My procedure took place in a hospital, maybe that's why?Propofol is rapid onset, moderately deep sedation that wears off quickly. It requires more intense monitoring, often including an anesthetist or anesthesiologist.
While it’s safe and effective, it’s not the first line recommended by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. That’s probably because it usually incurs more expense, with roughly equivalent safety and outcomes, in comparison to conscious sedation with a benzodiazepine + opioid.
Historically, you’d see it used for patients receiving “VIP” care (not necessarily a good thing). But maybe that is changing
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Colonoscopy preparation today..... (2 Viewers)
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Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Michael Jackson reference.
Being in a hospital means anesthesia more likely present. I wonder what the difference in cost is, versus freestanding endoscopy center?
Don’t know anything about This site, but it sheds some light on pricing:
The joke was more about the doctor who didn't monitor Jackson's vitals properly. People way too sensitive.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
No, I’m joking. Hint: Bad is capitalized for a reason.
Wow I feel dumb now
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
Thank the lord, I don't need another one for 10 years.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
I‘m in the same boat. It wasn’t bad, but I'm hoping technology improves enough in the next decade the screening endoscopies become obsolete.
With that in mind, anybody had genetic stool testing, like Cologuard, and/or CT colonography recommended instead of colonoscopy?
joker
Footballguy
I did Cologuard first and never heard anything back, so I'm a bad example. Just picked up all the prep goodies for my upcoming procedure so I can't forget anything.
Your **** got lost in the mail?
The General
Footballguy
I did Cologuard this year. Was a gross but easy process. Came back all good.
Need to schedule the real deal at some point this year.
Judge Smails
Footballguy
Good buddy of mine seemed to be in perfect health. Died of colon cancer at 49. I wouldn’t wait
Judge Smails
Footballguy
I love the stuff. Count backwards from 3 and never remember past 2. Wake up feeling fresh as a daisy.Propofol is rapid onset, moderately deep sedation that wears off quickly. It requires more intense monitoring, often including an anesthetist or anesthesiologist.
While it’s safe and effective, it’s not the first line recommended by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. That’s probably because it usually incurs more expense, with roughly equivalent safety and outcomes, in comparison to conscious sedation with a benzodiazepine + opioid.
Historically, you’d see it used for patients receiving “VIP” care (not necessarily a good thing). But maybe that is changing
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Yeah, most people have a good experience with propofol. But the same can be said for conscious sedation with Versed/Fentanyl, which is cheaper, and requires less specialized monitoring.I love the stuff. Count backwards from 3 and never remember past 2. Wake up feeling fresh as a daisy.Propofol is rapid onset, moderately deep sedation that wears off quickly. It requires more intense monitoring, often including an anesthetist or anesthesiologist.
While it’s safe and effective, it’s not the first line recommended by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. That’s probably because it usually incurs more expense, with roughly equivalent safety and outcomes, in comparison to conscious sedation with a benzodiazepine + opioid.
Historically, you’d see it used for patients receiving “VIP” care (not necessarily a good thing). But maybe that is changing
ChiefD
Footballguy
Do it. Easy procedure and can be life saving.
Clown Car
Footballguy
That took me a second. I go Monday for my next one. I’m on the five year plan. They are having me do a different prep this time. 4 dulcolax tablets at 3.00. Then half a gallon of my choice of drink with 14 ounces of miralax between 6-8:00pm.
General Malaise
Footballguy
A week from today.....
Looking at approved foods list, I'm thinking of making the world's most bland and boring chicken jambalaya with white rice, chicken stock and carrots. That'll be my substance the days before all clear liquid day, which I intend to be water only. I can fast 24 hours standing on my head.
Come 2pm Thursday when I'm home I might order the sort of pizza a guy on death row would order.
Looking at approved foods list, I'm thinking of making the world's most bland and boring chicken jambalaya with white rice, chicken stock and carrots. That'll be my substance the days before all clear liquid day, which I intend to be water only. I can fast 24 hours standing on my head.
Come 2pm Thursday when I'm home I might order the sort of pizza a guy on death row would order.
