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DargelSkout said:

Dang, I turn 45 in April. So yall are saying I should get a colonoscopy?


Get scoped. It's the gold standard. They can take out any polyps if they are there and can see if you have Crohn's or diverticulitis or ulcerative colitis or any other issues.

Pooping in a box won't do that.
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DargelSkout said:

Dang, I turn 45 in April. So yall are saying I should get a colonoscopy?

Are you me? I'll hit the big 45 this year too and I don't even have a doctor either. I just go to an urgent care when I feel bad every 2 or 3 years.

I did just switch to an HMO from a PPO though to save some money so now I need to find a PCP.
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I get one every 5 years due to cancer history in the family. Easy Peasy. Do it at least for the Propofol, it really is a nice trip in and out with no hangover. Actually, you wake feeling like you just had the best 10 hour nap of your life.

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Southlake said:

I get one every 5 years due to cancer history in the family. Easy Peasy. Do it at least for the Propofol, it really is a nice trip in and out with no hangover. Actually, you wake feeling like you just had the best 10 hour nap of your life.




Yeah. Last time I was talking to the nurse anesthesia person and started to fade and said "you administered the Propofol didn't you" and then I was out.

2 seconds later my wife is sitting by me in the recovery room. I said "what are you doing here? They haven't done anything yet!"

She said "you've been out for 30 minutes"

It's some incredible stuff
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maroon barchetta
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That's pretty good.
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Just adding input. I had some symptoms at 44 and getting a colonoscopy was one of my biggest fears but I did it anyway. Like most things, it wasn't even 10% as bad as I thought it would be, and all turned out perfect and now I dont have to go back in for 10 years. I believe insurance usually starts to cover them at age 45, so yeah totally recommend getting it done and dont psych yourself out. It is not that bad.
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TexAgBolter said:

45 and my doctor set me up with the poop in the box thing.

It's better than nothing. It not only detects blood but DNA from precancerous polyps. But there can be false negative and false positive results. So I wouldn't rely on it, myself. Particularly since I have had about 30 polyps removed over the last 6 years.
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I have Lynch Syndrome, and have had one of the cancers associated with it, but not colon cancer. It's recommended that I get one yearly. I do not look forward to it. I prefer the yearly bladder scope looking for cancer there...not that I enjoy that either, but it's much easier. No prep.
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AG
Damn. Sad. RIP.
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Never understood the hullabaloo about colonoscopies. I've had it done twice - once to determine why I was getting periodic bloating and the other was just routine. I didn't find it to be that big of a deal. If nothing else, I welcome the chance to really clean things out of your system. Thankfully, I'm on the 10-year plan as neither time showed any polyps.

Get it done. It's far better to spend a day drinking liquids and pooping than to die of something that is very preventable and treatable if caught early enough.
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Seriously, they are not that bad. No reason not to get one. I have to have one every 5 years because they found polyps (benign) when I was 50. Most recent one was two weeks ago.

Day before you're on a clear diet. You'll get hungry. Drink the nasty liquid. Blow out bathroom.

Drink nasty liquid next morning. Blow out bathroom to a lesser extent. Have colonoscopy. You won't even remember it. Eat anything you want once you get home. Best afternoon nap you'll ever have!
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TRD-Ferguson said:

Seriously, they are not that bad. No reason not to get one. I have to have one every 5 years because they found polyps (benign) when I was 50. Most recent one was two weeks ago.

Day before you're on a clear diet. You'll get hungry. Drink the nasty liquid. Blow out bathroom.

Drink nasty liquid next morning. Blow out bathroom to a lesser extent. Have colonoscopy. You won't even remember it. Eat anything you want once you get home. Best afternoon nap you'll ever have!

I've had 2. I'm not sure why everyone thinks I'm anti-colonoscopy
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CharleyKerfeld said:

TRD-Ferguson said:

Seriously, they are not that bad. No reason not to get one. I have to have one every 5 years because they found polyps (benign) when I was 50. Most recent one was two weeks ago.

Day before you're on a clear diet. You'll get hungry. Drink the nasty liquid. Blow out bathroom.

Drink nasty liquid next morning. Blow out bathroom to a lesser extent. Have colonoscopy. You won't even remember it. Eat anything you want once you get home. Best afternoon nap you'll ever have!

I've had 2. I'm not sure why everyone thinks I'm anti-colonoscopy


Because your initial post on the topic was not well thought-out.
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maroon barchetta said:

CharleyKerfeld said:

TRD-Ferguson said:

Seriously, they are not that bad. No reason not to get one. I have to have one every 5 years because they found polyps (benign) when I was 50. Most recent one was two weeks ago.

Day before you're on a clear diet. You'll get hungry. Drink the nasty liquid. Blow out bathroom.

Drink nasty liquid next morning. Blow out bathroom to a lesser extent. Have colonoscopy. You won't even remember it. Eat anything you want once you get home. Best afternoon nap you'll ever have!

I've had 2. I'm not sure why everyone thinks I'm anti-colonoscopy


Because your initial post on the topic was not well thought-out.

Can I pay you $50 to shut the **** up?
Peter Piper
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CharleyKerfeld said:

maroon barchetta said:

CharleyKerfeld said:

TRD-Ferguson said:

Seriously, they are not that bad. No reason not to get one. I have to have one every 5 years because they found polyps (benign) when I was 50. Most recent one was two weeks ago.

Day before you're on a clear diet. You'll get hungry. Drink the nasty liquid. Blow out bathroom.

Drink nasty liquid next morning. Blow out bathroom to a lesser extent. Have colonoscopy. You won't even remember it. Eat anything you want once you get home. Best afternoon nap you'll ever have!

I've had 2. I'm not sure why everyone thinks I'm anti-colonoscopy


Because your initial post on the topic was not well thought-out.

Can I pay you $50 to shut the **** up?

I'll add another $50.

That guy always got an opinion about everything.
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Just saw Roger Avary was on Rogan again but before Van Der Beek died. Would have been fun to hear some JVDB stories.

Apart from the Rules of Attraction and Varsity Blues, I was a big fan of the Power/Rangers short Joseph Kahn did back in 2014. I was producing a horror movie with the 1st AD from that project and an hour before the short dropped he took a few of the production people aside and showed us a private link he had. Then he said the internet is going to go crazy in about 45 minutes. Josh the AD makes his cameo as a bum getting scanned at the 1:15 mark.



maroon barchetta
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CharleyKerfeld said:

maroon barchetta said:

CharleyKerfeld said:

TRD-Ferguson said:

Seriously, they are not that bad. No reason not to get one. I have to have one every 5 years because they found polyps (benign) when I was 50. Most recent one was two weeks ago.

Day before you're on a clear diet. You'll get hungry. Drink the nasty liquid. Blow out bathroom.

Drink nasty liquid next morning. Blow out bathroom to a lesser extent. Have colonoscopy. You won't even remember it. Eat anything you want once you get home. Best afternoon nap you'll ever have!

I've had 2. I'm not sure why everyone thinks I'm anti-colonoscopy


Because your initial post on the topic was not well thought-out.

Can I pay you $50 to shut the **** up?


Sure

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