We’re making our weekly Members-Only Backstage segment available to the general public this week as a public service announcement. We know many of you out there are reluctant to go in for medical tests and/or treatment, and so we thought we might try to humor our way into having you give it a second thought. That and so much less on this Special Edition of Right Angle: Backstage!
Piece of cake.
Propofol makes it a non-event. Best sleep you’ll ever have.
At my 1st colonoscopy I told the doc that I wanted that date rape drug where I would wake up not remembering anything and at worst feeling a little violated. He told me not to worry they used the Michael Jackson drug and I would not remember anything. I’m on the 3 year plan now never looking forward to the prep!
I am thankful to hear Scott is okay. Yeah, you want to drink the stuff to clean out your innards so while you are half-out of it on the medication during the procedure, you do not hear the doctor yell, “Fire in the hole!” If you are not at high risk for colon or other intestinal cancer, opt for one of the non0invasive procedures to check. And if you feel symptoms or your body starts working differently, get checked out. I had symptoms that I did not recognize, so I went on with life–until I ended up with a heart… Read more »
Mr. G here. A couple of things: the soporific you’re given that keeps you slightly under it’s called Versed. One of its best known side effects is short-term memory loss. I’ve had it a number of times and I can never remember anything past getting wheeled towards the procedure room. In fact, I’ve had it so many times my wife and I call it “Vitamin V.” Second thing: I’ve written about this before, but can we hold off on the jokes when things are being serious? Steve was about to relate an episode where he lost someone who ignored symptoms,… Read more »
Scott, you need to read this before your procedure: By Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist for the Miami Herald
Been through multiple colonoscopies most no problem. Once a polyp was removed with no other issues, and because of that i have to go about every 3 years, went last year. No more polyps. This year i’m scheduled to have cataract surgery and a left knee replacement. No biggie as far as im concerned. I’m scheduled to go to a urologist soon, and will discuss what to do about my enlarged prostate. Already had a TURP. (look it up) And now for my first kidney stone issue for some humor. Had a very bad pain in my lower back and… Read more »
A small number of people react badly to anesthesia, waking up from it and going into bouts of vomitting. So at my last colonoscopy, the anesthetist asked me if I had ever had any trouble with anesthesia. My response was “No. Have you?” He did chuckle…
I know that Scott occasionally reads the comments, so I thought I would give him my experience with colonoscopies. I’ve had three so far, the last on last January. First, the preparation is the worst part of getting a colonoscopy. The actual procedure is a piece of cake. Once the anesthesiologist gave me the sedative, I was totally out. (By the way, Scott, you do NOT want to do the “take evasive maneuvers while they use a tranquilizer rifle” while wearing a hospital gown!) Bill was correct about them inflating the colon with air so they can see (and take… Read more »
On Road Rider’s 2nd scope….the medical assistant had some ….trouble….finding the vein to administer the happy juice to me, so the ‘experience’ would be more pleasant. However, nurse Ratchet poked each arm about 4 times to find a descent vein….. But when I finally got “the juice”, I didn’t relax. I went out. On recovery coming to….Mrs Rider was by my side and i could hear her saying “Road, you ok?” I couldn’t quite see yet, but I responded to her that the “F-king idiot nurse jabbed me so many times I could be used as a strainer! What a… Read more »
BTW, that was an amazing Thumbnail photo. Well done.
BTW BTW, I also took on prostate cancer with a radical prostatectomy. The Biopsy leading up to the decision point involved 17 samples, each one “a little snip”. No anesthesia AT ALL! And I won’t even describe the pathway the little snipper device had to take to get to the target……….did I mention NO anesthesia at all? When it was all done, the doctor looked at me and said, “Well, good news. At least the procedure isn’t habit forming!”
I had a TURP…. trans urethral resection of the prostate some years back. Some prostate was removed.Had to have catheter and bag, and urinated red for a couple of days.
Worst part…. they went up the urethra to do it.
May need to do more later
Going this year to discuss.
You know how difficult it was for me to give this comment a “Thumbs Up”?????I did look up TURP. I can’t believe I’m even typing this, but I guess my little 17 sample snips through my , er, well….exit hole….seem tame now after learning of a TURP. Arrrrrgh!
However, and Hall of Famish Harry Ferguson would agree, action, no matter how uncomfy, is significantly better than inaction. And those STONES….I’m a burn victim when I was 10, broken lots of bones, cancer, contusions and lacerations…..but if I can avoid Kidney Stones in my life, I’ll do it.
There is wisdom, grasshopper, in avoiding kidney stones.
Drink lots of water. Avoid caffeine
Step 2. Drink lots of water.
Did i mention to Drink lots of water?
I have talked to two women who had both kidney stones and a painfull childbirth. Both said the kidney stones are worse.
One said “And at least one results in a baby. The other result looks like a piece of concrete.”
Why yes it does! Sharp edges and all!😵💫
Avoid caffeine? OK, kidney stones HERE I COME!
So maybe if I only drink 1 gallon of black coffee a day, but counteract that with 10 gallons of water, I’ll be fine….right? Right????
Funny or enlightening a topic like this with so many stories and engagement. To up the clicks, I suggest Bill post a photo of a rather clean colon.
Might work. Be prepared to spend a lot of time in the bathroom though.
If you haven’t had one yet you may be fine.
And trust me, if you have the ones that I did, you’d give serious consideration to abstaining from caffeine. De-cafennated is fine, but what’s the point unless you like the taste?🤔
Me, never liked it and did not need the caffeine in the morning. Indeed, caffeine not seem to wake me up or keep me up. Id drink a 12 oz Pepsi right before bed and go to sleep in minutes.
I was once getting a flexible sigmoidoscopy with no anesthesia at one point the doctor said “you’re tolerating this really well.“ I replied, “well I’ve been practicing.“ Their professionalism wouldn’t let them laugh out loud, but I could feel them shaking. Don’t ask me how I could feel it.
That’s funny right there. Drs and Nurses hear some interesting stuff, no doubt.
Big bulgy eyes, irregular menstrual cycle?
That’s Schiff-itis.
I would include a photo of him; but I am not a sadistic-masochist.