Pro tip: sprinkle some baby powder on the seat.

And invest in a roll of the softest TP you can find. Or go check into a hotel that has a bidet.

Hmm. I'm interested in this shortcut test (that is, if it's not just an occult fecal blood test. They tend to give me fase positives).

It's not easy for me to line up a driver/companion for a colonoscopy and as you know, cab drivers don't count.

So is the Cologard as easy and reliable as all that? Somehow however religious I am doing the prep, it often doesn't come out "clean" enough and then I have to redo it (the cost being many thous $$ as they bill for anesthesia twice - thank heavens for my insurance.)

BTW re going without anesthesia, I pleaded with the GI office to let me go without so I wouldn't miss my 2nd grader's end of year show and party (so I was able to drive myself). They agreed (helped that the doc had a child in my son's class) and it was no big deal at all. My pain tolerance may be unusually high or something, but that's how it worked for me.

Of course, that was quite some time ago (the 2nd grader just turned 30) and maybe that helped somehow.

Must add that available GI's have never since allowed me to go anesthesia free.

FWIW my young son did NOT notably appreciate my presence! In fact, he was primarily scandalized that "'Billy's' [MD] Dad had seen his Mom's butt" so, in retrospect it wasn't worth it.

(That son - his brother too - is now completely devoted and loving to me, most notably with my many medical issues. It seems at some level, he remembers such Mom good deeds, so that's very rewarding! )

So I just got the first two EOBs from my colonoscopy. The insurance company decided to pay zero of the anesthesiologist's bill.

Whuh???


I miss my HMO.

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Originally posted by pianojuggler:
So I just got the first two EOBs from my colonoscopy. The insurance company decided to pay zero of the anesthesiologist's bill.

Whuh???


I miss my HMO.

I’ve never had an anesthesiologist. Just a nurse anesthetist.

Ummm... prolly an anesthetist. Someone named Angela. And she's charging $660 for squirting some propofol in my arm.

But I'm predicting the insurance is going to pay zero on the procedure itself.

That is just weird. Have you met your annual deductible?

Is the doctor in-network?

My GI guy used to do the sedation himself; I think it was valium and versed.

Last time (some years ago), it was a nurse anesthetist. Propofol. Definitely faster recovery.

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Originally posted by pianojuggler:
And invest in a roll of the softest TP you can find. Or go check into a hotel that has a bidet.

I got us one of these for Christmas, and it is magnificent. It attaches to the toilet and water line in about ten minutes. https://hellotushy.com

Now I know why the rich and famous seem so nice -- they aren't chafed!

Jodi, I'm glad you're seeing to it -- sorry for the short unpleasantries.

I bought a Brondell Swash but it wouldn't fit on my 1950 terlit.

I sold it on CL for what I'd paid for it and the guy who bought it acted like he'd just won the lottery.

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Originally posted by QuirtEvans:
That is just weird. Have you met your annual deductible?

Yeah. Back in March.

I'm guessing they think it was an unnecessary procedure.

My PCP recommended it.


The facility also said that I may get somewhere between four and six bills... the doctor, the anesthetist, the facility, the path lab, and who knows what else.


I miss my HMO. I never had to deal with this kind of stuff.

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Originally posted by wtg:
Is the doctor in-network?

It's the same anesthesia outfit that I had for a surgery earlier this year and they covered it.