MouthBQ98 said:

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Right now they start with the fecal sample testing unless you have a history that required more. At some point 50+, they do a scope.

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45 is now the accepted starting age to scope.

Livetosmoke said:

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Right now they start with the fecal sample testing unless you have a history that required more. At some point 50+, they do a scope.

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Bizarre verbatim post (see above)

I got diagnosed with Crohn's at 25. I'm 39 now, so I've had a few colonoscopies in the last 14 years.

The prep used to be worse with the liquid prep, but I've done the pills the last handful of times. Much better. I find myself not being as bothered about a liquid diet with the pills more than the drink prep. Also, bone broth is a life saver. It always makes me feel full after one of the cups you heat up.

Oh, and I always try to count as high as I can when they give me the good stuff. I can usually get to around 12 or so before I'm out.

Yeah, that is weird. Like some bot copied and posted my post.

Got mine done yesterday. Now, everyone needing one go do your's. It really is simple and can save your life and prevent an unbelievably unpleasant illness and/or death.

As said above:
1) prep is not bad just annoying
2) propofol is a great drug. The anesthesiologist, a friend in this case, gave me a fist bump, said let's do it and I remember nothing else but waking up in recovery.

I had one two years ago at age 26 no regrets here and glad I did it.

Prep Day today. Sucks we have a fridge full of leftovers from our party this past weekend. Starving already and it's not even noon.

good luck

Had my first a few weeks ago. Age 50. Pill prep which was fine, although the 1st bottle of 12 did the job so the 2nd bottle 7 hours later seemed like spiking the football. Pounding down that many pills on an empty stomach did make me somewhat nauseated, so the 2nd bottle went slower. But it had to beat liquid prep. On the bright side, the hunger I felt from not eating all day went away due to all the pills and water.

Good news was nothing removed at all so got a 10 year pass.

For those about to go through with it:

1. Prep day sucks. You'll be hungry. If you do the liquid prep, get ready to be on the toilet for 3.5 to 4 hours after each half.
2. Buy some Charmin with aloe. Helps.
3. Drink a ton of fluids. You are intentionally dehydrating your colon.
4. It doesn't last forever. The first meal afterward is glorious.

@$$ pissing is definitely accurate.

Prep was not that bad. I was worried I wasn't going to be ready. Things didn't start moving until about 4 hours before procedure.

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2) propofol is a great drug. The anesthesiologist, a friend in this case, gave me a fist bump, said let's do it and I remember nothing else but waking up in recovery.

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Some nights when I can't get to sleep, I try to re-enact the last few seconds of the the Doc pushing the plunger and me saying, "Good bye." That was such a glorious feeling.

aggiebrad94 said:

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2) propofol is a great drug. The anesthesiologist, a friend in this case, gave me a fist bump, said let's do it and I remember nothing else but waking up in recovery.

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Some nights when I can't get to sleep, I try to re-enact the last few seconds of the the Doc pushing the plunger and me saying, "Good bye." That was such a glorious feeling.

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On mine I am pretty sure I said "there it is" and was out. I think the plunger to lights out was 5 seconds.

Prepping for tomorrow plus upper scope. Stomach so bloated, nurse agreed I could skip round 4 of the prep drinks. Damn good nurse.

Aaand just threw it all up over myself. I'm working the nurses hard.

Getting my first one done next week and finding this thread made me feel a little better about the whole process. Certainly less nervous about the colonoscopy itself than I am the results. Hoping for the best.

Any tips to make the whole thing a little easier?

Just relax, it's much easier than you would think. As others have said, the prep is worse than the actual procedure.

Good luck!

With how stopped up I've been, I'm thinking the procedure might be somewhat of a relief.

Got it done on Monday. Not bad at all. Pre cancerous polyps removed, so I'm due back in three years.

However, I've had terrible heartburn ever since. Wakes me up, hurts to eat. I assume the prep messed me up. I have a call into the doc, so hopefully relief will be called into Walgreens. Pepcid hasn't helped.

The Propofol is wonderful.

I get one every 5 years.

I got my latest last November. They removed a couple of polyps and told me to come back in five years.

I tried to get them to do it without knocking me out but they insisted on knocking me out for it. When they did my previous colonoscopy at the same place, they gave me an option of whether to do it with or without sedation. I've read that in most of the world, there is no option to be sedated.

I tried talking my younger brother into getting a colonoscopy at the same time so we could be each other's driver.

I guess I was a bit groggy when they finished. I woke up before they even began wheeling me out of the room. I had looked at the clock as they sedated me and the first sight I saw after looking past the anaesthesiologist was the clock. It was quite nice to see the passage of time.

A few minutes later when they told me to get dressed and ran the curtain around me for privacy, I quickly got dressed and then looked at the gurney. It was kind of messy so I decided to straighten up the sheet and blanket on it. Then, since there was only one sheet, I started short-sheeting the gurney. This really puzzled the nurse when she came to check on me.