Dave Barry, as always, makes me laugh out loud. I can't identify with his procrastination (I marched in like a good little soldier at the age of 50 yrs and 5 mos) but I can certainly identify with the experience. My prep was not called MoviPrep but it had some equally cutesy/stupid sounding name and was equally as deadly. The actual procedure was just as Dave described it...I don't remember any of it either. What he failed to mention was that, in the "recovery" room afterward, farting is encouraged and the nurses will give you a round of applause for your contribution to the chorus. The results of my colonoscopy were pretty good. One or two small benign polyps was all they found so I was encouraged to have the procedure done again in 5 yrs instead of the normal 10 yrs. but nothing to worry about now. Here's hoping they have improved the taste of goat piss and urinal cleanser by 2013! Perhaps a bit more lemon?
I've already had a colonoscopy, at the ripe old age of 26. The worst part for me was the day of not eating. I guess I was fortunate to get tablets instead of anything that I had to taste, like MoviPrep (don't remember the name of what I got).
Oh, and no, I don't have cancer. It was just a benign polyp. I should be a grownup and go in for a follow-up, though.
4 comments:
Dave Barry, as always, makes me laugh out loud. I can't identify with his procrastination (I marched in like a good little soldier at the age of 50 yrs and 5 mos) but I can certainly identify with the experience. My prep was not called MoviPrep but it had some equally cutesy/stupid sounding name and was equally as deadly. The actual procedure was just as Dave described it...I don't remember any of it either. What he failed to mention was that, in the "recovery" room afterward, farting is encouraged and the nurses will give you a round of applause for your contribution to the chorus. The results of my colonoscopy were pretty good. One or two small benign polyps was all they found so I was encouraged to have the procedure done again in 5 yrs instead of the normal 10 yrs. but nothing to worry about now. Here's hoping they have improved the taste of goat piss and urinal cleanser by 2013! Perhaps a bit more lemon?
I've already had a colonoscopy, at the ripe old age of 26. The worst part for me was the day of not eating. I guess I was fortunate to get tablets instead of anything that I had to taste, like MoviPrep (don't remember the name of what I got).
Oh, and no, I don't have cancer. It was just a benign polyp. I should be a grownup and go in for a follow-up, though.
Great article...
It will save lives...
maybe even mine!! 8^.
Yes, you should go in for a follow-up! And I hear that about the not-eating, I would have starting chewing on the couch.
And Daaa-aaad... (wags finger) Does this mean you're overdue for six miles of tube up your butt?! Hop to it!
Post a Comment