I would rather die than have a camera stuck up my behind

[UndertheOcean]

Anyone else feels the same ?

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Wait until you're 50. eom

[barb162]

23. LOL

Yep.

[terrya]

28. How true

I thought it was sort of interesting watching that procedure, to be honest.

[terrya]

29. Dupe

[AlCzervik]

2. kind of a dickish thing to post especially when it's in response to someone

else's thread about having to have that done.

[UndertheOcean]

17. I was joking

[Blue-Jay]

3. With that attitude, you might get your wish.

[ThomCat]

4. Then I hope you never need to have it done.

I also hope you don't disparage people who are brave enough to have it done. It may be embarrassing, but it saves some people's lives.

[skygazer]

5. Then you just might.

[auntAgonist]

6. If my Mother had gone for a colonoscopy earlier in life

she might still be with us today.

So, don't have a camera stuck up your butt, ... it's your life.

aA

[tigereye]

7. no, I want to live another 50 years...

so I'll deal with the camera.... what are ya gonna do? :shrug:

[Dr. Strange]

8. Technology has come a long way.

The camera is not THAT big, ya know?

[Fox Mulder]

9. No.

I'd rather live than die.

[Deja Q]

10. If you like 'Futurama', watch the season 3 episode entitled 'Parasites Lost'

Crude, but hilarious... :D

[triguy46]

11. Take a deep breath and relax. They arent doing this to embarrass you.

[lizerdbits]

12. When I get to that age

I'll go with the camera over the cancer that's not discovered until I'm crapping blood or not crapping at all.

[DarkTirade]

13. That depends... does the camera buy me dinner first?

Or at least a drink?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

30. No dinner, but yes, a drink. Many drinks.

Fasting and drinking really horrible concoctions are part of the prep. I guess you could call it foreplay. But it's worse than the actual camera work.

Last time, the camera work was accompanied by some very fine drugs :)

[riderinthestorm]

14. I thought there was a new technique that scanned without invasion?

Anybody know about that?

[triguy46]

19. The swallowed 'pill' camera. Its done frequently, but someone has to find it when it comes out..

Colonoscopy is still the gold standard.

[barb162]

25. Yes, but if they find something, they have to do the

invasive procedure anyway and people almost always get polyps after a certain age. So the docs still rely heavily on the invasive tests. Plus the clean out procedures have to be done regardless of which procedure is used.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

15. I've had a colonoscopy.

It's not that bad as long as you're out. Apparently I kept metabolizing the drugs really fast, and the doctor had to give the dosage of a drug addict to keep me out. It really wasn't that bad, and I had no lingering side effects.
Duckie

[Ellen Forradalom]

16. Oh I dunno...imagine the fun

playing the tape at parties.

[bullwinkle428]

18. Um...I've already had that done twice -

are you trying to imply something about the after-effects of the procedure? :eyes:

[triguy46]

20. If you want something to dread, a prostate biopsy will trump a colonoscopy any day.

I'm getting it done, tears streaming down my face. The urologist telling me I have to try to relax with the ultrasound wand up my nether regions. And he's asking about how the football team it going to do.

[SocratesInSpirit]

21. I had a colonoscopy in my early 20s...

it wasn't bad at all, and I'm the biggest pain wuss there is. :)

In fact, it was ten times worse getting my wisdom teeth out. Oral surgery is something I never, ever want to undergo ever again. :scared: :scared:

[newmajority]

22. From what I've heard, the procedure itself isn't half as bad as the preparation for it

Meaning that the bowels must be completely emptied before the camera makes its journey. Have a book handy, because you'll be on the throne for a while.

[swag]

24. All I feel is spincters spasmodically contracting with that lens hood caressing my prostate

and my bleachy essence rocketing into the aether.

How wonderful for everyone.

[SoCalDemGrrl]

26. A good friend died recently from colon cancer and her words haunt me..

she said - "Please have a colonoscopy, I should have done it and ignored the symptoms and now I'm dying."

She was a wonderful person, a great mother of two boys and is now dead cuz she didn't

want a "camera stuck up her ass".

Her words really haunted me and I had a colonoscopy three months after she died - it really wasn't all that bad

[libodem]

27. not to worry

the prep is the worst part otherwise the Fentenyl and Versed take care of the rest. You don't remember a thing.

[Zuiderelle]

32. How true. I just had one done.

While it was happening I remember thinking "Wow. I'm totally awake. I'm going to remember all of this" while watching "myself" on the monitor. It lasted a looooong time, but now I can only remember it lasting a few seconds.

Fentenyl is crazy.

[Orsino]

31. Worst. Reality show. EVAR. n/t

[electron_blue]

33. I suppose I felt that way. Til my 46 year old friend died of colon cancer.

I'm sure she would have had the exam had she even thought it might be a reality for her. She found out about the cancer when it was too late.

Not a fun prospect, but I'm sure they use tinier cameras than the one you posted! ;)

[Inchworm]

34. Given the choice

I'd probably pick a menagerie of things in my ass over death.

:hi:

[SOteric]

37. That's a whole 'nother thread topic,

and another darned good reason for drinking. :rofl:

[Deep13]

35. Ironically, those are often the two choices.

You know, that is not the camera they use. Anyway, the patient is so drugged up s/he doesn't mind it at all. The hard part is the night before with the gallon of that super-Gatorade one has to drink. The actually procedure is easy.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

36. wow, such a classy post.

:eyes:

[Sock Puppet]

39. no kidding

[Bake]

38. My doc has been nagging me about it for two years.

I'm 52. I know I need to have it done, but it is easy to put it off.

Thanks for the reminder.

Bake