First colonoscopy
My surgeon schedules me for my followup colonoscopy last wednesday,and gives me a script for "MoviPrep" to take the evening before the procedure the following morning. Now, as I go into walgreens after work, I'm picturing a small 8 ounce container of something I'm going to drink, or perhaps even something as simple as a pill to swallow...but no, it can't be something THAT easy. TWO LITERS to chug down within 2 hours time, PLUS almost the same amount of water.
I actually thought I would be PEEING all night folks... ummmmmm, not QUITE. heh heh
So, after practically NO sleep I hop in the car with momma to drop kiddies off at school/daycare and to the medical building we go. I get changed into the infamous hospital gown that is the BEST fashion statement around if you like to moon people and lay on the gurney and wait...and wait...and wait some more. But not all boring.. the nurse comes into to start an IV (which, with ME is usually at LEAST a two or three stick ordeal...thick skin and elusive veins), then get visited by the anesthesiologist who goes over the same old same old (wish I could just copy/paste my responses to them like I can in the computer world...would save me at least a days worth of time in the past 12 months).
Finally get wheeled into the procedure room. The anesthesiologist squirts some happy juice into my IV and says something like, "Now, this will make you a little sleepy". The next thing I fully remember after those words were sitting in my easy chair at home, eating BurgerKing, wondering if I had just had a stroke induced hallucination of the procedure.
Everything checked out fine by the way,and I look forward to my next procedure
See? Isn't learning FUN!?!?!
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That's were I differ from a lotunknown said:This comment has been removed by the Moderator
that I've heard... wanting to "watch" the procedure. Not this goofy hillbilly, ignorance about some things is BLISS! I DO NOT want to know what the inside of my poop-chute looks like, but that's just ME
As far as not being anesthetized for the procedure, Gracie, you're more of a "man" than I'll EVER be! Holy COW batman....0 -
")AncientTiger said:That's were I differ from a lot
that I've heard... wanting to "watch" the procedure. Not this goofy hillbilly, ignorance about some things is BLISS! I DO NOT want to know what the inside of my poop-chute looks like, but that's just ME
As far as not being anesthetized for the procedure, Gracie, you're more of a "man" than I'll EVER be! Holy COW batman....
You guys crack my up!!! I needed a smile. THANKS!!
JP0 -
No Sleep Either
I'm like Graci - that medicine just don't work for me. Even last year when telling the doctor that the last twilight medicine didn't work he said, I'll make you very comfortable and sleepy - yeah right. Watched the whole thing. They gave me all the medicine that should be normal for my weight and height and nope, nothing, not even a little. They let me go early after the procedure too.
Glad that everything worked out well for you and you had a clean scope. It is a bummer having to drink all that though. They wanted me to do the miralax and gatoraide mix which worked good for me, but was still going all night and even in the morning.
Yummy - the burger king sounds so good right now
Kim0
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