The only positive is I've lost 4lbs of poop doing this horrible bowel prep !

Wish me luck .. I'm nervous .. and hungry you can't eat from 1pm the day before. And my appointment isn't till 2pm ( it's 8am now)

I'm so hungry lol I wonder what my first food should be when I can eat ?

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Good luck today!!!! As I suspected, we all full of sh*t. I'm praying things will be fine!

I had my colonoscopy four years ago. The worst part is the prep. The procedure itself is a breeze. You go to sleep and before you know it, you're finished.

My hubby has one every couple of years, because on his first one, they found a really nasty huge precancerous polyp (and some other large ones...but one in particular was not nice). They remove the polyps super easy, and you're up and about within an hour. Piece of cake. Speaking of cake....my hubby had no dietary restrictions. None. And this was after removing like seven freaking polyps...with one being a huge nasty one. He asked if he could eat Thai food on the way home....mostly as a joke....and the staff said yes. No dietary restriction. So lunatic that he is....he did. He insisted we have Thai food about two hours after his procedure. No ill effects. He was fine. Also...his follow up visits every couple of years have also been fine:) No more mega polyps. I 100% believe in routine Colonoscopy....you can head off really dangerous stuff...it's easy and it works. Good for you for having it done.

Edited November 25, 20178 yr by Creekimp13

My hubby has one ever couple of years, because on his first one, they found a really nasty huge precancerous polyp (and some other large ones...but one in particular was not nice). They remove the polyps super easy, and you're up and about within an hour. Piece of cake. Speaking of cake....my hubby had no dietary restrictions. None. And this was after removing like seven freaking polyps...with one being a huge nasty one. He asked if he could eat Thai food on the way home....mostly as a joke....and the staff said yes. No dietary restriction. So lunatic that he is....he did. He insisted we have Thai food about two hours after his procedure. No ill effects. He was fine. Also...his follow up visits every couple of years have also been fine:) No more mega polyps. I 100% believe in routine Cholonoscopy....you can head off really dangerous stuff...it's easy and it works. Good for you for having it done.

Needle in ! Just waiting. And your husband sounds awesome !

I was in hospital for over a month In October with an unexplained inflamed bowel and horrendous gross symptoms but they couldn't do the test then as they said my bowels we're to inflamed so had been on steriods and pain meds since. Fingers crossed!

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I had my colonoscopy four years ago. The worst part is the prep. The procedure itself is a breeze. You go to sleep and before you know it, you're finished.

I hear you. At first it was really bad I had to drink a whole litre of this gross stuff then 500mls in an hour !!! I never thought it would be possible for me but I managed it. Now I realise I can drink more than I thought lol.

Thanks for letting me know the procedure it self isn't scary . They will give me a sedetitive they gave me the option for gas an air no thanks lol drug me up !!

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Good luck today!!!! As I suspected, we all full of sh*t. [emoji3] I'm praying things will be fine!

Haha that made me laugh! Thank you ! I'm so hungry lol

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My sister has stage 4 cancer (not colon), so I've sat with her while she's had her chemo and listened to the many stories by the patients around her who have colon cancer. No symptoms, just a stomach ache one day and then the diagnosis from the doctor. Their lives were turned upside down. No thank you. I'll take a colonoscopy any day over sitting in one of the hospital's recliners with an IV of chemo dripping in my veins every week. My heart ached for them.

Home now. And in bed. The sedetitive did nothing. It was a little painfull they took many different biopsys so find out in three weeks.

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My sister has stage 4 cancer (not colon), so I've sat with her while she's had her chemo and listened to the many stories by the patients around her who have colon cancer. No symptoms, just a stomach ache one day and then the diagnosis from the doctor. Their lives were turned upside down. No thank you. I'll take a colonoscopy any day over sitting in one of the hospital's recliners with an IV of chemo dripping in my veins every week. My heart ached for them.

I'm sorry to hear about your sister. I don't know what's wrong with me yet but that was pretty much it. Fine one moment.next horrendous stomach ache. Runny stools.bloody stools it just got worse. I have three weeks to wait so will try not to think about it

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Ugh. The prep is a million times worse than the procedure. I had one done to celebrate my 50th birthday on the same day they did the endoscopy in prep for my sleeve surgery. Hopefully, it all went well and you are back to normal.

Colonoscopies are a breeze. There's no problem whatsoever with the operation itself.

My first colonoscopy in 2009 was a real learning experience. Having to take the Picoprep with warm water the afternoon before was a new experience. About two hours later, the bowel explosion occurs and the toilet bowl is a mess of runny brown as you literally fart all sorts of gas and liquid from your digestive system.

Then, 30 to 45 minutes later, you're back in the toilet doing a lower volume version of what you did before.

Sorry to those readers who regard this as "TMI" ... too much information ... but it's what happens.

I had a second colonoscopy in 2011 then another in 2013 then another this year, 2017.

In Australia, colonoscopies are a quick earner for surgeons who keep checking on you because you're in the at risk age-groups: 55-65 for men and 50-62 for women.

To save all these exploratory, relatively expensive procedures which find very little, our national government started a MAIL-OUT program of bowel cancer test-kits about three years ago. One now rubs one's stool with a giant Q-tip then puts it in the sterile container and mails it back. The government test lab then advises you if the sample shows you at risk and gets a colonoscopy process organised.

The mail-out program stops over 90% of the wasteful, expensive drains on people's health insurance and the national health budget.

Funny you just hit it on the nail head for my hubby, instead of going thru it all now they gave him a little box as you said above. He said he doesn't know if he can do it. Playing in poop isn't his idea of playing at all. LOL

8 hours ago, Rainbow_Warrior said:

Colonoscopies are a breeze. There's no problem whatsoever with the operation itself.

My first colonoscopy in 2009 was a real learning experience. Having to take the Picoprep with warm Water the afternoon before was a new experience. About two hours later, the bowel explosion occurs and the toilet bowl is a mess of runny brown as you literally fart all sorts of gas and liquid from your digestive system.

Then, 30 to 45 minutes later, you're back in the toilet doing a lower volume version of what you did before.

Sorry to those readers who regard this as "TMI" ... too much information ... but it's what happens.

I had a second colonoscopy in 2011 then another in 2013 then another this year, 2017.

In Australia, colonoscopies are a quick earner for surgeons who keep checking on you because you're in the at risk age-groups: 55-65 for men and 50-62 for women.

To save all these exploratory, relatively expensive procedures which find very little, our national government started a MAIL-OUT program of bowel cancer test-kits about three years ago. One now rubs one's stool with a giant Q-tip then puts it in the sterile container and mails it back. The government test lab then advises you if the sample shows you at risk and gets a colonoscopy process organised.

The mail-out program stops over 90% of the wasteful, expensive drains on people's health insurance and the national health budget.

I'm in the UK so the test is free. I'm 26 so not in any particular needed group.

Unfortunately. There was some abnormalities. So they did several different biopsies I will get the results back in 3 weeks .

Hang in there, Dreaming. It took a couple weeks to get my hubby's one nasty polyp cleared when it was sent to the lab (along with 7 other samples). But it turned out ok. Even if you've got something bad going on...it's good that you caught it and are on top of treating it. There are a lot of colon conditions that are "abnormal"...not all of them are life threatening, and many can be treated. Sometimes it's as easy as adding a medication.

Sorry for your stressful news. Try to stay optimistic. Wishing you a good outcome. Keep us posted!

Edited November 26, 20178 yr by Creekimp13