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Chichiri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:04 PM Original message |
My Mom had a colonoscopy a few days ago . . . |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. And, without a doubt... |
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Chichiri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Well, I may be a bit biased on that note . . . |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bush won't be "put under" |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He won't be able to run and hide on Air Force One, more like it. nt |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. OK, so the only difference is that he'll have the hose, |
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Chichiri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. CNN says "Bush to go under . . ." |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Hmmm...good day for MIHOP a la Darth Vader? |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bush is probably going to have the same meds as your Mom... |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. I could have made decisions when I had one.... |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. 2 1/2 hrs? |
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road2000 (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Pre-Op |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Amen and I'm on a 5-yr - rather than the usual 10-yr-schedule due to family history. Drats! |
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tmlanders (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. You're lucky -- I am on the 3 year plan because my uncle died from colon cancer |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Five years is so much better than three when facing what must be one of life's most disagreeable |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. tmlanders, take this for what you will but |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. i hope the White House plumbing is up to it |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Yes 2 and a half hrs for a routine scope? Very odd. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. She's more of a man than me too! |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Tough guy, isn't he? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. didn't Katie Curric talk through her's?--was it her's that was televised? |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yes she did. |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. wtf is about to happen?????? |
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Rue (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. My dad's got bad ulcerated colitis and has |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why sedate? Just stick a copy of 'My Pet Goat' under the fucksticks snout |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Or a pretzel and a bottle of Jack Daniels. |
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messiah2012 (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. Not to be insensitive to what your mom went through, |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. You know that little thingy that hangs in the back of your throat? |
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messiah2012 (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. You are kidding, I hope. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Shrub* will not come out of this procedure intact, mark my word.... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. My wife had a colonoscopy last fall with no drugs at all! |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. Your wife is a REAL man then, and I say that with the best of intentions |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Did she have the Full Colonoscopy or just the Rectal which old timey doctors substitute full for? |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. She had the Full Monte (aka Royal Flush) |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. She didn't remember to tell you she had that IV...that gives you |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:29 PM Original message |
But they HAVE to put Georgie under... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. Guessing the doctor involved will want drugs too |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. At the University of Chicago they give you "twilight sleep" which is like a |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. I posted before.... |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. Most of whats good in George Bush |
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BeyondThePale (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yes, but did Dick Cheney take over your household during the procedure?!? |
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bluedeminredstate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. The drugs they usually use for this procedure |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. I've had them both ways. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. I had one earlier this year |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. I have several and for a sigmoidoscopy |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. Nothing against your Mom |
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onecent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
38. Maybe it's NOT really a colonoscopy...???? 2 1/2 hours??? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Yep...Colonoscopies for over 2 hours would be very strange..especially since he's had them before |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. They'll "twilight" you for a lower intestinal colonoscopy. |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
44. Mine took 5 minutes and I was drowsy but basically awake. |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
45. So am I.... |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
47. Well, we can all take some pleasure in the fact that * is doing the "cleanse" now |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
50. My dad was knocked out completely for both of his |
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