Home safe from my colonoscopy! Thank you everyone for your help and concern

[Walleye]

Phew. Good to get it over with, they found four small polyps which were completely removed, and they want me to get another colonoscopy in three years. Of course there’s always pending lab test results. Not gonna worry about that right now. The doctor didn’t seem worried. Just glad to get through it, had a nice nap. Good looking young doctor but I didn’t see much of him. Thanks again everyone, take care of yourselves. Your comments and suggestions were very much appreciated 🙏🏻

[DarthDem]

1. Great to hear

Take care of yourself while resting up.

[Walleye]

8. Thank you, taking to the couch

[a kennedy]

2. Good news indeed, I gotta get one soon.

[Walleye]

7. It sure is good to get it over with

[underpants]

3. What's your first meal?

I have a friend who has to get one every other year. The last one he told his girlfriend- screw it, let’s go to Five Guys.

[Walleye]

6. When my friend used to take me we would go for bacon and egg and cheese sandwiches. But today I have

Homemade cream chip beef on English muffins. I am kind of craving a hamburger or cheesesteak, Come to think of it

[underpants]

11. Funny (I hope) story from my friend

He asked his proctologist how he chose that field.
The Dr. told a story of his doing residency in the ER. A patient came in who’d been in a car wreck and went through the windshield. As you can imagine it was pretty ghastly.

After they finish (no idea of the outcome) he sat down and hung his head. “I can’t do this anymore” he said. His supervisor sat down with him and tried to console him. “Have you considered proctology?”
“Huh?”
“Well, it’s been my experience after years in the ER that when someone goes through a windshield they almost never do it ass first”


He changed his residency.

[Bumbles]

14. Reminds me of the story of two friends who hung their medical shingles together.

One was a psychiatrist, the other a proctologist. They advertised that they treated "odds and ends."

[underpants]

18. 😆

[calimary]

15. That's a GREAT story!

Although I must say, in radio, a few people I worked with insisted on doing EVERYTHING ass-first.


Figuratively speaking, of course.

[underpants]

19. 😆

[JoseBalow]

29. My tradition is stopping for In-N-Out

*no pun intended

[applegrove]

4. Good to spread the word that a colonoscopy is a breeze.

It is the prep that is a pain.

[Walleye]

5. Exactly so, I'm feeling almost back to normal now. And glad I did it

[Diamond_Dog]

9. What a relief! Glad to hear you're all done now!

[Walleye]

24. Thank you

[EYESORE 9001]

10. Glad that's over for you

My worst experience with that procedure wasn’t the prep. I woke up once in the middle of the exam. The probe was exploring the nether regions when I suddenly awoke - fully aware of what was going on. It was like, *POP* awake! It was very uncomfortable. I heard someone say, ‘get him back under! Quick!’

[Turbineguy]

12. Where professionals get their training

[Walleye]

27. I gotta admit, I laughed and laughed

[JoseBalow]

30. LOL! He's hilarious!

Robert Schimmel had a funny bit about it too...

[Bumbles]

13. Yay! Home safe and sound.

[surfered]

16. Sounds good, but eat more fiber.

[Walleye]

22. Yep gotta get into more vegetables, I eat lots of fruit

[twodogsbarking]

32. The mental connection to your gut is fascinating. and frightening. Beware, it can do a number on ya.

[surfered]

33. We've started drink powdered Benefiber in water

You gotta do what you gotta do.

[Walleye]

34. Yeah I do take fiber Metamucil type capsules when I think of it

[surfered]

35. I was on the 3 yr plan, but I graduated

To the 5 yr plan and the most recent ( week ago) indicated I can stay with the 5 year regimen.

The prep is not as bad as it used to be.

Good luck!

[Walleye]

36. Good for you, no not as bad as it used to be. So I have to go back in three years, that seems like a long time right now

[twodogsbarking]

17. The scope isn't bad. The prep is less nasty than it used to be. I have had two.

Great people that do the work. Schedule earlier in the day so you don't fast as long.
Take care of yourselves. BTW, pooping blood sucks.

[Walleye]

21. Everything is OK, had some eggs and some yogurt feeling back to normal. I first started getting them when they were

Sigmoidoscopy I think that’s what they were called and I had to take an enema it was just terrible, and I don’t think I was completely unconscious either. This time I was out for 25 minutes but it seems like a minute

[DownriverDem]

20. I had two

The second one I used Suflave for the prep. (my insurance wouldn't pay for it so my doc gave it to me) It had two bottles, but only took one dose of the second bottle. That was all I needed. I had one polyp removed and told to come back in 3-5 years. 5 years sounds good to me.

[niyad]

23. Huggggs. Glad it is done with. Vibes for decent lab results. Rest.

Keep us posted.

[Walleye]

28. Thanks so much

[pansypoo53219]

25. as long as i could do saltines + squirt. the grapefruice flavoring not enough. tried spearmint. nope, peppermint was it.

see if cinnamon is clear.

[elleng]

26. GOOD NEWS!

[multigraincracker]

31. I usually get the double scope.

I’ve had a Hiatal Hernia, so get a Esophagoscope and a Colonoscopy together.
My standard joke is to ask them to please do the throat first, please.
Here is to continued good health.

[Walleye]

39. That's a pretty good sick joke,glad you're OK

[multigraincracker]

40. Thank you.

I’ve had Barrettes for over 30 years. Doc said it is actually improving. He had never seen that before.

[TBF]

37. I had that a few years back -

thankfully out for it because they did both (I needed to go off my blood thinner so he did the endoscopy at same time). Several polyps, all came back benign. Even after removing polyps he said I could schedule the next one in ten years, so that was a relief. Hoping you will have the same result!

[Walleye]

38. Thank you, 4 polyps he said come back in three years, I have a family history