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Colonoscopy week is upon us errrr me

There shouldn't be any of those issues. I had some bleeding for about three days afterwards, which really concerned me. Turns out, the issue was the area in my colon where they removed the polyps wasn't healing as fast as it should have. What caused this issue and the bleeding was that I was taking my 81mg baby asprin, which thins the blood. I stopped taking it for a few days and the bleeding stopped. After that, I resumed the baby asprin and all is well.

Excellent MM! All that blood scares the hell outa ya, I take the 81 too and had the same effect...Hope ya get better...
 
Just got home from my colonoscopy this morning. All went well. They removed two non-cancerous polyps. The prep last night was ridiculous. Glad that it's over. I'll go back in three years for another one.
They don't make enough aloe coated baby wipes to make your O ring stop hurting.

Hop in the pool today. You'll get some relief.
 
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After only two of theses procedures in my lifetime, I’m thinking the butthole discomfort has more to do with acidity than the extra wiping. I went straight wet wipes during my last prep and it really didn’t make that much of a difference. Still stings.
 
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Just got home from my colonoscopy this morning. All went well. They removed two non-cancerous polyps. The prep last night was ridiculous. Glad that it's over. I'll go back in three years for another one.
Congrats on your results! I'm having mine, tomorrow. Start the prep in 3 hours. Any tips for this first timer on how to defeat the great tasty stuff (Gavilyte-G for me) will be appreciated. May chase it w a lime and powdered crystal lite.
 
Congrats on your results! I'm having mine, tomorrow. Start the prep in 3 hours. Any tips for this first timer on how to defeat the great tasty stuff (Gavilyte-G for me) will be appreciated. May chase it w a lime and powdered crystal lite.
There's really no way to win this game.

It's either gonna taste like sh!t, or REALLY gonna taste like sh!t.
 
Dang it..
Yeah, watching youtube didn't help. Out of 4-5 that I watched, only one said it wasn't too bad....
Gonna be a blast. ..literally.
Do yourself a favor and don't use that Gaviltyte or whatever it's called. It is disgusting. I've had 3 colonoscopies and will never ever use that prep again. Go get some Ducolax, magnesium citrate,,Miralax, and clear Gatorade from a drug store like Walgreen's or at HEB. Start by taking 4 Ducolax tablets with 8-12 ounces of water. Wait for the explosion. After you have a BM, drink the bottle of mag citrate (get lemon lime since it is clear). About 4 hours later mix up a couple of 32 ounce Gatorades with 4 cap fulls of Miralax each. Drink one and a few hours later drink the second. If you don't think you can tolerate the mag citrate just replace that with another 32 ounce Gatorade mixed with Miralax. You need about 12 hours of prep time. Good luck.
 
I am so glad that all of you followed my advice when I had mine, have one when ya supposed to might save ya life.. and most of you all see what assholes ya'll are now< i hope all of you a long life and good health, some men don't care and that's the ones who wind up under Chemo machine and IV...Cheers!.... A Pro Tip: as far as ya asshole stinging put some Mycitracin on it and the pain killer in it will kill the pain like when ya get a cut

 
Thanks FBH. Got a several ounces to drink, but dang, your Merle video makes me want to go to a honky-tonk. Not sure if they'd let me take my special jug in though!

Nothing like that last swallow! and then the fun starts....about a hour, you should start "Shittin like a Pet Coon"!...lol! and then when ya get back to ya room you'll be Farting like the "Orange Blossom Special" come down the tracks....nothing to it Hill you'll be ok
 
Well....... How'd it go?
Prep wasn't too bad, but my water bill will be higher from the flushing.
Procedure went well. It was Friday and 2 nurses were having fun joking around. After that, I woke up all finished. 4 polyps and a touch of diverticulosis. need more fiber.
Get results of polyps next week.
Guys, your tips from experience sure helped. Thanks!. I'd always been nervous about this test.
Hook em Horns.
 
The main issue is our diet. We need more unprocessed food.

Eat plenty of whole grains. Beans & peas. Veggies. Nuts & seeds. Raspberries and other fruit.

Ease up some on the meat & dairy. Replace milk with almond & soy. Eat yogurt now and then.

Get used to the taste of individual foods, and learn to like those tastes, rather than covering it over with sugar and salt. If you need sweets, add fruit and occasionally a little honey.

If you're not going to do that, then adding a supplement like fiber powder makes sense. But you're going to miss all sorts of nutrients (and tastes and ultimately enjoyment).

Rather than going on a strict diet, try adding more good, healthy food to what you eat. It'll gradually push out the calories you're getting from unhealthy food. You'll get healthier (and lose weight) without hardly trying. I lost 40 pounds that way, while gaining muscle from non-exercise activity. (Gained 10 back, though, as I eased up on the extra veggies.) My irregular heart beat and high blood pressure went away, too.
 
The main issue is our diet. We need more unprocessed food.

Eat plenty of whole grains. Beans & peas. Veggies. Nuts & seeds. Raspberries and other fruit.

Ease up some on the meat & dairy. Replace milk with almond & soy. Eat yogurt now and then.