Funny, as worried as I was about being hungry, I wasnt at all. Goes to show you eating is generally done out of boredom more than hunger.
Its just a powder. It expires in 2 years.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Similar to my prep, which was four Dulcolax followed by half a gallon of clear Gatorade + Miralax, split into two servings over ~12 hours, finishing 6 hours before my procedure.
It was super easy, as I cleared out a couple hours after the Dulcolax. I think fasting the day before the procedure helped.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Dezbelief
Footballguy
Yes, and insurance usually doesn't cover prep.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Absolutely. Probably one of the most common complaints/concerns among hospitalized patients is “starving”, which of course never happens.
Granted, people are kept nothing by mouth far too long, but we‘re all spoiled by rarely experiencing hunger in our day-to-day lives. The fasting guys can attest - it isn’t as terrible as expected.
Moreover, being sick kills most people‘s appetite, so worrying about food can be a hint nothing serious is going on.
joker
Footballguy
LOL that's right. I'd hate to be the person who got that package if it was delivered to the wrong place.
brun
Footballguy
Good luck!
General Malaise
Footballguy
Sorry to hear about your brother. :(
Clown Car
Footballguy
Sorry about your brother. My friends dad found out he was terminal before he ever knew anything about it. His kids all got the scope and my friend already had cancer. She is fine now but very outspoken about getting checked.
Clown Car
Footballguy
Thanks!! Went great! Found one polyp. Had a nice breakfast and a great nap. Just getting going for the day now. Go again in 5 years.
General Malaise
Footballguy
I'll attempt a TL;DR version of my experience....
Scheduled for 11:30 Thurs. Sunday, I grilled a whole chicken, shredded it when it was done and mixed it with a big thing of white rice. That was my dinner for Sun-Tues. Fasted Mon until 4pm when I had chicken/rice when I got home and again with the fam for dinner. Tues, little peanut butter toast in the morn, chicken/rice for dinner. Wed, black coffee in the morn, complete fast rest of the day.
5pm Wed. chugged the first dose of Suprep/cold water followed by two 16 oz glasses of water. Taste; not horrible. Think a stronger Pedialyte. Chug if you can, don't dawdle. Paced around the house for an hour, beginning to have my doubts. Then *GURGLE GURGLE GURGLE*
Round 1 6pm - Like an opening song on a classic album, it grabs your attention right away, prepares you for what's ahead but is nowhere near the album's greatest track.
Round 2 6:40pm - "Well that escalated quickly".
Round 3 7:23 (I'll never forget this date and time the rest of my life in a 'where were you when' sort of memory) - "Was that the meatloaf my late mother made me for Father's Day."
Round 4 8ish I dunno, things are now a fever dream - "What color is this exactly?"
Round 5 Time is a flat circle, I've now taken a copy of my Advanced Directive with me to the bathroom - "If I make it out of this, I'm going to start telling people I love them more often."
*****AND SCENE ****
I waited around until 11pm on Wed watching TV thinking I'd have to go again, but I was done for the night. Went to bed, didn't wake up once, got up at 6:30 and chugged the 2nd dose of Suprep at 7. Between 7 and when my dad picked me up at 11, I went to the bathroom maybe 3 times total? Mostly liquid, not nearly as voluminous as the day prior but still enough to extinguish a small campfire. I even went to the grocery store at 8:30 and wasn't the least bit worried or caught with the dreaded surprise colon sneak-attack.
At 10:15am, went upstairs to take a shower, gave my wife's toilet it's token offering from the colon blow gods and then put on my best sweatpants and sweatshirt for the big show.
11:30am - Check in, taken to an area with a bunch of other patients, all cordoned off by shower curtains. In my own den of privacy, I am told to disrobe, put everything in a bag and slip on a gown, hair net and a lime-aid color pair of socks. Answer questions from the nurse, get an IV hooked up in my hand, get the lay of the land and then I'm left alone for about 20-30 minutes.
12pm - Still waiting, I can hear all the conversations going on around me between patient and nurse. Never thought I'd be privy to so much dialog about other people's colonoscopy prep and bowel habits. The girl 2 shower curtains down to the right sounds cute. I wonder if she poops on a first date?
