Colonoscopy Journal:

[skeptic36]

Colonoscopy Journal:

 

 

I called my friend Andy Sable, a gastroenterologist, to make an appointment for a colonoscopy.

 

 

A few days later, in his office, Andy showed me a color diagram of the colon, a lengthy organ that appears to go all over the place, at one point passing briefly through Minneapolis.

 

Then Andy explained the colonoscopy procedure to me in a thorough, reassuring and patient manner.

 

 

I nodded thoughtfully, but I didn't really hear anything he said, because my brain was shrieking, 'HE'S GOING TO STICK A TUBE 17,000 FEET UP YOUR BEHIND!'

 

I left Andy's office with some written instructions, and a prescription for a product called 'MoviPrep,' which comes in a box large enough to hold a microwave oven. I will discuss MoviPrep in detail later; for now suffice it to say that we must never allow it to fall into the hands of America 's enemies...

 

I spent the next several days productively sitting around being nervous.

 

 

Then, on the day before my colonoscopy, I began my preparation. In accordance with my instructions, I didn't eat any solid food that day; all I had was chicken broth, which is basically water, only with less flavor.

 

Then, in the evening, I took the MoviPrep. You mix two packets of powder together in a one-liter plastic jug, then you fill it with lukewarm water. (For those unfamiliar with the metric system, a liter is about 32 gallons). Then you have to drink the whole jug. This takes about an hour, because MoviPrep tastes - and here I am being kind - like a mixture of goat spit and urinal cleanser, with just a hint of lemon.

 

The instructions for MoviPrep, clearly written by somebody with a great sense of humor, state that after you drink it, 'a loose, watery bowel movement may result.'

 

This is kind of like saying that after you jump off your roof, you may experience contact with the ground.

 

MoviPrep is a nuclear laxative. I don't want to be too graphic, here, but, have you ever seen a space-shuttle launch? This is pretty much the MoviPrep experience, with you as the shuttle. There are times when you wish the commode had a seat belt. You spend several hours pretty much confined to the bathroom, spurting violently. You eliminate everything. And then, when you figure you must be totally empty, you have to drink another liter of MoviPrep, at which point, as far as I can tell, your bowels travel into the future and start eliminating food that you have not even eaten yet.

 

After an action-packed evening, I finally got to sleep.

 

The next morning my wife drove me to the clinic. I was very nervous. Not only was I worried about the procedure, but I had been experiencing occasional return bouts of MoviPrep spurts. I was thinking, 'What if I spurt on Andy?' How do you apologize to a friend for something like that? Flowers would not be enough.

 

At the clinic I had to sign many forms acknowledging that I understood and totally agreed with whatever the heck the forms said. Then they led me to a room full of other colonoscopy people, where I went inside a little curtained space and took off my clothes and put on one of those hospital garments designed by sadist perverts, the kind that, when you put it on, makes you feel even more naked than when you are actually naked..

 

Then a nurse named Eddie put a little needle in a vein in my left hand. Ordinarily I would have fainted, but Eddie was very good, and I was already lying down. Eddie also told me that some people put vodka in their MoviPrep.

 

 

At first I was ticked off that I hadn't thought of this, but then I pondered what would happen if you got yourself too tipsy to make it to the bathroom, so you were staggering around in full Fire Hose Mode. You would have no choice but to burn your house.

 

When everything was ready, Eddie wheeled me into the procedure room, where Andy was waiting with a nurse and an anesthesiologist. I did not see the 17,000-foot tube, but I knew Andy had it hidden around there somewhere. I was seriously nervous at this point.

 

 

Andy had me roll over on my left side, and the anesthesiologist began hooking something up to the needle in my hand.

 

There was music playing in the room, and I realized that the song was 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA. I remarked to Andy that, of all the songs that could be playing during this particular procedure, 'Dancing Queen' had to be the least appropriate.

 

'You want me to turn it up?' said Andy, from somewhere behind me.

 

'Ha ha,' I said. And then it was time, the moment I had been dreading for more than a decade. If you are squeamish, prepare yourself, because I am going to tell you, in explicit detail, exactly what it was like.

 

I have no idea. Really. I slept through it. One moment, ABBA was yelling 'Dancing Queen, feel the beat of the tambourine,' and the next moment, I was back in the other room, waking up in a very mellow mood.

 

 

Andy was looking down at me and asking me how I felt. I felt excellent. I felt even more excellent when Andy told me that It was all over, and that my colon had passed with flying colors. I have never been prouder of an internal organ.

 

 

 

On the subject of Colonoscopies...

 

Colonoscopies are no joke, but these comments during the exam were quite humorous..... A physician claimed that the following are actual comments made by his patients (predominately male) while he was performing their colonoscopies:

 

1. Take it easy Doc. You’re boldly going where no man has gone before.

 

2. 'Can you hear me NOW?'

 

3. 'Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?'

 

4. 'Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?'

 

5. 'You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out...'

 

6. 'Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!'

 

7. 'If your hand doesn't fit, you must quit!'

 

8. 'Hey Doc, let me know if you find my dignity.'

 

And the best one of all:

 

9. 'Could you write a note for my wife saying that my head is not up there?'

 

 

 

[terryc]

I Can't sleep and now I'm having fits of laughter, my wife this I've gone mad.

 

 

[Guest JRMobile]

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[Guest Andys@coffs]

very good!!!!

 

The bit missing at the end.... during the procedure your colon is pumped up with CO2...... the bit about waking up mellow....Total BS!!!! remeber as a kid blowing up a balloon and pulling the neck wide....yeah thats it feels like at the end, only your very very scared that you'll follow through!!!!

 

 

[airangel]

The funniest one I heard, Doctor carrying out a digital prostate examination of a patient, Patient says ," shouldnt we have had a coffee first"

 

 

[Cosmick]

I had both an Endoscopy & Colonoscopy at the same time, the last thing I said to the Doctor was "Can you perform the Endoscopy first, I'd hate to be left with a bad taste in my Mouth". (No they don't use the same implement).

 

I chose to have a Colonoscopy at 40 and have had one each 5 years since then. They can also check the prostate without you knowing about it.

 

 

[facthunter]

I'm not getting into this Colo-rectal stuff. There's massive amounts of funnies about on the subject without my contributon. #9 is the best I've heard, though.

 

Mate of mine had a few polyps removed and then claimed the title to a "perfect Ar***ole.

 

We knew that already.

 

Just as the Doc was starting the prostate examination the patient said,

 

Doc, can you use two fingers?

 

Why?

 

I always get a second opinion.

 

.OK that's it I'll keep my promise...Nev

 

 

[Guernsey]

Several years ago endoscopy and colonoscopies were performed without anasthetic or maybe a mild one but you were still concious and could talk to the doctor however, today

 

you have a small injection and wake up after the procedure back in your bed. I have had several. BUT you can and often talk back to the doctor during the procedure because you are not under anasthetic. Stone the crows!! what am I saying. You are given a drug which is a 'memory blocker' which completely blocks out your memory of what happened from the time the drug is released until you are woken back in your bed so your doctor can talk to you and you can answer but do not recall what was said. Next time you have it done, ask your doctor if you said anything comical or otherwise and if he has a good sense of humour he may tell you. I have also gone through the full prostate bit having had prostate cancer 7 years ago that's why I have a jolly good sense of humour....it is just so great to be ALIVE and not take life too seriously.

 

Alan Marriette...the happy survivor:clap2:

 

 

[Guest Walter Buschor]

Thanks heaps for this story. I nearly died loughing. Even our dogs were concerned about my well being. no joke. The BEST i have read in years!!

 

Keep drinking the stuff and keep us posted - please!!

 

Walter