I just scheduled my second colonoscopy

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

October 7th.

[Rising Phoenix]

1. good for you

a necassary evil

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

2. Yeah, thanks Mom

Poor thing died of colon cancer at age 62. I don't want to share her fate.

[Rising Phoenix]

4. sorry to hear about your mom

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

6. Thanks - lost both parents in my early 20s

Still miss them every day.

[Rising Phoenix]

10. I know ...

Lost my dad when I was 16, when I was 25 my mom had a brain anyurism, the doc's said there was no hope, but she is alive and kickin', thank god, but I miss my dad every day

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

12. That's young to lose your dad

I'm sorry. I'm happy that your mom is doing well, though!

[Rising Phoenix]

13. thanks, she is a walking miracle...

[auntAgonist]

14. HI Mrs Sniffa!

here's a :hug: for you!
I hope your Mom is around for a long long time!!!


I'm sorry your father is gone from this life. I am sure you miss him terribly.

:hug:

[Rising Phoenix]

16. thanks for the hugs : )

:9

[auntAgonist]

3. did you have the first one

or did you cancel it? I'm glad you're going for one. Colon Cancer is one of the easiest cancers to cure when caught early. Early detection is easy with a colonoscopy.

Don't cancel!!!!!!!!!!


RIP (my mother) Mum, .. her colon cancer wasn't caught in time. 69 years young.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

5. No, I had one back in 1998

Age 35. Just turned 43, and it's time for another one (no time during law school; all sorts of time now). They said Mom might have had cancer for 10-12 years before diagnosis; she had two tumors the size of tennis balls in her liver.

[auntAgonist]

8. I've had 2

I'm sorry that you too lost your mother to colon cancer. Mum was misdiagnosed over and over again :cry: When she finally changed Dr's at my insistance it was too late. 1 year and a couple of months after confirmation of colon cancer she was gone.

That was in '97. I need to schedule another one too.

:hug: to you DTBK :hug:

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

9. I'm so sorry

That is a heartbreaking story.

And I just remembered October 7th is during Ramadan (how could I have forgotten that?), so I can't do it then. I'm trying to reach the office to reschedule for November.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. WHERE IS HIDE THREAD WHEN YOU NEED IT??????

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

11. good luck, DTBK, and thanks for the wisdom, everybody.

[u4ic]

15. Ugh...good luck to you, DTBK

and I hope everything turns out normal. :hug:

[steely]

17. Hope everything comes out OK in the end.

Seriously - I'm overdue for my first and I owe you some sincere thanks for reminding me.
I have a doc appt for this Wed (something else) and will ask for a referral - I lost my OM back when he was just a couple of yrs older than I am now - so if you do the math - I'm way overdue.

[meow2u3]

18. I hope the doctor doesn't find a brain there instead of in your head

That's where they found Bush's brain--when he had the Bush brain scan 3 years ago. :evilgrin:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

19. COLONOSCOPIES FOR ALL!!!!

:party:

[sundog]

25. ...

:party:

[Lilyhoney]

20. I had a sigmoidoscopy(sp?) recently.

It was interesting to see inside myself on the tv screen. Everything looked great.

Oh and the prep is sooo much fun. :hurts: :hurts: :hurts:

[Habibi]

21. I've had several

due to Crohn's disease (now thankfully in remission, knock wood!). The prep is the worst part, to me. GoLytely, ugh! :puke:

What kind are you having, conventional or virtual?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

23. Conventional

I never minded the stuff I had to drink with the first one; it was the enema that about killed me! But the scheduler informed me today that I won't have to have one here; just drink a half gallon of GoLytely and take 4 tablets.

[Habibi]

27. One nice thing about it

you usually get decent drugs.

[bigwillq]

22. That's great!

My dad just had his first a few months ago. He was CLEAN!! HAHA!

Good luck with yours!:hi:

[FuzzyThinker]

24. Good Luck with that

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

26. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[FuzzyThinker]

28. Thanks