12:20pm - GO TIME! I'm asked one last time if I need to go to the bathroom and I ask if I should just to clean anything out and was told ****AND THIS IS KEY - I DID NOT KNOW THIS*****
"DON'T WORRY, IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN THERE, WE WILL SUCK IT OUT FIRST!"
I did not know that. Anesthesiologist wheels me down to the magic room. I'm told to roll over on my left side and drape my right hand over the gurney railing. A small burn is what I'll feel going into my hand and then, nap time Mr. Malaise. I tried to stay awake, thinking a man with this much hard living can fight off a littl..............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
1:15pm - "Hi, wake up, it's time to go home!" Doc came into my view and said "everything went fine, but you did have 3 polyps removed and sent to pathology. Diverticulosis and some hemorrhoid's also present but nothing alarming. Eat more fiber and I'll email you on My-Chart with the findings".
1:20pm - I'm given a ginger ale and a pack of some of those delicious, orange colored cheese crackers that you get in a vending machine or your lunch in the 1980s. God I love those.
1:30pm - I am wheeled out of the facility after getting dressed, into my dad's car and off to lunch! I had fantasized about my first meal for hours though I didn't really care what that meal was, I just wanted it to be salty, warm, entirely bad for me and served with a cold beer. My dad and I drove to a nearby dive bar where I ordered a delectable turkey avocado sandwich with pepper bacon, tots and an IPA. Not even close to a usual order for me, but I thought a big cheeseburger would be too punishing and the avocado might have some health benefits that the turkey, bacon, beer and tots did not.
TL;DR the TL;DR This wasn't nearly as eventful or explosive as I was dreading it would be. All in all I'd rate this medical procedure an 8/10 and definitely would do again. It's essentially a 24 hour, medically cleared license to veg out, shirk responsibility at home, get out of work for the day, take a sweet little nap and then enjoy that wonderful first meal you fantasized about for a day and a half.
Scheduled for 11:30 Thurs. Sunday, I grilled a whole chicken, shredded it when it was done and mixed it with a big thing of white rice. That was my dinner for Sun-Tues. Fasted Mon until 4pm when I had chicken/rice when I got home and again with the fam for dinner. Tues, little peanut butter toast in the morn, chicken/rice for dinner. Wed, black coffee in the morn, complete fast rest of the day.
5pm Wed. chugged the first dose of Suprep/cold water followed by two 16 oz glasses of water. Taste; not horrible. Think a stronger Pedialyte. Chug if you can, don't dawdle. Paced around the house for an hour, beginning to have my doubts. Then *GURGLE GURGLE GURGLE*
Round 1 6pm - Like an opening song on a classic album, it grabs your attention right away, prepares you for what's ahead but is nowhere near the album's greatest track.
Round 2 6:40pm - "Well that escalated quickly".
Round 3 7:23 (I'll never forget this date and time the rest of my life in a 'where were you when' sort of memory) - "Was that the meatloaf my late mother made me for Father's Day."
Round 4 8ish I dunno, things are now a fever dream - "What color is this exactly?"
Round 5 Time is a flat circle, I've now taken a copy of my Advanced Directive with me to the bathroom - "If I make it out of this, I'm going to start telling people I love them more often."
*****AND SCENE ****
I waited around until 11pm on Wed watching TV thinking I'd have to go again, but I was done for the night. Went to bed, didn't wake up once, got up at 6:30 and chugged the 2nd dose of Suprep at 7. Between 7 and when my dad picked me up at 11, I went to the bathroom maybe 3 times total? Mostly liquid, not nearly as voluminous as the day prior but still enough to extinguish a small campfire. I even went to the grocery store at 8:30 and wasn't the least bit worried or caught with the dreaded surprise colon sneak-attack.
At 10:15am, went upstairs to take a shower, gave my wife's toilet it's token offering from the colon blow gods and then put on my best sweatpants and sweatshirt for the big show.
