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I had a gallstone clog a duct recently and that was no fun at all so the Dr. is gonna remove it so that it doesn't happen again and cause another bout of pancreatitis. Other than not eating any fried foods for the next 6 months I'll be back to normal a few days after the surgery. Thanks for caring GB :beagle: /last100
Sometimes I self-check just for fun
My directions for next week say I can eat a small breakfast of cereal or oatmeal the day of prep.
i went cream of wheat the morning before and made that my last meal.
Nope. I go clean. I want no possible roadblocks for my test.
This. Just drink water
I did this 2 years ago. Came back all good but wonder how accurate this is? Think next time going to bite the bullet and “do the cleanse”So I’m 55 and went to a new primary care physician and when I asked for a referral for a colonoscopy he suggest a Cologuard test. I’ll be sending my poop through the mailsick
but he says unless that shows something I won’t need to get the colonoscopy. Anyone ever do this?
The fact that they say up front false negatives and false positives are possible tells me to skip it.I did this 2 years ago. Came back all good but wonder how accurate this is? Think next time going to bite the bullet and “do the cleanse”So I’m 55 and went to a new primary care physician and when I asked for a referral for a colonoscopy he suggest a Cologuard test. I’ll be sending my poop through the mail
My family Dr told me its pointless.The fact that they say up front false negatives and false positives are possible tells me to skip it.I did this 2 years ago. Came back all good but wonder how accurate this is? Think next time going to bite the bullet and “do the cleanse”So I’m 55 and went to a new primary care physician and when I asked for a referral for a colonoscopy he suggest a Cologuard test. I’ll be sending my poop through the mail
This is true for almost all testing.The fact that they say up front false negatives and false positives are possible tells me to skip it.I did this 2 years ago. Came back all good but wonder how accurate this is? Think next time going to bite the bullet and “do the cleanse”So I’m 55 and went to a new primary care physician and when I asked for a referral for a colonoscopy he suggest a Cologuard test. I’ll be sending my poop through the mail
Same here. I got hungry the morning of prep and had a Boost drink. After that I was not hungry the rest of the day and was not really hungry afterwards.
Pretty much same experience. So much eating is done out of habit, boredom, or during socializing.
I had done Cologaurd my first time and it was fine. All came back negative, but after the fact I thought I read that if it came back with a false positive I’d need to get a colonoscopy anyway and then my insurance would consider that diagnostic vs. preventitive, which I believe would be really expensive. Not sure the false positive rate with Cologaurd but in hindsight thought it probably wasn’t worth the gamble, especially needing to do it every 3 years. Had a regular colonoscopy my second time and good for 10 years.This is true for almost all testing.The fact that they say up front false negatives and false positives are possible tells me to skip it.I did this 2 years ago. Came back all good but wonder how accurate this is? Think next time going to bite the bullet and “do the cleanse”So I’m 55 and went to a new primary care physician and when I asked for a referral for a colonoscopy he suggest a Cologuard test. I’ll be sending my poop through the mail
Cologuard is quite good for catching cancers (90%+), but misses more than half of precancerous polyps. As long as you maintain a more frequent testing schedule, that’s unlikely to result in a bad outcome, and the absolute risk is small.
On the other side of the equation, a false positive just buys you a colonoscopy.
Still, I’d rather stick the gold standard test.
If I get one of these randomly at my house I think I would send back a combo of dog, rabbit, and mouse poop.Is ColoGuard sending boxes out to everyone? Had two of them randomly show up at my house.
I started my Miralax at 2pm and had no set time to finish. I had it all done by 7pm so I could get a good nights sleep.
taht was mine with a slight difference - the second one was 7 hours before your procedure.
That was pretty much what I did.
I know this comes up from time to time but I recommend SuTab prep (and it may not be too late for you to switch). My procedure is at 1:30 today - I took 12 pills within approx. 25 minutes of each other yesterday beginning at 6 PM. Then did the same thing at 6 AM today. 16 oz of water to wash them down. Then just additional water (or powerade or gatorade) after that to stay hydrated. The volume of liquid intake isn't so big. If it was a morning procedure today, I believe I could have done a morning round and an evening round of the pills yesterday and still slept last night. Worth looking into anyone if the volume of mirilax/gatorade is daunting or the timing is weird. GL
I don’t understand what you’re asking, but in general, Cologuard’s problem is it misses too many precancerous polyps. The screening interval of every three years is based on minimizing the risk a new polyp transforms into a cancer that can’t be easily treated.
i went the sutab route and had the same timing..........i started around 7p and did a 2nd round about 1-2a. i was able to crash around 3a after the waterworks.
since cologuard can't dig out polyps, i just went colonoscopy.
Perhaps. I mean 10 years between seems like a lot
All depends on what time your procedure is scheduled.
Not really. To have 10 year follow up implies your scope was normal. Cancer typically takes several years-decades to develop, after the polyp forms.
Aaaah, that explains it. I'm scheduled at 1030am ... which means they probably get started at 1130am. My previous appts I was the first customer.
Hopefully you aren't getting an endoscopy also ......
Hmmm, never heard of that. Seems excessive, imo. Is this a basic checkup or is there some other issue going on?
The first time I did it, they woke me up at some point and asked me to hold my breath for some kind of push and then knocked me out again.
Dr wants to make sure I'm cleaned out. I'm not the most regular guy out there - going once every 3 days or so, hence the extra laxatives to jump start the clean out procedure.
Watched my first one on the tv as well. Remembered it clearly the first day, but after a few days I could only remember the "highlights".
Mine was billed for $4,800 for procedure and anesthesia. You may get a little plan discount.
