Not a Good Afternoon

[CarlS]

I will be glad when tomorrow morning is over. At 05:30 I report for a colonoscopy. Today, I am sitting around drinking that prep stuff. No riding this afternoon!!!! This is part of a routine physical; I have no problems that I know of and I'm hoping that is exactly what the colonoscopy will reveal.

 

[Geoff587]

Thoughts are with you brother . Think positive :y115:

 

[Dilligaf]

I just had one a few months ago. It's no big deal, they give you an IV and next thing you know your on your way home.

 

[dazco]

Carl, i owe you a prayer buddy, so you got mine. That does not sound all too pleasant. h:

 

[johnboy]

Two thumbs up bro, so to speak.

 

[CarlS]

Thanks for the encouragement all. I am not concerned about the procedure. They do anesthetize you now, as Dilligaf said. that was not the case eight years ago - and it was very uncomfortable! The anesthetic quick acting and the recovery from it is quick. The worst part is the prep this afternoon and evening.

 

[mjfrank]

Hang in there Carl, the prep part is the worst. did you have to drink the large quantity of unpleasant liquid or take the pills every 1/2 hour with lots of water? I wouldn't be able to do the liquid.

mike :tongue:

 

[DaveM]

Will be thinking of you today and pulling that it all goes well with this :y18:

 

[dazco]

When i get to work tomorrow you should be done with this and at home. I will be waiting for details, but please Carl....don't get TOO detailed.

 

[devo]

Wasa matter Carl
I thought you love piccys :grin
Seriously tho mate,
Its all for a good cause.
:y18:

 

[Sprocket]

Did you remember to smile for the camera

 

[CarlS]

I am home and doing fine. Like Diligaf said; there is not much to it. The worst is the prep and the gas pains afterward. Those are almost gone. The doc told me I could drive in six hours; but flat told me not to get on the Bonnie until tomorrow. Everything looks good, not even any poyps. The doc told me he would see me in five years.

Mike, I started out with two pills and then the liquid every 15 minutes. The liquid was not bad; it was citrus flavored. I wouldn't order it in a restaurant; but it was tolerable.

Dale, the anesthesia is fast acting. In less than five seconds I was out. As the anesthetist nurse injected the anesthesia into the IV line, I watched. When about 25% was in I started relaxing and feeling sleepy. I saw when the syringe was still half full and the next time I looked I was in the recovery room. The nurse told me I had been in the recovery room about ten minutes. Fifteen minutes later, Mae Lyne was driving me home.

Yes, I smiled for the camera! :y115: Actually as I was going under we were talking about football and teasing the Doc whom attended Ohio State - which Florida defeated in both football and basketball to win the National Championships and both were in the same year.

I'm glad it is behind me and that I have a clean bill of of health. It is not nearly the ordeal it was eight years ago.

 

[Sprocket]

That's good news and count yourself lucky.

My daughter who is 19 has ulserative colitis and only after the colonoscopy could we understand
why she had been so sick.

 

[CarlS]

I am sorry to hear that about your daughter; that is not good. My mom suffered from colitis in her later years - but not the ulcerative kind. Are they able to keep it under control with meds?

 

[dazco]

Can't ask for more than that ! :y18:

 

[DaveM]

Carl glad to hear it is all over and you are ok :y18:

 

[shyguy344]

Very glad to hear that it is over and done with, and all turned out well. As you mentioned, the worst was most likely the prep......but, as others have said, it is for a good cause, and very important. Now you can just relax and enjoy the fact that it is in the history books..... :y18:

 

[Dilligaf]

Time for a few big meals.