11:30am - Check in, taken to an area with a bunch of other patients, all cordoned off by shower curtains. In my own den of privacy, I am told to disrobe, put everything in a bag and slip on a gown, hair net and a lime-aid color pair of socks. Answer questions from the nurse, get an IV hooked up in my hand, get the lay of the land and then I'm left alone for about 20-30 minutes.
12pm - Still waiting, I can hear all the conversations going on around me between patient and nurse. Never thought I'd be privy to so much dialog about other people's colonoscopy prep and bowel habits. The girl 2 shower curtains down to the right sounds cute. I wonder if she poops on a first date?
12:20pm - GO TIME! I'm asked one last time if I need to go to the bathroom and I ask if I should just to clean anything out and was told ****AND THIS IS KEY - I DID NOT KNOW THIS*****
"DON'T WORRY, IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN THERE, WE WILL SUCK IT OUT FIRST!"
I did not know that. Anesthesiologist wheels me down to the magic room. I'm told to roll over on my left side and drape my right hand over the gurney railing. A small burn is what I'll feel going into my hand and then, nap time Mr. Malaise. I tried to stay awake, thinking a man with this much hard living can fight off a littl..............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
1:15pm - "Hi, wake up, it's time to go home!" Doc came into my view and said "everything went fine, but you did have 3 polyps removed and sent to pathology. Diverticulosis and some hemorrhoid's also present but nothing alarming. Eat more fiber and I'll email you on My-Chart with the findings".
1:20pm - I'm given a ginger ale and a pack of some of those delicious, orange colored cheese crackers that you get in a vending machine or your lunch in the 1980s. God I love those.
1:30pm - I am wheeled out of the facility after getting dressed, into my dad's car and off to lunch! I had fantasized about my first meal for hours though I didn't really care what that meal was, I just wanted it to be salty, warm, entirely bad for me and served with a cold beer. My dad and I drove to a nearby dive bar where I ordered a delectable turkey avocado sandwich with pepper bacon, tots and an IPA. Not even close to a usual order for me, but I thought a big cheeseburger would be too punishing and the avocado might have some health benefits that the turkey, bacon, beer and tots did not.
TL;DR the TL;DR This wasn't nearly as eventful or explosive as I was dreading it would be. All in all I'd rate this medical procedure an 8/10 and definitely would do again. It's essentially a 24 hour, medically cleared license to veg out, shirk responsibility at home, get out of work for the day, take a sweet little nap and then enjoy that wonderful first meal you fantasized about for a day and a half.
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Keerock
Footballguy
Vivian?I'll attempt a TL;DR version of my experience....
Scheduled for 11:30 Thurs. Sunday, I grilled a whole chicken, shredded it when it was done and mixed it with a big thing of white rice. That was my dinner for Sun-Tues. Fasted Mon until 4pm when I had chicken/rice when I got home and again with the fam for dinner. Tues, little peanut butter toast in the morn, chicken/rice for dinner. Wed, black coffee in the morn, complete fast rest of the day.
5pm Wed. chugged the first dose of Suprep/cold water followed by two 16 oz glasses of water. Taste; not horrible. Think a stronger Pedialyte. Chug if you can, don't dawdle. Paced around the house for an hour, beginning to have my doubts. Then *GURGLE GURGLE GURGLE*
Round 1 6pm - Like an opening song on a classic album, it grabs your attention right away, prepares you for what's ahead but is nowhere near the album's greatest track.
Round 2 6:40pm - "Well that escalated quickly".
Round 3 7:23 (I'll never forget this date and time the rest of my life in a 'where were you when' sort of memory) - "Was that the meatloaf my late mother made me for Father's Day."
Round 4 8ish I dunno, things are now a fever dream - "What color is this exactly?"
Round 5 Time is a flat circle, I've now taken a copy of my Advanced Directive with me to the bathroom - "If I make it out of this, I'm going to start telling people I love them more often."
*****AND SCENE ****
I waited around until 11pm on Wed watching TV thinking I'd have to go again, but I was done for the night. Went to bed, didn't wake up once, got up at 6:30 and chugged the 2nd dose of Suprep at 7. Between 7 and when my dad picked me up at 11, I went to the bathroom maybe 3 times total? Mostly liquid, not nearly as voluminous as the day prior but still enough to extinguish a small campfire. I even went to the grocery store at 8:30 and wasn't the least bit worried or caught with the dreaded surprise colon sneak-attack.
