Originally Posted by johnjzjz (Post 2398799)

stop being a sissy its not as bad as it sounds plus your are not really awake, they part put you under and you dont feel anything BUT you do walk different from them on HAHHAHAHAHAHAhah just kidding, It is better than wearing a bag for the rest of your life because you did not man up and have it done.

The second time is actually harder to do well for me it was -- jz

Originally Posted by Craig (Post 2398948)

It's not the diagnostic procedure, my 14 year old had it done 2 weeks ago for a different issue. I just have a "don't ask, don't tell" policy for conditions that I am not willing to have treated. I've seen enough people go through cancer treatments to know that I wouldn't.

Originally Posted by MTI (Post 2399014)

Good thinking. The same strategy has kept me uterine cancer free for years.

Originally Posted by Whiskeydan (Post 2398712)

Fifty... a mailbox full of AARP junk.

Originally Posted by Jim B. (Post 2398894)

My father died of diverticulitis problems, in Feb. 2006, at the age of 92, I was told by the Doctors he would probably be killed on the operating table if they tried "defensive" surgery on him.

I still miss him so much and am upset about this.

Originally Posted by Whiskeydan (Post 2400540)

Had to go to the er

looks like ill be here for a couple of days

Originally Posted by MTI (Post 2398701)

I've had three in the past 13 years due to family history. The sole discomfort is chuggin the industrial strength laxative the night before, and if you approach it the same way as you did with your frat brothers and that half gallon of tequila . . . it's not that hard either.

The wonders of modern intravenous anesthesia, can't say enough good things about it.

Originally Posted by 280SE Guy (Post 2398730)

I had my doctor do an "in the office" probe about 7 years ago after a close friend had 7 feet (?) of his colon removed because of cancer. My doctor, about a foot and a half up with his instrument (a shorter version of the full colonoscopy) said, "You have a polup that will have to be removed. We'll make an appointment for you to have that taken care of. He continued to push the probe and it became very uncomfortable for me. I asked since I would have to have the full scope, could he stop the "in office" procedure. Appointment was made, the day after my birthday. The time came and I said "I made a mistake" as I had to go through the prep ON MY BIRTHDAY!

Went in the next morning, got on the gurney, was knocked out, and woke up in the recovery room. The Dr. said, I have some good news and some bad news for you. We took out the polup that your Dr. found a few weeks ago and their were no others to be found. I said good, what's the bad news? He said he thinks that he punctured my colon and their was an ambulance waiting in the back to take me to the hospital. I then asked him if that meant I couldn't mow the grass tomorrow? He acknowleged that I couldn't then got loaded onto the ambulance gurney then off to the hospital. A rough ride on my inards, I could then tell that he did infact do some damage to me. A round of xrays confirmed the case then it was off to the operating room only to get knocked out again. The next Dr. had to remove about 5 inches of my colon, pull the two parts out of a small incision, stich them back together and stuff the colon back into me. I was in the hospital for 4 days of recovery.

Not a pleasant experience, but my friend passed away later that year because of the cancer. I would recomend getting one to be sure, his death was not a pretty thing, I saw him the night (7 hours) before he passed, I will never forget that.

Originally Posted by Craig (Post 2398948)

It's not the diagnostic procedure, my 14 year old had it done 2 weeks ago for a different issue. I just have a "don't ask, don't tell" policy for conditions that I am not willing to have treated. I've seen enough people go through cancer treatments to know that I wouldn't.

Originally Posted by Graplr (Post 2401097)

That is the point. You get the polyp removed BEFORE it turns cancerous, then you don't have to go through cancer treatments!

Originally Posted by aklim (Post 2401162)

There is an treatment he will NOT like even more. We suspected that Dad had a polyp. Of course, he was too stubborn to get it checked and he had been bleeding for a year before he mentioned it. Mom made him check it out. He was lucky that it didn't reach past the intestine walls and into other areas. He only lost half his colon. Now he goes for regular colonoscopy as prescribed. Very painful lesson indeed.

In my case, they found a couple of them polyps, burnt them out and I didn't even know it happened. Most uncomfortable thing was the solution they make you drink to clean out the system. Felt like someone shoved a car wash high pressure hose down my throat.