The Colonoscopy Diet

On Mar 26, 11:12?pm, Mark Thorson wrote:

You'd be smart if you set up a chair near the bathroom.
If your in a far away part of the house, you'll never make it.
Sometimes the Dr pumps too much air in there and that's
what causes all that gas after your done. Once he put so much
air in there I was in such pain I could hardly stand up. I had
trouble getting home.
Good luck.

Lucille
 
In article ,
Janet wrote:


My HMO here in the US mails me a kit every year. It takes about five
minutes, mostly writing down the date and time, and then I mail it back
in. After a few days I get an Email saying I passed. It shows up on my
web page of lab results, but it's simply a pass/fail test.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]
 
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:25:55 +0100, Janet wrote:


I think I do much better than average with periodic medical exams but
I'm wise enough to know when they're schedualing procedures just to
collect big fees. I have excellent medical insurance, pays for most
anything, but that doesn't meen I'm willing to subject myself to
totally unnesessary probing and sticking. Cancer doesn't run in my
family, as far back as great grand on both sides there have been no
occurances. In my family pulmonary and coronary ailments seem to
prevail, and I don't think anyone dies of heartless curmudgeon
disease. lol
 
I had a Colonscopy last Monday. I was given the choice of taking the
liquid or taking 32 horse pills, and everybody I talked to told me to
take the pills because the liquid was nasty. The day before the only
semi-solid food I could eat was green Jello. I could drink any clear
liquid (including broth) except for pulpy fruit juices and anything
red like Cheerwine or Redpop, and alcohol was OK. I was very hungry
Sunday night, and chewed on a piece of swiss cheese but spit it out
before swallowing it. The day after, there was some gas, immediately
after I was discharged I ate, and went home and slept for a couple
hours. I was somewhat constipated for a couple days after, but am
fine now. Fortunately, the Colonoscopy was clean. I am only 47, but
my dad died of Colon Cancer at 55 and I am taking steps now to avoid
what happened to him; eighteen months ago I had one and they cut out
four polyps, but because I was clean this time I will not have to do
this again for another three years.

The best advice for a Colonscopy is to schedule it on a Monday morning
as early as possible, and do all your preparation Sunday at home.
 
"MoviPrep is a nuclear laxative. I don't want to be too graphic, here, but:
Have you ever seen a space shuttle launch? This is pretty much the MoviPrep
experience, with you as the shuttle. There are times when you wish the
commode had a seat belt. You spend several hours pretty much confined to the
bathroom, spurting violently. You eliminate everything. And then, when you
figure you must be totally empty, you have to drink another liter of
MoviPrep, at which point, as far as I can tell, your bowels travel into the
future and start eliminating food that you have not even eaten yet."

http://www.miamiherald.com/2009/02/11/427603/dave-barry-a-journey-into-my-colon.html
 
On 3/27/2011 1:38 AM, Terry wrote:

For my procedure, I was instructed to take a mega-dose of Fleet
Phospho-Soda which was over the counter and dirt cheap.


Interesting. I believe that Fleet Phospho-Soda is no longer recommended
for this use or even sold since it may cause kidney damage. In my case,
my kidneys survived and they told me to try again in 10 years.
 
Ed Pawlowski wrote:


Sounds like they gave you something amnesia-inducing. So you don't
really know if you were in pain or not.


S.
 
"Nancy Young" wrote:

For those that are curious. The total cost for the double exam for down the
throat and up the... Was around $5,000 U.S. two years ago and my 20% co-pay
was $1,000 US. I reached my max co pay over night, so future medical
expenses cost me nothing out of pocket for the rest of the year. Peace of
mind... Priceless :)

One grand still leaves a pain in the ... :)

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:07:06 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"
wrote:


After my ordeal the doc said you're fine, I'll see you in ten years...
I said no you won't. There is no part of a colonoscopy that's
pleasant... I'd much rather have another wisdom tooth extracted.
 
In article , artisan2
@ix.netcom.com says...

Certainly does. My colonoscopy clinic actually warns patients about the
amnesia effect of the drug so they won't be worried and confused by the
gap.

Janet
 
In article , 10@~.com says...

Far more importantly, he goes on

"And then it was time, the moment I had been dreading for more than a
decade. If you are squeamish, prepare yourself, because I am going to tell
you, in explicit detail, exactly what it was like.

I have no idea. Really. I slept through it. One moment, Abba was shrieking
``Dancing Queen! Feel the beat from the tambourine . . .''

.. . . and the next moment, I was back in the other room, waking up in a
very mellow mood. Andy was looking down at me and asking me how I felt. I
felt excellent. I felt even more excellent when Andy told me that it was
all over, and that my colon had passed with flying colors. I have never
been prouder of an internal organ.

But my point is this: In addition to being a pathetic medical weenie, I
was a complete moron. For more than a decade I avoided getting a procedure
that was, essentially, nothing. There was no pain and, except for the
MoviPrep, no discomfort. I was risking my life for nothing.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2009/02/11/427603_p3/dave-barry-a-
journey-into-my-colon.html#ixzz1HoMy6Rrh

Janet
 
Janet wrote:

I only had a momentary confusion when I woke up ... Why are these
women in my room? Better stay quiet till I figure that out. Heh.

It was very brief and the only pain at all was the needle stick site.
In other words, nothing. Insurance company took care of the procedure,
so no pain there, either.

nancy
 
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