At 10:15am, went upstairs to take a shower, gave my wife's toilet it's token offering from the colon blow gods and then put on my best sweatpants and sweatshirt for the big show.
11:30am - Check in, taken to an area with a bunch of other patients, all cordoned off by shower curtains. In my own den of privacy, I am told to disrobe, put everything in a bag and slip on a gown, hair net and a lime-aid color pair of socks. Answer questions from the nurse, get an IV hooked up in my hand, get the lay of the land and then I'm left alone for about 20-30 minutes.
12pm - Still waiting, I can hear all the conversations going on around me between patient and nurse. Never thought I'd be privy to so much dialog about other people's colonoscopy prep and bowel habits. The girl 2 shower curtains down to the right sounds cute. I wonder if she poops on a first date?
12:20pm - GO TIME! I'm asked one last time if I need to go to the bathroom and I ask if I should just to clean anything out and was told ****AND THIS IS KEY - I DID NOT KNOW THIS*****
"DON'T WORRY, IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN THERE, WE WILL SUCK IT OUT FIRST!"
I did not know that. Anesthesiologist wheels me down to the magic room. I'm told to roll over on my left side and drape my right hand over the gurney railing. A small burn is what I'll feel going into my hand and then, nap time Mr. Malaise. I tried to stay awake, thinking a man with this much hard living can fight off a littl..............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
1:15pm - "Hi, wake up, it's time to go home!" Doc came into my view and said "everything went fine, but you did have 3 polyps removed and sent to pathology. Diverticulosis and some hemorrhoid's also present but nothing alarming. Eat more fiber and I'll email you on My-Chart with the findings".
1:20pm - I'm given a ginger ale and a pack of some of those delicious, orange colored cheese crackers that you get in a vending machine or your lunch in the 1980s. God I love those.
1:30pm - I am wheeled out of the facility after getting dressed, into my dad's car and off to lunch! I had fantasized about my first meal for hours though I didn't really care what that meal was, I just wanted it to be salty, warm, entirely bad for me and served with a cold beer. My dad and I drove to a nearby dive bar where I ordered a delectable turkey avocado sandwich with pepper bacon, tots and an IPA. Not even close to a usual order for me, but I thought a big cheeseburger would be too punishing and the avocado might have some health benefits that the turkey, bacon, beer and tots did not.
TL;DR the TL;DR This wasn't nearly as eventful or explosive as I was dreading it would be. All in all I'd rate this medical procedure an 8/10 and definitely would do again. It's essentially a 24 hour, medically cleared license to veg out, shirk responsibility at home, get out of work for the day, take a sweet little nap and then enjoy that wonderful first meal you fantasized about for a day and a half.
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
Same.
And that's the only type of place my insurance would cover. They wouldn't cover in a hospital setting.
ChiefD
Footballguy
Did you weigh yourself before and after?I'll attempt a TL;DR version of my experience....
Scheduled for 11:30 Thurs. Sunday, I grilled a whole chicken, shredded it when it was done and mixed it with a big thing of white rice. That was my dinner for Sun-Tues. Fasted Mon until 4pm when I had chicken/rice when I got home and again with the fam for dinner. Tues, little peanut butter toast in the morn, chicken/rice for dinner. Wed, black coffee in the morn, complete fast rest of the day.
5pm Wed. chugged the first dose of Suprep/cold water followed by two 16 oz glasses of water. Taste; not horrible. Think a stronger Pedialyte. Chug if you can, don't dawdle. Paced around the house for an hour, beginning to have my doubts. Then *GURGLE GURGLE GURGLE*
Round 1 6pm - Like an opening song on a classic album, it grabs your attention right away, prepares you for what's ahead but is nowhere near the album's greatest track.
Round 2 6:40pm - "Well that escalated quickly".
Round 3 7:23 (I'll never forget this date and time the rest of my life in a 'where were you when' sort of memory) - "Was that the meatloaf my late mother made me for Father's Day."
