him scream in agony and being helpless to be able to do anything.

So unless you are an orphan, pull your head out of your a$$ and consider the impact your selfish attitude and eventual suffering will have on the rest of your family.

MrBuhl

^^ LOL Wow Cfrizz - all this time I thought @tonyb was exaggerating! ^^ You really are the muscle!

Joey_V

DSkip wrote: »

Life insurance... something I never thought I'd have to worry about. Silly me. Anyways, I agree with Buhl above. Anything you can do to clear yourself of potential issues is a good thing. It kills me that I won't know the cause of death for another month or more. At least you can check one off the list and give you and the misses some peace of mind.

Yeah, my best friend died of liver cancer at age 30. We've been insured up the hilt since then. My parents have told me to stop overdoing insurance, but hey - stuff happens.

marvda1

be careful of this, i was dreaming the day before and night about the big steak i was going to eat after the procedure and to my dismay was told afterward to eat something "LIGHT" also they tell you you can drink water but don't tell you even while in the waiting room you have to keep running to the restroom.

EndersShadow

Yeah, avoid heavy or greasy foods to start with.... or you will HATE YOURSELF. Stick with something easy like pancakes, french toast, etc.

Both you and your digestive system will thank me.

txcoastal1

Jeez, Sounds like a bunch of professional colon blowhards

agfrost

Medicines are for amateurs. Just need one bowl of this:


Anyone remember that SNL skit?

Seriously, good luck with the weather. We've got a doctor appointment tomorrow, too.

txcoastal1

https://youtu.be/b7l6jg4Hlog

teekay0007

Nuttin' to it, Steve. The prep s-u-c-k-s big-time, but the procedure is no big deal. Most patients sleep right through it.

You might not want to do the big lunch thing right afterwards. Perhaps Tuesday would be better.

Hope it all goes well for you.

marvda1

doctor told me they would give me one injection and i could stay awake and watch everything on the video screen or a second one that would put me out. i remember them doing the first injection and the next thing i knew was waking up in the recovery room with my wife there.

tonyb

MrBuhl wrote: »

^^ LOL Wow Cfrizz - all this time I thought @tonyb was exaggerating! ^^ You really are the muscle!

Right ??

It's a little unnerving when relatives from the Boston area call you up wondering what these "WANTED" posters all over town with your picture on them is doing on all the telephone poles. Some with a dead cat nailed to them too.

Sorry to hear about the procedure you have to endure to the OP. I'm one to fall in that camp of if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

That said, obviously if something is wrong or you feel something isn't right, get your arse to the doc. It's my understanding that colonoscopy has come a long way since the days of using Gerbils with a go-pro on their head. Good luck to you.