Get used to the taste of individual foods, and learn to like those tastes, rather than covering it over with sugar and salt. If you need sweets, add fruit and occasionally a little honey.

If you're not going to do that, then adding a supplement like fiber powder makes sense. But you're going to miss all sorts of nutrients (and tastes and ultimately enjoyment).

Rather than going on a strict diet, try adding more good, healthy food to what you eat. It'll gradually push out the calories you're getting from unhealthy food. You'll get healthier (and lose weight) without hardly trying. I lost 40 pounds that way, while gaining muscle from non-exercise activity. (Gained 10 back, though, as I eased up on the extra veggies.) My irregular heart beat and high blood pressure went away, too.

I agree with you on some of that, but, I still gotta have my Biscuits and Gravy and Fried eggs every now and then with hot grits...and a couple of strips of bacon,,LOL
 
The main issue is our diet. We need more unprocessed food.

Eat plenty of whole grains. Beans & peas. Veggies. Nuts & seeds. Raspberries and other fruit.

Ease up some on the meat & dairy. Replace milk with almond & soy. Eat yogurt now and then.

Get used to the taste of individual foods, and learn to like those tastes, rather than covering it over with sugar and salt. If you need sweets, add fruit and occasionally a little honey.

If you're not going to do that, then adding a supplement like fiber powder makes sense. But you're going to miss all sorts of nutrients (and tastes and ultimately enjoyment).

Rather than going on a strict diet, try adding more good, healthy food to what you eat. It'll gradually push out the calories you're getting from unhealthy food. You'll get healthier (and lose weight) without hardly trying. I lost 40 pounds that way, while gaining muscle from non-exercise activity. (Gained 10 back, though, as I eased up on the extra veggies.) My irregular heart beat and high blood pressure went away, too.
Good ideas!
 
I agree with you on some of that, but, I still gotta have my Biscuits and Gravy and Fried eggs every now and then with hot grits...and a couple of strips of bacon,,LOL
I get that. That's why I'm saying you don't have to go on a strict diet. Just be aware of how healthy a food is, and limit your portions of the bad stuff that still makes you happy. Being happy is good for you, too.

I did some research on my own to find the correlation between types of foods and age at death. It found that pork is the worst meat to consume, followed by beef, then chicken, then fish. Interesting that this matches what doctors and scientists have been telling us.

Now, have I eaten bacon since then? Yes, but less. Have I eaten burgers? Sure, still fairly often, but I'm sometimes picking the chicken or fish. I hardly ever used to.

Just be aware of what's healthy, and with each bite, decide, "Do I really want this to become part of my body?" That may be a bit much for some people, but hey, if you want me to say something at your final adios, just let me know!
 
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I get that. That's why I'm saying you don't have to go on a strict diet. Just be aware of how healthy a food is, and limit your portions of the bad stuff that still makes you happy. Being happy is good for you, too.
I did some research on my own to find the correlation between types of foods and age at death. It found that pork is the worst meat to consume, followed by beef, then chicken, then fish. Interesting that this matches what doctors and scientists have been telling us.

Now, have I eaten bacon since then? Yes, but less. Have I eaten burgers? Sure, still fairly often, but I'm sometimes picking the chicken or fish. I hardly ever used to.

Just be aware of what's healthy, and with each bite, decide, "Do I really want this to become part of my body?" That may be a bit much for some people, but hey, if you want me to say something at your final adios, just let me know!
 
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Losing weight, its not what ya eat, its how much ya eat, a lot of people lost a lotta weight by gontrolling their portion rather than cutting foods the Medical world tells ya too, For example the ones that tell you what foods to eat are the on's that told the world that BBQ causes Cancer, so that means about 99% of Texas has Cancer now, I am a Diabetic and I know whats good and not but, i eat what I want, but, I don't eat a lot and I lose weight, qs far as my Funeral, well Ya might say HOOK"EM HORNS ! for me...LOL, my song will be Willie Nelson's "No one But Me


 
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I do my best to eat healthy 5 out of seven days. I eat more grilled chicken salads than I'd care to admit. I started doing this in my 30s. I hated it. I miss the days when I could go to UR COOKS and get the 50 ounce sirloin and plow that like a porn star gang bang.

But for the fact that I drink Belgian beer multiple nights a week, I would probably weigh 225. But I freaking love Belgian beer so I weigh 250.
 
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I do my best to eat healthy 5 out of seven days. I eat more grilled chicken salads than I'd care to admit. I started doing this in my 30s. I hated it. I miss the days when I could go to UR COOKS and get the 50 ounce sirloin and plow that like a porn star gang bang.

But for the fact that I drink Belgian beer multiple nights a week, I would probably weigh 225. But I freaking love Belgian beer so I weigh 250.

Always live life the way ya want Bro, cause there so many telling ya how to live it otherwise, like , I drink Shiner all the time and eat what I want, The older ya get the more you forget about what others think! Drink the shit outa it and have a happy life doing what ya want, F what others think about your habits and diets, I am nearing the end of mine and I just plain don't give a shit except for my family and most of all "Stranger" my Bud who never judges me, if he will stop killin my neighbors Ducks, runnin outa Bail Money...lol I don't care who rules the world long as they don't come into my yard!
 
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