Round 4 8ish I dunno, things are now a fever dream - "What color is this exactly?"
Round 5 Time is a flat circle, I've now taken a copy of my Advanced Directive with me to the bathroom - "If I make it out of this, I'm going to start telling people I love them more often."
*****AND SCENE ****
I waited around until 11pm on Wed watching TV thinking I'd have to go again, but I was done for the night. Went to bed, didn't wake up once, got up at 6:30 and chugged the 2nd dose of Suprep at 7. Between 7 and when my dad picked me up at 11, I went to the bathroom maybe 3 times total? Mostly liquid, not nearly as voluminous as the day prior but still enough to extinguish a small campfire. I even went to the grocery store at 8:30 and wasn't the least bit worried or caught with the dreaded surprise colon sneak-attack.
At 10:15am, went upstairs to take a shower, gave my wife's toilet it's token offering from the colon blow gods and then put on my best sweatpants and sweatshirt for the big show.
11:30am - Check in, taken to an area with a bunch of other patients, all cordoned off by shower curtains. In my own den of privacy, I am told to disrobe, put everything in a bag and slip on a gown, hair net and a lime-aid color pair of socks. Answer questions from the nurse, get an IV hooked up in my hand, get the lay of the land and then I'm left alone for about 20-30 minutes.
12pm - Still waiting, I can hear all the conversations going on around me between patient and nurse. Never thought I'd be privy to so much dialog about other people's colonoscopy prep and bowel habits. The girl 2 shower curtains down to the right sounds cute. I wonder if she poops on a first date?
12:20pm - GO TIME! I'm asked one last time if I need to go to the bathroom and I ask if I should just to clean anything out and was told ****AND THIS IS KEY - I DID NOT KNOW THIS*****
"DON'T WORRY, IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN THERE, WE WILL SUCK IT OUT FIRST!"
I did not know that. Anesthesiologist wheels me down to the magic room. I'm told to roll over on my left side and drape my right hand over the gurney railing. A small burn is what I'll feel going into my hand and then, nap time Mr. Malaise. I tried to stay awake, thinking a man with this much hard living can fight off a littl..............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
1:15pm - "Hi, wake up, it's time to go home!" Doc came into my view and said "everything went fine, but you did have 3 polyps removed and sent to pathology. Diverticulosis and some hemorrhoid's also present but nothing alarming. Eat more fiber and I'll email you on My-Chart with the findings".
1:20pm - I'm given a ginger ale and a pack of some of those delicious, orange colored cheese crackers that you get in a vending machine or your lunch in the 1980s. God I love those.
1:30pm - I am wheeled out of the facility after getting dressed, into my dad's car and off to lunch! I had fantasized about my first meal for hours though I didn't really care what that meal was, I just wanted it to be salty, warm, entirely bad for me and served with a cold beer. My dad and I drove to a nearby dive bar where I ordered a delectable turkey avocado sandwich with pepper bacon, tots and an IPA. Not even close to a usual order for me, but I thought a big cheeseburger would be too punishing and the avocado might have some health benefits that the turkey, bacon, beer and tots did not.
TL;DR the TL;DR This wasn't nearly as eventful or explosive as I was dreading it would be. All in all I'd rate this medical procedure an 8/10 and definitely would do again. It's essentially a 24 hour, medically cleared license to veg out, shirk responsibility at home, get out of work for the day, take a sweet little nap and then enjoy that wonderful first meal you fantasized about for a day and a half.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Did you weigh yourself before and after?I'll attempt a TL;DR version of my experience....
Scheduled for 11:30 Thurs. Sunday, I grilled a whole chicken, shredded it when it was done and mixed it with a big thing of white rice. That was my dinner for Sun-Tues. Fasted Mon until 4pm when I had chicken/rice when I got home and again with the fam for dinner. Tues, little peanut butter toast in the morn, chicken/rice for dinner. Wed, black coffee in the morn, complete fast rest of the day.
