Well....I'm glad I don't have to do THAT for another ten years.....

[Adam_Selene]

Get checked. I had a few when I was about 50, and nothing showed. Then I started having problems a few years after I married Lori. I'd just pass out at work, grateful that some big guys would catch me before my head hit the concrete.

Finally a female German resident doctor told me that something was wrong and she was going to find out.
The doctor that did the colonoscopy said that he found something, but wouldn't say what. When I got back to my room there was a doctor there that I had never seen before. I said hello and asked what was going on, as he had a lab coat that said "oncology" on it. He snapped at me and said he was going to ask the questions. I politely told him to take a hike, as I was paying the bill and was not going to be treated as a child.
They sent me another doctor who was a lot more personable. He also took out most of my colon.
A year later the same guy that gave me my last colonoscopy gave me another. He said that he couldn't see anything on the inside but noticed bumps on the outside, and said that there was nothing more that could be done for me.
My buddy called me and mentioned the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, and there is one in Newnan, about 85 miles away. So I called. They said that if I didn't have lung cancer they could do something, but if I had lung cancer, well, get my affairs in order.
The biopsy showed no lung cancer so they'd prep me and whatever. The prep took about two months, but most of it was here at the house.
The day the president was inaugurated was when my surgery was done.
They took out a bit more large and small intestine, and then that was really it, they couldn't take out anymore.
Other than almost dying from internal bleeding I did pretty well, except when I told the nurse that I felt bad. He said that after what I just went through I should feel bad. I said no, I feel bad, turned my head and puked blood clear across the room and onto the wall. So they had to cauterize my stomach.
A power port was put into my left shoulder, as I insisted because if I lived I'd like to shoot a rifle again.
Then the chemo....We were offered a deal if I would take experimental chemo, the hospital would not charge for it and would pay my BC/ BS payments.
I asked if the chemo would ( hopefully) make me bald, but no such luck.
I'm still kicking, although not as high as I used to. And get tired pretty fast, as well as having a side effect from not having enough innards to digest the food properly. But the only meds I'm taking are something to slow the green apple quick step, and my epelepsy meds.
All the preceding babbling to saw this.....
Let the guy shove the camera up in the nether area. It will give you a whole new meaning of the term UP YOURS !

Glad you're still with us, Tom.

[Stephen Cohen]

I think that Foxworthy's story is one of the best.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...934B&FORM=VIRE

My lord I near had a clean out watching that, a true comedian. Regards Stephen

[popper]

Miralax from the grocery store and Gatorade- yup, in a small bottle with 6 glasses of water and some anti- bloat pills - magic - gone. Miralax is basically plastic. Beats the gallon of yucky cherry stuff they used to push. If pollups are benign, once again later then no more.

[lefty o]

you guys crying , just quit. if your lucky you never get that same camera shoved in the front, yeah same sized camera, and yes its no fun. it is all better than dying of cancer. lots of ways of dying, but long suffering from cancer because of a camera up your butt for a few minutes. choose wisely

[Texas by God]

Back in the day when they DIDN’T put you under? No thanks, got the tee shirt. No big deal nowadays. Get checked, people!

[alamogunr]

Back in the day when they DIDN’T put you under? No thanks, got the tee shirt. No big deal nowadays. Get checked, people!

I had a couple that I was conscious. I even got to watch it on the monitor. Can't say it was very entertaining.

[DCP]

Just a tip, I heard the Dr talk through the whole procedure. So I told him. He said what did I say. So I told him and I watched most of it on the monitor. He didn't say much. But when I am being wheeled in the operating room the Dr is telling the anesthesiologist that I overheard everything he said last time. That best not happen again. Man did they knock me out.

[Freightman]

To old for that and prostate exam guess they think after 80 you need to die anyhow. I amgoing to fool them going to stick around just to annoy everyone.

[GOPHER SLAYER]

I have had the procedure twice. I think it is rather like giving berth in reverse. I was awake both times. When I was going through prep I told my wife to take the kids and be gone for at least five hours. When I was getting rid of the air I was left in a room alone but the nurse kept knocking on the door and yelling at me to hurry, she needed the room. I have heard cows and horses that were not that loud when they were passing gas. Not fun but very worthwhile.

[Elkins45]

I had the Miralax prep and it wasn’t bad at all. The instructions I was given said to grease up the area with Vaseline to prevent it from becoming raw, and that really worked. As far as the actual procedure went the most unpleasant part was the IV needle, and that’s nothing. I went to sleep on the exam table and I woke up in the recovery room a few minutes later. It felt like the deepest and best sleep I ever had, so I asked the nurse what they used. She told me it was Propofol, so it turns out Michael Jackson and I have exactly one thing in common.

[farmerjim]

My 4th is in Jan.

[bob208]

I had two in one year firs one they found two palps they were not cancer on the outside. they sent me to a different hospital to get them out. they did have cancer in them but a latter cat scan I was clean. as said the prep is the worst. although the wife like making me drink that stuff.

[dbosman]

Gads, You've started making me reconsider my decision to not have one again.

[bob208]

well it is better then waking up with a bag because they took out your colon.

[buckwheatpaul]

Had the great pleasure of my first colonoscopy today. Good news.....pipes are clean and functional. BEST news...I don't have to do that again for awhile. I know I'm preaching to the choir here....but good lord, that's an unpleasant experience!

Just hope ya never have to have a prostate sampling when they take 12 to 15 samples from you prostate via needle collection....it is barbaric.....got one coming up in two weeks.....

[trails4u]

Just hope ya never have to have a prostate sampling when they take 12 to 15 samples from you prostate via needle collection....it is barbaric.....got one coming up in two weeks.....

Prayers, Paul.... That does NOT sound like a good time.

[Winger Ed.]

When I was getting rid of the air I was left in a room alone but the nurse kept knocking on the door and yelling at me to hurry, she needed the room..

I didn't, but they finally let me go since it was getting late and they wanted to go home.

I heard the wife telling them, "I don't know what it is..... Usually, even a glass of ice water gives him gas".

[William Yanda]

I've done it twice, scheduled again five years from the last time. I will be about 74 at that time and even if they found something, my life expectancy would be over 12 years. I am beginning to doubt the value at that age. My experience was not so dramatic-don't remember a thing except going, wearing the gown with no back and waking up a couple hours later.

[abunaitoo]

First one I had, they put me out.
I guess they had to go into deep space.
Last two I had, I was up, and watching on the monitor.
When the Doc finished, he asked how I was doing.
Reply....................Violated.
Room cracked up.
I think I'm due again this year.
UGGGGGG!!!!!!

[rondog]

You wanna talk about fun? Look up what TUMT is. I don't recommend it.