My biggest takeaway - get the pills.

I only had to drink two 6 oz bottles of clinpiq, plus a lot of water. It wasn't any big deal. Glad I didn't have to do what you did.

Yeah It was a lot of liquid but she told me my prep was great too so maybe all that water in the mix helped. I might ask about other options next time I get one. I asked her about the prep as she was wheeling me back and she said this one is cheaper and insurance covers most of the cost so maybe some of the newer ones are more expensive. I have a hard time swallowing a boat load of pills and chugging water but might ask for that option next time to try but that is many years away fortunately.

Had a follow up one today and get to go on a two year cycle now.

Still wish the prep wasn't so disgustingly awful. But it's bearable. Think I hate the dehydration headache and being so tired the day of the most. The medical nap just makes me tired all day.


Did confirm a theory from my last one. Now gonna say pro tip. Schedule for midday. Let's you have a light breakfast the day before then spreads the two prep doses out so that you can actually get a semi normal night of sleep. For years I did early morning l because for most surgeries early is better. But now convinced midday is the way to go for this.

Godspeed! Kick its ass!

Routine screening or were you have symptoms?

If you don't mind me asking, did you get the scan due to symptoms or just being on top of getting one at 45?

I had symptoms. Started losing my appetite in December and was experiencing significant abdominal pain by end of January/early February. Colon cancer is a slow developing cancer, therefore my MD Anderson oncologist said I'd probably had colon cancer for 10 or so years. Someone smarter than me said "once you experience colon cancer symptoms, it's probably already too late". I'm only going to survive this thing because of my tumor marker, which makes up roughly 10% of colon cancer patients. Otherwise I'd be looking at 2-3 years or possibly a little more depending on how I reacted to chemotherapy.

I had symptoms. Started losing my appetite in December and was experiencing significant abdominal pain by end of January/early February. Colon cancer is a slow developing cancer, therefore my MD Anderson oncologist said I'd probably had colon cancer for 10 or so years. Someone smarter than me said "once you experience colon cancer symptoms, it's probably already too late". I'm only going to survive this thing because of my tumor marker, which makes up roughly 10% of colon cancer patients. Otherwise I'd be looking at 2-3 years or possibly a little more depending on how I reacted to chemotherapy.

I was honored to be one of the first new patients at the new colorectal center. Didn't love my stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis at age 46, but the new digs are pretty nice.

timmkel said:

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I had symptoms. Started losing my appetite in December and was experiencing significant abdominal pain by end of January/early February. Colon cancer is a slow developing cancer, therefore my MD Anderson oncologist said I'd probably had colon cancer for 10 or so years. Someone smarter than me said "once you experience colon cancer symptoms, it's probably already too late". I'm only going to survive this thing because of my tumor marker, which makes up roughly 10% of colon cancer patients. Otherwise I'd be looking at 2-3 years or possibly a little more depending on how I reacted to chemotherapy.

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Hell yeah you're going to beat this!

Beating Stage 4 Brain Cancer