5pm Wed. chugged the first dose of Suprep/cold water followed by two 16 oz glasses of water. Taste; not horrible. Think a stronger Pedialyte. Chug if you can, don't dawdle. Paced around the house for an hour, beginning to have my doubts. Then *GURGLE GURGLE GURGLE*
Round 1 6pm - Like an opening song on a classic album, it grabs your attention right away, prepares you for what's ahead but is nowhere near the album's greatest track.
Round 2 6:40pm - "Well that escalated quickly".
Round 3 7:23 (I'll never forget this date and time the rest of my life in a 'where were you when' sort of memory) - "Was that the meatloaf my late mother made me for Father's Day."
Round 4 8ish I dunno, things are now a fever dream - "What color is this exactly?"
Round 5 Time is a flat circle, I've now taken a copy of my Advanced Directive with me to the bathroom - "If I make it out of this, I'm going to start telling people I love them more often."
*****AND SCENE ****
I waited around until 11pm on Wed watching TV thinking I'd have to go again, but I was done for the night. Went to bed, didn't wake up once, got up at 6:30 and chugged the 2nd dose of Suprep at 7. Between 7 and when my dad picked me up at 11, I went to the bathroom maybe 3 times total? Mostly liquid, not nearly as voluminous as the day prior but still enough to extinguish a small campfire. I even went to the grocery store at 8:30 and wasn't the least bit worried or caught with the dreaded surprise colon sneak-attack.
At 10:15am, went upstairs to take a shower, gave my wife's toilet it's token offering from the colon blow gods and then put on my best sweatpants and sweatshirt for the big show.
11:30am - Check in, taken to an area with a bunch of other patients, all cordoned off by shower curtains. In my own den of privacy, I am told to disrobe, put everything in a bag and slip on a gown, hair net and a lime-aid color pair of socks. Answer questions from the nurse, get an IV hooked up in my hand, get the lay of the land and then I'm left alone for about 20-30 minutes.
12pm - Still waiting, I can hear all the conversations going on around me between patient and nurse. Never thought I'd be privy to so much dialog about other people's colonoscopy prep and bowel habits. The girl 2 shower curtains down to the right sounds cute. I wonder if she poops on a first date?
12:20pm - GO TIME! I'm asked one last time if I need to go to the bathroom and I ask if I should just to clean anything out and was told ****AND THIS IS KEY - I DID NOT KNOW THIS*****
"DON'T WORRY, IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN THERE, WE WILL SUCK IT OUT FIRST!"
I did not know that. Anesthesiologist wheels me down to the magic room. I'm told to roll over on my left side and drape my right hand over the gurney railing. A small burn is what I'll feel going into my hand and then, nap time Mr. Malaise. I tried to stay awake, thinking a man with this much hard living can fight off a littl..............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
1:15pm - "Hi, wake up, it's time to go home!" Doc came into my view and said "everything went fine, but you did have 3 polyps removed and sent to pathology. Diverticulosis and some hemorrhoid's also present but nothing alarming. Eat more fiber and I'll email you on My-Chart with the findings".
1:20pm - I'm given a ginger ale and a pack of some of those delicious, orange colored cheese crackers that you get in a vending machine or your lunch in the 1980s. God I love those.
1:30pm - I am wheeled out of the facility after getting dressed, into my dad's car and off to lunch! I had fantasized about my first meal for hours though I didn't really care what that meal was, I just wanted it to be salty, warm, entirely bad for me and served with a cold beer. My dad and I drove to a nearby dive bar where I ordered a delectable turkey avocado sandwich with pepper bacon, tots and an IPA. Not even close to a usual order for me, but I thought a big cheeseburger would be too punishing and the avocado might have some health benefits that the turkey, bacon, beer and tots did not.
TL;DR the TL;DR This wasn't nearly as eventful or explosive as I was dreading it would be. All in all I'd rate this medical procedure an 8/10 and definitely would do again. It's essentially a 24 hour, medically cleared license to veg out, shirk responsibility at home, get out of work for the day, take a sweet little nap and then enjoy that wonderful first meal you fantasized about for a day and a half.
No. I hid the scale in our house and I can't remember where I hid it.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
What?
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
They do things a bit different in Oregon.
mr. furley
Footballguy
only time i've been put under i was still awake in the OR staring at the lightsI love the stuff. Count backwards from 3 and never remember past 2. Wake up feeling fresh as a daisy.Propofol is rapid onset, moderately deep sedation that wears off quickly. It requires more intense monitoring, often including an anesthetist or anesthesiologist.
While it’s safe and effective, it’s not the first line recommended by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. That’s probably because it usually incurs more expense, with roughly equivalent safety and outcomes, in comparison to conscious sedation with a benzodiazepine + opioid.
Historically, you’d see it used for patients receiving “VIP” care (not necessarily a good thing). But maybe that is changing
all these stories about people being KO'd seconds after getting the anesthetic had me worried i was going to be awake through the actual procedure. thankfully they noticed and did... something... because i don't remember **** after the last face blotted out the OR lights until waking up in the recovery room.
On The Rocks
Footballguy
Had a colonoscopy on Thursday.
Old hat for me. My 10th time down this road. Big family history involved. My paternal grandfather, my dad, my brother and my uncle on my mom's side are all partakers of colon cancer so I've been getting them every 3 years since I was 40. Then a couple of years ago I was diagnosed with something called "Lynch Syndrome" and they kicked me up to once a year.
Prep was ALWAYS a very difficult process for me. The cleansing didn't bother me, it was the poison you have to drink in order to start the process. I would get to doses. One 12 hours prior to the colonoscopy and one dose 6 hours before. I was always able to manage keeping the first dose down, but it never failed that about 1/3 of the way into the second dose I would throw it all up which would lead to a potentially poor clean out.
So this year I asked the Dr if they had come up with a pill form yet. And sure enough, YES! They finally have.
This may have been discussed in this thread previously. When I had originally asked him if it was available, he said yes, but was still an out-of-pocket expense. By the time I scheduled the colonoscopy and ordered the prep, the prescription was now covered by insurance.
It was 100% more easy to keep down. It's a lot of pills. 12 pills for the first dose, and 12 more for the second. It still made me feel a bit nauseous, which surprised me a bit, and the bloating that occurs is a really strange sensation. Anyway....I share all that to say, if you are a regular participant in this process and you struggle to drink the prep, ask your doctor about a pill form that is available. SuPrep I believe it is called, which is also the same company that makes the liquid form.
Old hat for me. My 10th time down this road. Big family history involved. My paternal grandfather, my dad, my brother and my uncle on my mom's side are all partakers of colon cancer so I've been getting them every 3 years since I was 40. Then a couple of years ago I was diagnosed with something called "Lynch Syndrome" and they kicked me up to once a year.
Prep was ALWAYS a very difficult process for me. The cleansing didn't bother me, it was the poison you have to drink in order to start the process. I would get to doses. One 12 hours prior to the colonoscopy and one dose 6 hours before. I was always able to manage keeping the first dose down, but it never failed that about 1/3 of the way into the second dose I would throw it all up which would lead to a potentially poor clean out.
So this year I asked the Dr if they had come up with a pill form yet. And sure enough, YES! They finally have.
This may have been discussed in this thread previously. When I had originally asked him if it was available, he said yes, but was still an out-of-pocket expense. By the time I scheduled the colonoscopy and ordered the prep, the prescription was now covered by insurance.
It was 100% more easy to keep down. It's a lot of pills. 12 pills for the first dose, and 12 more for the second. It still made me feel a bit nauseous, which surprised me a bit, and the bloating that occurs is a really strange sensation. Anyway....I share all that to say, if you are a regular participant in this process and you struggle to drink the prep, ask your doctor about a pill form that is available. SuPrep I believe it is called, which is also the same company that makes the liquid form.
STBootleg
Footballguy
Had it done yesterday, all clean and clear both literally and medically.Just got the call from the Endoscopy Center to schedule my first one.
Looking forward to it?
The prep wasn't so bad, two doses split, added the lemon flavor pack and chilled it which made it more tolerable . They even called me in the morning to tell me I could come in earlier since they had a cancellation. Originally 10:30 am but was able to go in at 8:30am.
culdeus
Footballguy
My god
