Posted: 12/2/2004 6:54:52 PM EDT
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Went in for the annual physical today. Got the dirty half of the "shocker" treatment done. Doc felt a small "bump". Thinks its a hemorroid but wants to play it safe. Wants me to go to get a colonoscopy to check for polyps. Anyone here ever have one done. What's it like? 
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Heh, I'm 21 and have had 2 in the last 2 yrs. It's fun stuff. :-) The worst part is the prep, the stuff tastes nasty. See if you can take Visicol if possible. Most doctors don't like it, though, because the liquid works better. The actual procedure is cake, not a big deal at all. Good luck, hope everything works out. ETA, post here if you have any specific questions. |
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My Doc is a gun nut so everytime I saw him it was 10min for official shit (no pun intended) then 40min of gun stuff. I had it at both ends. I was knocked out while on the way into the op room. Woke up about 1/2hr after they were done. No biggie. The hard part was thinking about having it done----actually having it done is a nonevent since you are out. What gets me is why in God's name a person would want a career lookin up peoples assholes... |
Now that I see this, it's hard not to comment. But I was thinking of my Doc as I was nodding off from the anesthetic saying "Don't worry, I'll do the mouth first".
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I've had several and I always get knocked out for them, so no pain. Without anesthesia I would assume your pic says it all. CW |
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Don't sweat it - the prep is a little tough, but you will get through it. On the other hand, if the doc doesn't offer sedative, pull you pants on and leave. Amazingly, there are hacks still doing this without proper patient care. A woman in the office had morbid fear before going for her second colonoscopy last year - it turns out her first one was done in the doctors office without a sedative! She had a new doc the second time. |
He said actual "act" itself is nothing, it's the stuff to clean you out that he said was the worst part. Gives you runs for days he says. I don't like being knocked unconscious either. Shit. 
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There Are 2 kinds of prep medicines. The type I had you have to swallow lots of these horse pills. I had to break mine in half to swallow them. You swallow about 18 pills the day before and another 6 4 hours before. The other prep med is a gallon of liquid mixture you drink. The they gave me Demerol to sedate me during the procedure, but It didn't effect me and I watched and asked questions during the procedure. I could watch the video as it happened. The wierd thing is they insert the instrument all the way in first and look as they back it out. If they see a polyp a little chomper bites it off and they send it for tests. The strange thing is after they insert the device all the way in you they fill your colon with air, like blowing up a baloon. The prep is the worst part. If your like to clown around,my wife drew a sign on my ass the said"EXIT ONLY" with an arrow pointing to the point of entry, The Doc sounded like he was going to blow milk out of his nose when he saw it. |
There's actually another one as well. Forget what it's called -- it's basically a concentrated solution. So, you don't have to drink as much, but it's the foulest tasting stuff ever. I gag whenever I have to drink it. ETA, I used Fleet Phospho-Soda. |
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Nope, the prep doesn't give you runs, because there ain't nothin' left to run. Your insides are slick as a whistle. By the way, if you stay awake, watch the show on the monitor; it's interesting and educational! You will be able to see it, because you and the doc are facing the same direction. Endoscopes through the stomach are another story - I have nothing good to say about that experience. |
| I'm a lightweight when it comes to the drugs they use. Hell, I can feel the beginning of a buzz off of one beer. I remember flirting with the nurse after the procedure. I must've been quite the sight, flirting with her after she was helping stick something up my arse, and completely drugged. |
Yep, that's what I had also. Nasty shit...! www.americarx.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=762 |
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Don't sweat it man. I had a colonoscopy and a scope shoved down my throat to check out some possible acid-reflux damage in the SAME VISIT! 5 seconds after the intravenous 'sleepy-bye' drug, they sprayed the back of my throat with anesthetic to supress my gaggin reflex (here come the jokes....) for the endoscope and 5 seconds after that I was blitzed. Slept right through it. No ill effects, except for a shaky walk for a few hours. Bottom Line: if you can get past crapping your guts out the night before, the procedure is a breeze!! Man that stuff tasted like SH|T.  |
| I've observed many of these procedures as part of my line of work (I deal a lot with Gastroenterologists). Anyway, with the setatives they'll give you, you're actually awake but you won't remember a thing. It's really funny watching people and listening to what they say during these procedures. It brings out a sense of humor in people that they'll never even know they had. Don't worry about a thing. It's really no biggee. |
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like everyone else says the prep sucks. The stuff you have to drink tastes like crap. They'll hopefully give you Phospho soda and not the gallon of vile stuff. The gave me Demerol and Ativan when I had the procedure done so you kinda out of it. I was awake when I got probed, feels like you gotta take a dump. I was watching it on the TV and after they pulled a sample for a biopsy I fell asleep and woke up in the recovery room. Take the day before you go in off because you will be living in the shitter. |
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I had a Virtual Colonoscopy a few months ago. Its a CT scan and scans you get the huge added benefit of having all of your internal organs scanned for lumps, tumors etc, whatever they look for. It took about 20 minutes with no snakes up the butt. The prep has been changed at UW hospital so its just a little easier but not muchIfyou do have this done, make sure you get the latest up to date procedure. If you want to learn more about it, do a search for "virtual colonoscopy". Amazing stuff. Paul. |
WTF did you say that? Oh man, I don't want this done. 
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It's no biggee--have them record it and post it on the board. You owe it to us. 
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+1 It kinda turns you into a human fire hose!! I had a colonoscopy a couple of months ago. I was told I’d be awake during the procedure, but as soon as they administered the anesthesia I went out like a turned-off light bulb. Not fun, but really just more of a nuisance than anything else. |
+1 on the prep stuff. No food for me for the entire day before the procedure. Had to drink that liquid that clears everything out. Tasted like some kind of thick, salty nasty lemon-lime drink. Got maybe half way through it before it started to make me nausious. As for the procedure itself, I was given anethesia so was out cold for it. Woke up shortly afterwards and felt fine. |
| Yes.......about 4 years ago when I turned 50. It's TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!! The doc said it was a piece of cake. He said some read a book while its being done so thought it wouldn't be much. Yea right!!!!! Had no type of aneathetic and it was the pits. It felt like being all bound up but only 100 times worse. I was screaming with pain. He got up the side but quit before he reached the top part of the colon cause he didn't want to put me thru any more. From what he seen, I had no problems. But next time I WILL have some kind of aneathetic, if I ever do it again. I said I would never have that done again but you know how that goes. |
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Had one done a few years ago after shitting blood. Man, shitting blood will give you a wake up call real fast! So had a coloncopy done. Hardest part was 6pm the next night had to start drinking Fleet Phoso soda. After 1 hour of that stuff you're shitting pure water! Then no food or drink of course. The next morning you get to strip nekkid, put on a gown where it exposes your ass cheeks and head for the table. Then the shoot you full of demerol but not enough to make you pass out. Then they violate your, extensively. The demerol made it worthwhile and the demerol buzz was sweet! Afterwards you go to a recovery bed, semi private and FART! Yes because the procedure introduces air in your "system". So there you are with your sphincter and worse violated, you're buzzed out on demerol, and FARTING your guts out. after an hour or so you get to go home. Being a dehyrdrated sucks, but you'll survive. Oh yeah, ended up just being a hemmorhoid
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The prep is the worst part. I've had 2 done. Colon cancer runs in my family. I keep a close watch on it. The last time I had one the doc checked my blood pressure right before he put me out. It was kinda high. He asked me if it was always like that. I told him no. It probably had something to do with that 6 foot rod you are fixing to stick up my ass. He laughed and said he understood. Then it was lights out. |
Oh man! I never thought about that! I had my first procedure last year (at 52) I know I was "awake" (although I don't remember a thing), but the idea that I was "conscious" enough to talk and hold a conversation! THAT thought never occurred to me. Man, THAT'S SCARY! The anesthetic is really weird. I remember parts of being picked up by my sister afterwards. She drove me to her house and fed me breakfast. I remember her meeting me in the waiting room and then getting into the car. I can't remember anything about getting down to the parking lot, or the ride to her house.  As the anesthetic wears off, your memory cuts in and out.Everybody's right about the prep. The night before the procedure is pretty brutal. You'll get plenty of experience driving the "porcelain bus". 
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I had one a couple of months ago. The colonoscopy itself isn't bad. It's the PREP that spews. I had to take Dulcolax and drink a gallon of Gatorade with a very powerful laxative mixed in. Eight ounces every 15-20 minutes until it's all gone. About halfway through the gallon, it's coming out the other end. And it doesn't stop until you're dehydrated. I'm glad that I don't have to have another one for at least five years. But I'm more glad that they didn't find anything to concern anyone. |
Exactly. Demerol + Versed puts you wide awake in the twighlight zone. My wife said after the procedure when she came in to see me I was chattering away & looked like I knew what was going on when the Dr. was talking to her. She said 5 minutes later I asked "Has the Dr been in yet?". Later that evening I asked her if Dad had called to see how I was. She kinda grumpily told me he had, and then said that was about the 9th time I'd asked her that day. The only thing I remember was getting the Demerol and thinking "This isn't working". Then the Dr. put the Versed in my IV - I remember watching him start that, but I was out before he finished. Nothing to worry about. |