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First Colonoscopy
Pappy:
Ya Eddie I had a blast at my first one, ::) :-[ thanks goodness It was clean and I don't need to go back for 10 years, O man that next year. :'( Can't wait. ::) Glad you got it done along with a PSA blood test all you guys need to get it done when you get 50 or so if not before. :) Ya this is something to talk about the camp fire. ;) :) Can get pretty graphic. :)
Pappy
Bone pile:
Had my first and last one a couple years ago ,woke up and asked the nurse how much for another shot.My wife had colon cancer at 23 years old they cut it all out no radiation.That was over 30 years ago and she still has digestion proublems,they basicly gutted her and then packed it all back in.Be thankfull for a good one
bone pile
bowkee:
I could handle the Gatorade But not the camera at both ends, oh and the Vicodin made it seem OK ;D
islandpiper:
Our local Med Center is using cameras in small pill form. Swallow, wait a day and the med. staff retrieves them.....yes, they do. And then the camera downloads data onto a computer. They won't replace the colonoscopy but are handy for other digestive problems I guess.
piper
Eric Krewson:
I had my third a few months ago, dad had colon cancer which prompted me to have my first one at age 50. Took the killer regimen of prep junk followed by an excruciatingly painfully enema for the first and second one, new, easy on the body prep for the latest one, not bad at all.
Talking with David Mims about his cancer prompted me to have my third after procrastinating for about 7 years since my second.
Bottom line if you have any unusual bleeding GET TO A DOCTOR. My dad was bleeding and put off getting an exam for 6 months. In this time his cancer metastasized out side his colon and it took almost 2 years of chemo and radiation to make him cancer free.
David said he waited too long to get to a doc as well after he had some abnormal bleeding.
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