Colonoscopy Check-In

26 June 2021, 11:16 PM

Well, I have my colonoscopy on Monday afternoon. Which means I will be existing on clear liquids all day on Sunday and Monday morning, and I will be missing a whole day of work when we're super busy.

Still, it's worth it. My aunt died of colon cancer (didn't care for doctors and so passed shortly after being sick enough to go to one). Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) died of colon cancer.

I'm all in (pun intended) on colonoscopies, though. You get peace of mind for a decade (compared to a year for a mammogram), and they can actually address some things while they're in there.

I suspect a few of you are over 50. Are we having our colonoscopies on time? Or do some of you folks need some persuading?

26 June 2021, 11:19 PM

QuirtEvans

For various reasons, I'm on the five-year plan. And I have been getting them on schedule.

The prep is more unpleasant than the actual procedure.

26 June 2021, 11:19 PM

jodi

I’ve had two. I hate the prep. But the drugs are nice.

26 June 2021, 11:24 PM

pianojuggler

My first one was a "top and bottom", that is, endoscopy and colonoscopy. I was joking that I hoped they wiped the thing off between procedures.

Due to what they found, they said to come back in three years for another colonoscopy. I did. After that one, they said I could come back in five. After four years, I changed insurance, and I asked to have another one then instead of waiting the full five years. I got it. Nothing noteworthy.

I did do an extra day of prep for the second and third. So day one was broth, day two was yellow jello, day three was Gatorade and the nuclear laxative. It seemed to have worked just fine.

I prefer the midazolam and fentanyl over the propofol. Just sayin'.

I hope it is completely uneventful for you and they find nothing of interest.

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26 June 2021, 11:27 PM

pianojuggler

quote:
Originally posted by QuirtEvans:

The prep is more unpleasant than the actual procedure.

Dave Barry agrees.

https://www.miamiherald.com/li.../article1928847.html

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26 June 2021, 11:30 PM

rontuner

2021 is my year for the 2nd...

26 June 2021, 11:48 PM

BeeLady

I had mine recently during the pandemic...

It was good...I had one in my 40's due to an abdominal pain issue...Like high blood pressure, there is some colon cancer in the fam.

This time the prep was so much better, they just had me OD on Miralax. Way better than that old syrupy horrible stuff. I was in and out of the hospital in less than an hour.

Now on the mammogram..haven't had one in ages, not since I had reduction surgery.

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27 June 2021, 12:05 AM

Piano*Dad

That Dave Barry column is a scream. People may not be able to read your link because of the paywall.

I'm having some difficulty, however, in finding a good non-paywall version that doesn't have a ton of extraneous crap attached.

The current prep is a lot kinder than the one I first experienced 11 years ago

27 June 2021, 03:08 AM

Steve Miller

quote:
Originally posted by rontuner:
2021 is my year for the 2nd...

Mine too.

I didn’t think the prep was was all that bad the last time. Hopefully they haven’t changed it.

27 June 2021, 07:00 AM

ShiroKuro

I am eligible for the non-scopy test, I’ve been planning to do it this summer. Thanks for the reminder!

27 June 2021, 07:35 AM

jon-nyc

I had one weeks after turning 50. It was actually prescribed because I was having some GI issues, it was just a coincidence that it happened a month after I turned 50. But I’m good for a decade.

27 June 2021, 10:22 AM

Cindysphinx

This is my third, and I’m trying the new prep. Twelve huge pills this afternoon, twelve more tomorrow morning.

My only worry is I don’t like swallowing pills.

And I am straight up starving right now. I guess I’ll go buy some jello.

Yuk.

27 June 2021, 10:48 AM

markj

I'm due for my second one.

27 June 2021, 10:50 AM

wtg

I had my fourth one last year; I'm in my mid-60s.

I'm a poster child for high risk (family history on both sides, mulitple people). GI doc found a bad pre-cancerous polyp during my first procedure (before I was 50).

Colonoscopies are literally life-saving for me. Well worth putting up with the prep and the procedure.

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27 June 2021, 11:02 AM

Mary Anna

I had my first one on time at 50. I was having some issues so had the second one a couple of years early at 58. All was fine, but they put me on the five year plan. I don't think that is an undue burden at all, despite the unpleasant prep.

Both times, I had complete amnesia and no real lingering effect of the drugs. The experience was not unpleasant, but I don't have fond memories of the drugs, either.