Posted: 3/3/2011 1:00:04 PM EDT
|
I'm drinking the "stuff" now.
Without turning this into a poop thread, what can I expect? UPdate: Just got back.They finished with meat aabout 12:15. I had read all the replies so there were no surprises. I don't remember the procedure much other than a little uncomfortableness. They removed 4 polyps. The results will be know later. Like most people said here the prep was the worst part. They used fentyl and versed. Seemed to work really well. I did stop off on the way home and slammed down some KFC mashed potatoes. Now I 'm having girlscout thin mints cookies. and a coke. My suggestion is to have one done whenits yuor time. The drubbegs worked really well. they knocked me out. gonna take a nap now. |
|
Quoted: I took my Dad to one today. The procedure lasted about 20 minutes, then they spend about 30 minutes resting to make sure theres no complications. Had to sign a waiver saying they wouldnt drive for 24 hours. They told me I couldn't leave until I farted. I think I rustled the charge nurse's hair. It's the only time in my life that a bunch of women have applauded me for busting ass. I wish I had it on film. |
|
Quoted: Google:" My colonoscopy by Dave berry". Don't know how to do hot links on this iPad. It's all true and very, very, funny. http://www.miamiherald.com/2009/02/11/427603/dave-barry-a-journey-into-my-colon.html#  |
|
Quoted:
Keep us up to date please. I am probably going to have one soon and would like to know how bad, or not to bad, all aspects of it are. From the preparation, drinking the drink and it's true effects, up to including the procedure. Good luck and thanks. pav I'll do that. I'm also having a biopsy done on my prostate on Monday. Busy weekend. |
|
Wife had some bleeding afterwards. By the time we realized it was serious she'd collapsed in the hallway (at home) and they had to give her 3 pints in Emergency before they prepped her to have it re-done and the bleeding stopped. They said she had an ulcer, but I think he did a poor job nipping the polyps.
Forewarned is fore-armed. If you feel dizzy and have bleeding .......fo |
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
Keep us up to date please. I am probably going to have one soon and would like to know how bad, or not to bad, all aspects of it are. From the preparation, drinking the drink and it's true effects, up to including the procedure. Good luck and thanks. pav I'll do that. I'm also having a biopsy done on my prostate on Monday. Busy weekend. That ain't no fun,been there and onne that twice. 
|
|
Quoted:
Keep us up to date please. I am probably going to have one soon and would like to know how bad, or not to bad, all aspects of it are. From the preparation, drinking the drink and it's true effects, up to including the procedure. Good luck and thanks. pav me too |
|
Quoted:
I'm drinking the "stuff" now. Without turning this into a poop thread, what can I expect? Good luck dude. You will want to die. 
You'll both poop and vomit. It's just godawful. Absolutely miserable. On the other hand, they'll give you some Demerol and you'll get the best sleep of your life when you get home. But the best souvenir is the detailed color pictures of your colon! Great fun. 
|
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
Keep us up to date please. I am probably going to have one soon and would like to know how bad, or not to bad, all aspects of it are. From the preparation, drinking the drink and it's true effects, up to including the procedure. Good luck and thanks. pav I'll do that. I'm also having a biopsy done on my prostate on Monday. Busy weekend. Prostate biopsy is not fun. Do it because it is a great diagnostic tool but it sure as hell ain't no fun. Good luck on all that. |
|
I got one done, it wasn't good. The day before is way worse than the day of. Had to stop and pressure wash the bushes on the side of the road twice on the way to the doctors office. The bottle isnt kidding when it says "Stool will be CLEAR and free of debris" it will be clear water! The stuff they gave me didn't work at all and I was awake for the ENTIRE process and felt everything. I was talking to the nurses and doc the whole time. He told me it was impossible i could feel anything, so i showed him exactly where the end of his tool was up inside my abdomen. Then he tells me sometimes the nurses miscalculate the dosage, and that it really couldn't hurt that badly. So 3 days later I go back for the actual endioscopic surgery, and they screwed it up again. I got the laser treatment on pollups in my colon and it felt like he was putting a cigarette out on my insides. I was almost in tears it hurt so much, he said it was impossible I could feel anything. I almost knocked his goofy ass out! I told him I was going to sue him for malpractice. Beware of gastro in Jacksonville NC!!!!
My dad's wen without an issue, never felt a thing, same with my neighbor. So, I guess I was the oddball 1 in a million Good luck! Tell your wife it hurts alot so you get waited on hand and foot!! |
|
Here's what I learned from mine:
Prior to and shortly after the procedure (except for in the room), avoid farting. Trust me when I say, the results will not be pretty. That being said, you're going to fart. there's nothing you can do about it. Hard as you may try, one or two are going to squeak out. Bring a change of undies. Better yet, buy some Depends. I know that's what I'm gonna do. Like others have said, the sedation did not work well on me either. Docs already told me, next one, he's knocking me out cold. 
