I had a colonoscopy today. Ask me anything!

[HERVEPA]

[RedCloud]

1. What is the meaning of life?

[HERVEPA]

10. 42

[RedCloud]

2. Bizarre dupe of post. Why?

[kentauros]

18. 42

hiccups

[Angry Dragon]

3. Need pictures

[HERVEPA]

11. I will scan and post tomorrow if I remember

They do send you home with pictures

[HopeHoops]

4. Thread is USELESS without pictures.

[HERVEPA]

12. See above reply

[brendan120678]

5. Did the doc buy you dinner afterward?

:shrug:

[HERVEPA]

13. No. He did get me a date with Santorum though

[MiddleFingerMom]

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[Kali]

7. ooooohhhhh you're ASKIN' for it!!!!!

you gonna get SCHEDULED! yes INDEED!

[HERVEPA]

14. Actuallyone. Which means the insurance will cover most of the procedure

Without it, they would cover almost nothing.
Great health care system.

[bigwillq]

8. My Dad is having one tomorrow.

Did you only eat jello the night before like he is doing?


:hi:

[HERVEPA]

15. Nope.

I'm a vegetarian. Can't eat jello. Vegetable broth and apple juice, and a gallon of the most disgusting stuff known to humankind.

[bigwillq]

21. Yea, my Dad had broth as well.

He said the nasty liquid wasn't so bad. He's kind of a tough guy. :)

:hi:

[kwassa]

9. I get one Friday.

How bad was it?

[HERVEPA]

16. The colonoscopy is nothing

They put you in twilight sleep and you wake up a half hour later in recovery with no memory of it.
The horrendous part is the prep the day before.
Some preps are worse that others. If they have you doing the one where you drink a gallon of foul tasting stuff, ask for an alternative. They exist. You can google some stuff online. Apparently the best one involves a half gallon of Gatorade and some pills.

[kwassa]

19. thanks for the info.

[nolabear]

20. Colonoscopy's nothing. The stuff you drink tastes like you should be setting your hair with it.

But really, no biggie.

[kentauros]

17. Did you watch the screen while it was happening?

I did! I thought it was so cool being able to see a procedure being done to me while awake. Kind of like when I watched my big toes being fixed for ingrown nails :)

Too bad I couldn't have watched my three kidney stone removals or the appendectomy for my ruptured appendix. I had to be knocked out for those ;)

[clixtox]

22. Never having had any similar drugs before I was beyond...

feeling no pain, I was ecstatic, I guess.

The news was good but my "high" was intense.

I told the staff that they should change the name of the "Colonoscopy Center to" "The Happiest Place On Earth"!

[lumberingbear]

23. Would you sign this paper for me?

:evilgrin: