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Piggy Smalls posted:…I’ll like it. In all seriousness anyone go through the procedure? I’m afraid to get sedated since I’m afraid I won’t wake up and I also hate that feeling minutes after when you don’t know where you are at. It's not true sedation if that makes you feel any better. It's more like an extremely powerful narcotic that temporarily wipes your memory. You'd be 'conscious' the whole time but you won't remember anything except the chair you wake up in.
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Do not worry, OP. I have fairly poor reactions to anesthesia but had no problem with whatever they used for mine. Prep was indeed very unpleasant.
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Oct 3, 2023 18:07
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As others have said the prep is bad, the procedure is fine - relaxing even once the drug cocktail hits. Good stuff.
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Oct 3, 2023 18:23
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Thank you goons. I think my fear is exacerbated by the heart attack I had exactly 10 years ago. The feeling of being awake one minute then….black….then “where the f am I???!!” I figure the gastroenterologist knows I had a heart attack and will relay that fact to the anesthesiologist as will I. I also have an external hemorrhoid and had mentioned it in passing during my initial visit. I had told the doctor I was deathly afraid and I guess I worried him about my anxiety so he wanted me to just do the test where you poop in a bottle send it to the lab (cologuard?) I read it isn’t as exact and that you need to do it every 3 years. So I called him back and told him I’d go through with being sedated and having the procedure. I’ll update you guys for sure the evening of Thursday. Call me stupid but I literally thought I could go to work right after. I guess not.
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Oct 3, 2023 18:26
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Also enjoyed reading about your experiences with other procedures. I guess we all survive with a story to tell. Love it.
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Piggy Smalls posted:Thank you goons. I think my fear is exacerbated by the heart attack I had exactly 10 years ago. The feeling of being awake one minute then….black….then “where the f am I???!!” I figure the gastroenterologist knows I had a heart attack and will relay that fact to the anesthesiologist as will I. Good luck! And just stay near a toilet on prep day, and relax as much as possible on test day.
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Oct 3, 2023 18:33
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Piggy Smalls posted:Also enjoyed reading about your experiences with other procedures. I guess we all survive with a story to tell. Love it. When I was going under the doctor rattled his hands on the closed venetian blinds so they all shimmered and waved. It was hypnotic! I remember thinking I was in the hands of a professional if they were subtle enough to make such a kind gesture and it was a soothing comfort as I passed out. Next thing I remember is waking up in the recovery chair. Then they told me to go to the recovery room and I did and then after a while nobody checked up on me so I left and went to Krispy Kreme.
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Oct 3, 2023 18:39
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I believe you only get like "half" put under, so you're probably gonna babble your deepest secrets to the doctors and nurses and they're all gonna be laughing at you when you come to
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Oct 3, 2023 18:51
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Try to get the procedure early so get the clean instrument.
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mackensie posted:Try to get the procedure early so get the clean instrument. Have it at 8am. Have to be there at 7am.
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One of the morning sports radio guys I used to listen to on my drive to work every day for years died from colon cancer at 48. It actually upset me quite a bit as his voice and humor had been a daily part of my life for so long.  https://www.clickondetroit.com/sports/2020/08/02/detroit-sports-personality-jamie-samuelsen-dies-at-48/ Please get your butts checked. It's not so bad.
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:I believe you only get like "half" put under, so you're probably gonna babble your deepest secrets to the doctors and nurses and they're all gonna be laughing at you when you come to They will typically give you midazolam: Used preoperatively to produce sedation, anxiolysis, and anterograde amnesia. Particularly useful when relief of anxiety and diminished recall of events associated with the surgical procedure are desired. I've had it explained as your brain is still going but your memory isnt recording. It has reportedly been used as a truth serum drug  https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2018/11/24/truth-drug-considered-for/8298620007/
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Colonoscopies and I are old friends. Both of my parents had colon cancer, and I'm over 60, so I've hit the magic combination that makes for necessary scopes. The prep drink is definitely the worst part.
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Oct 3, 2023 22:49
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I had an upper endo. Turns out propofanol or whatever it is makes me a happy herbivore.
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Praying the magical pill prep becomes the norm before I get old enough to need colonoscopies
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Just to chime in and agree with the peeps saying it really isn't anything to sweat. Yeah, the day before sucks. I had one scheduled before for gastro issues. Nothing really came of it. Then, a few years ago, I was bleeding internally and ignored the signs (ignorantly, not knowing what they were), and I had 2 procedures, and an endoscopy. I had lost 3 units of blood and my BP was like 65/40. First time I had a finger up in me. Which .. I mean sucked, but it just makes you feel like you got to poop. BUT! (butt) Colonoscopies aren't that bad. Try to look at a clock before you go under, it kind of helps you come back to reality, when you wake up and see another clock. Anecdotally, of course. best of luck!
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GolfHole posted:It's not true sedation if that makes you feel any better. It's more like an extremely powerful narcotic that temporarily wipes your memory. You'd be 'conscious' the whole time but you won't remember anything except the chair you wake up in. The procedure is in fact called "conscious sedation" and the drugs used are (potentially, there are different cocktails) Versed and some sort of pain killer like Tylenol or Fentanyl. Versed makes your short term memory not function so you just forget the procedure, and combined with a pain killer makes the whole procedure fine and unremarkable. You're not actually knocked out at all and you can still talk with the doctor throughout the whole thing and you follow their instructions like "roll over". You may be a little stoned but they're used to that. Seriously the sedation is a nothing procedure. It's the same thing they give 12 year olds for wisdom teeth removal. Good luck! Getting a colonoscopy means you've achieved living long enough to need to get a colonoscopy! It's a milestone worth celebrating! BigHead fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Oct 4, 2023 |
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Oct 4, 2023 07:04
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I have had a few colonoscopies and it's the best "sleep" you'll ever get. Just be sure to have medicated wipes for after.
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Japan apparently doesn't believe in anesthesia for either end poking so when you go get medically Eiffel Tower'd you'll know.
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I've had a camera up my dick a couple times, once sedated once not, so a camera up the butt seems like less of a problem you'll be fine. I did an upper GI with no sedation because I needed to be able to drive afterwards and the procedure was only like 90 seconds long but colonoscopies take a long time and I would prefer to be asleep
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Oct 4, 2023 07:32
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They use propofol usually to "twilight" you and it has a pretty short halflife and is relatively safe unless abused and doesn't cause malignant hyperthermia like anesthesia. The worst part will be the bowel prep. Make sure you are going clear before you go, sucks if they have to do it again.
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I’ve had two endoscopies and it’s fine, it’s just like a really good nap
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Reiterating a bunch of stuff: - Prep is the worst part (and it's not bad) - It's the best nap ever - Take the day before and the day of off work if you can - It's a lot better than finding advanced stage cancer later Other tips: - Get some A&D lotion and use it every time you go during prep. - Make sure you have a ride with a partner/friend who can sign a document. They won't let you go home in an Uber. I woke up in the middle of mine to inform one of the nurses that "F45 is bullshit." Thankfully I don't have any sign of the problems that killed my grandmother so I'm back on the 10 year interval now. She died at 43 after a few years of the doctors saying she was too young to have colon cancer and she probably just had bad hemorrhoids. Get yourself screened and make your doctors listen, everyone.
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What if I’m completely used to taking huge cocks and bad dragon dildos up my rear end, will I still need to be sedated?
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Hollismason posted:Honestly you should be more worried that you are going to embarrass yourself by blasting rope during the exam which is something that happens in a small number of cases when people get colonscopies. This happened to me and it was so awkward the doctor laughed it off but then it was like that scene in american pie where i immediately came again like 30 seconds later and the nurse looked visibly disgusted and asked how thats even possible
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pencilhands posted:This happened to me and it was so awkward the doctor laughed it off but then it was like that scene in american pie where i immediately came again like 30 seconds later and the nurse looked visibly disgusted and asked how thats even possible Maybe it was her first day on the job. Maybe a very sheltered life.
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Echoing everyone else that the worst part is that gross stuff they make you drink beforehand and subsequently pooping out everything you've eaten since childhood. The procedure itself is a nice nap where you close your eyes one second and open them the next to find that you're in the recovery room and everything is done. They also ask you a bunch of questions beforehand about your general health/medical history, so they're well informed on avoiding any potential problems.
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Toxic Mental posted:What if I’m completely used to taking huge cocks and bad dragon dildos up my rear end, will I still need to be sedated? Yes but the doctors will know your hobbies immediately, the same way that your dentist knows if you suck dicks on the reg
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Dude, I literally just got one last Wednesday. Not my first surgery or time under sedation--you have nothing to worry about. And I woke up more alert than when I wake up in the morning. No, the actual procedure isn't anything to worry about. The preparation, on the other hand...brother, you're in for a real lovely time. Mine was scheduled for noon and I did not sleep the night before, because I was scared to death that I'd cough/sneeze and poo poo the bed. Good god, I was making GBS threads out bits of the MREs I ate 20 years ago... Cheesus posted:
THIS. ALL OF THIS. I got a squeeze bottle and ran some hose to it for a makeshift bidet...get yourself a couple packages of baby wipes. Use the regular TP to dab off the horrendous liquid everywhere, but wipe...wipe ONLY with the baby wipes. Hopefully your home has two bathrooms, declare one of them your kingdom for the day, and get comfortable--you ain't leaving. I was more worried about getting damned deep vein thrombosis from sitting on the john so long. Seriously, just when you thought you're done, you stand up--AND SIT RIGHT THE gently caress BACK DOWN, GRABBING THE SIDES OF THE SEAT! You will beg. You will plead. You'll squeeze your eyes shut but a few tears will still leak out. I was praying aloud for hours--and I'm an atheist! At least I didn't have the nasty prescription Drano--I just had to take an entire bottle of Miralax (14 days worth!) over the course of 2 hours. Then the games began... Sapper fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Oct 4, 2023 |
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livepost the prep process op
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Cheesus posted:The most annoying part of the prep was the no-fiber diet. The idea of eating an "American diet" of white bread, cottage cheese, and seemingly junk-food-is-ok was oddly non-trivial for me to pull off. The pre-day laxative prep was not as bad as I expected. I hated the low fibre diet. Everywhere does their prep differently and I had to do five days of the diet. The laxative wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. Again, different places use different packs and the one I used was effective without provoking the urgency I'd read about. The doctor scoping me didn't wait until the anaesthetic had taken full effect which was unpleasant, to say the least. I was due for another colonoscopy two years ago but covid halted a lot of the routine screening programmes. My doctor referred my again last year but I still haven't heard from the clinic so I need to vhase it up.
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Lolie posted:The doctor scoping me didn't wait until the anaesthetic had taken full effect which was unpleasant, to say the least. lol wtf I guess he had lots of asses to scope that day, couldn't waste any time?
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i got dick scoped recently and the only prep they did was some lube on the hole. i screamed when they stuck it in because it hurt so bad and the nurse had to put her hand over my mouth. after it was in they looked at the opening where the scope went into my bladder and the doctor remarked 'it looks irritated'. another medical school success story.
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flubber nuts posted:i got dick scoped recently and the only prep they did was some lube on the hole. i screamed when they stuck it in because it hurt so bad and the nurse had to put her hand over my mouth. after it was in they looked at the opening where the scope went into my bladder and the doctor remarked 'it looks irritated'. another medical school success story. I was planning on posting about my endoscopy today being uncomfortable, but drat that sounds rough.
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beepo posted:I was planning on posting about my endoscopy today being uncomfortable, but drat that sounds rough. yeah that doctor sucked rear end and youd have to throw a net over him if you wanted anything more than 3 word responses. just throwing meds at me without telling me anything about them. for profit health care freaking owns.
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It's a pain in the rear end OP, but I'll give you the advice my father gave me when we both had a physical on the same day. One hand on your shoulder is fine, both hands and you need to worry. Enjoy!
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You'll get the best 30 mins of sleep in your life, then wake up farting a ton. At this point I don't even think they're checking for cancer, I just think the doc likes building little wooden ships in there
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you can just do it at home with a usb camera. I’d go ahead and tie a string to it in case the usb cord disconnects while it’s up there.
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kanonvandekempen posted:I have a history of colon cancer in my family (one dead grandmother at a relatively young age, multiple polips have already been removed with my mother), and doctors recommend me to have an inspection every 5 years. I've had the procedure twice, once fully anaesthesised and once where they gave me something that sort of took me out of it (after the procedure I had vague memories of looking at a screen and seeing what they were doing, but I don't actually remember anything.) In both cases the procedure itself was no issue whatsoever, no pain afterwards, nothing. If you are not a regular binge drinker, just go on a 36 hour bender 48 hours before your colonoscopy and make sure to drink the most disgustingly cheap beer and liquor so you poo poo your guts out and wish you were dead. It helps to have a friend who is a NP who hooks you up with an IV after the bender (who you told you are afraid you are dehydrated from the prep). I did this once and it was a godsend to awake after everything with my headache gone. I was told "It's nice to see someone followed the prep directions" by the doctor when I woke up.
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No prep day updates from the shitter?
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