ETA... Keep the Golitely cool but not ice cold then guzzle it down in one gulp. Goes a lot easier if you don't have to stop and get the taste. 
|
|
Quoted:
Watch what you eat or how much after the test. Expect trapped gas, and , or pain. May not crap for days. Runs.. True. The nurses told me to "try to get rid of the extra air" which they blow into your colon when they take the pics. In the recovery room I cut some epic farts that even had the hospital workers laughing. And yes, keep your diet simple for a few days. You'll find it easy to just want some soup. Good luck OP. You'll survive. |
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
Keep us up to date please. I am probably going to have one soon and would like to know how bad, or not to bad, all aspects of it are. From the preparation, drinking the drink and it's true effects, up to including the procedure. Good luck and thanks. pav I'll do that. I'm also having a biopsy done on my prostate on Monday. Busy weekend. Elevated PSA or positive DRE? |
|
Forget toilet paper from the get-go! Otherwise your ass will feel like you wiped it with vinegar soaked 100 grit sandpaper!
Get a thing of baby wipes and clean up the solids, which wont last, long. Then just shower you ass after every movement. This will limit the pain. I was put under completely with a general. I remeber the injection hurt like hell and i counted back to 8 and was gone! My FIL drove me home and i warned him that i had to fart; he said "No problem, go ahead..." It was the loudest most volumous fart i ever let rip, and i am renowned for being able to rip 'em, regularly. Needless to say we both were laughing and in tears. 
|
|
Had one last year, although at a relatively early age due to family Hx of colon Ca.
Allow me to offer my input - although some will be too late for you for this episode :
1) While they suggest no solid food the previous evening I'm planning on changing to no solid food after breakfast the previous day for my next one. 2) The liquid they give you in the gallon jug isn't great. To hear some folks online you'd think they were consuming raw fish guts or something truly horrid... to me it just tasted like stale canteen water, just a little heavier/thicker, so I can assume the whiners don't have that broad a spectrum to judge. 
3) One of the best things I saw suggested online was using Crystal light with the cleansing agent - WITHOUT RED FOOD COLORING - it made it far more palatable. Keep away from the red since it can cause problems with perception of colors when they're actively scoping. 4) Good advice for using baby personal hygeine wipes. 5) Good advice about being careful with what you think are farts. I didn't have any accidents...but it was close twice. 
As far as the procedure itself? No recollection whatsoever. I was BS'ing with the nurses and doc and then something inside said "It's time to take a nap now". I lay down my head and was out. I woke up being wheeled back to the recovery room. No ill effects afterwards, except I didn't feel like eating much for a few days. * * * war story below * * * My dad got diagnosed when he wasn't feeing well - he went to the doctor and they discovered he was anemic - he had a RBC of 2.x (normal is 4-6) and they sent him for a CAT scan, which revealed an abdominal mass. They opened him up and discovered he was already in Stage III - the Ca had worked its way through the colon into the mesentery (the network of blood vessels that serves the intestines). They could remove the cancer, but they'd be condemning dad to death by starvation since they'd have to de-vascularize his intestinal tract, so they sewed him up. We knew it couldn't be good when they were done with the 6 hour surgery in 90 minutes. He looked up at me from his hospital bed and told me that his dad had died from colon ca, and he remembered his grandmother saying his grandfather had died from "a lump in his stomach". He looked up at me and said "you poor kid". I told him I was a lucky kid for two reasons - firstly because he'd been my dad, and secondly because I knew what could be ahead and the relatively easy methods of detection and elimination of potential problems (polyps). I told him forewarned is forearmed and I gave him a hug. Dad lasted for another year, and I told myself that any number of other things might do me in, but it wasn't going to be colon Ca if I had a say. |
|
You will not get much sleep tonight.
The drugs they will give you may put you out or not. If not, it takes the edge off. Also, if you are awake, you can watch what's up your ass on TV. At the start, they will blow air up your ass, and you're going to wonder, "What the Hell is going on back there?" If they are only going to use the short scope, you are safe as long as you feel only one hand on your shoulder. Bilster |
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Keep us up to date please. I am probably going to have one soon and would like to know how bad, or not to bad, all aspects of it are. From the preparation, drinking the drink and it's true effects, up to including the procedure. Good luck and thanks. pav I'll do that. I'm also having a biopsy done on my prostate on Monday. Busy weekend. Elevated PSA or positive DRE? Elevated PSA |
|
Quoted:
I'm drinking the "stuff" now. Without turning this into a poop thread, what can I expect? The closer you get the end of that 1 gallon jug the more the taste will make you want to puke. I have never finished a whole gallon and my scoping jobs went just fine. Once it runs clear, you are done. No need to finish the rest of the vile jug of juice. |
|
Quoted: DO NOT EVER... ask anyone that was in the procedure room if you said anything. I have heard some pretty surprising things come out of people when they have Versed on board. Be thankful it makes you forget everything, just in case. My wife recently overheard a patient that was not quite sedated enough asking one of the other nurses if she would have sex with him. |