Re: Colonoscopy Done 5 days ago

TX-starlight · ‎03-10-2010

@ECBG I was determined not to do a regular colonoscopy. I did the (sp)Colorguard (at home test). I don't have time for all the prep & next day effects. Ask your Dr. about it or google it. Nothing to it, except for the timing,lol..

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

@TX-starlight wrote:
@ECBG I was determined not to do a regular colonoscopy. I did the (sp)Colorguard (at home test). I don't have time for all the prep & next day effects. Ask your Dr. about it or google it. Nothing to it, except for the timing,lol..

@TX-starlightThank you for the info. Unfortunately, since my grandmother passed from that type of cancer, it won't be an option for me. In fact, mine are much closer than the five years. He and I have had a very detailed discussion.

tsavorite · ‎03-09-2010

Never had one....husband and friend did....were fine right afterward and eating on way home. On the other hand my Mom had one and couldn't urinate afterward...was done while in hospital. They had to do a cath every 2 hrs. She had terrible bloating...gas also. I never knew that this test could cause someone not to be able to urinate on their own afterward.

sarahpanda · ‎03-11-2010

I had mine done a few days ago too...The only side effect that I've endured is that I've felt the need to eat everything in sight - being that I was on the restricted diet for three days prior to the procedure. . Now, I feel like I've got to play ''catch up'' ! hahaha and ugh !!

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@TX-starlight

I have 2 deceased friends that "didn't have time" for a Colonoscopy. Time "found them", it was called Colon Cancer, and it was a miserable death for both of them. Cologard shows many false negatives, a Colonoscopy does not.

Hey, everybody makes their own choices and prioritizes their time. We all live in the same 24 hour a day life, it isn't the time, it's the priorities that count. Many believe "it only happens to other people". That is why Colon Cancer is ONE of the few PREVENTABLE Cancers.

I didn't have time for my 2 heart attacks or my 2 back surgeries, but guess what? Time found me!

hckynut(john)

TX-starlight · ‎03-10-2010

@hckynut I'm not here to agrue about it. I have a close friend who just passed away from colon cancer. I'm sorry, but it's my belief, that no matter what we do, when it's our time to go, it's our time. Nothing can prevent death, it might take us on another path, but death is our destiny. God chooses our path, & I believe he has chosen the path for me to make this choice.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@TX-starlight

I understand. I have met many people, outside religious beliefs also, that believe "when it's your time" philosophical or religious statement. Strange part is many I met were on the Heart Critical Care Floor.

I questioned why, with there belief, they came to a hospital since it might have "been their time"? Never got a reasonable/direct answer that made even common sense to me. I DO NOT ARGUE, especially on this Wellness Forum, or any forum on this Bulletin Board. I state my opinions along, in many posts, actual Medical Facts. What anyone chooses to do with those "facts" is up to them.

I believe there is a higher power, was raised in a devout Roman Catholic family, was an Alter Boy for several years. My belief is that the "higher power" endowed me with a brain capable of making sound choices in relation to possibly adding "more productive time" until it is "my time".

Sure, everyone has "their amount of time here on earth, and they also have the ability to make choices, many that to me are common sense choices, to reduce or add years or decades until "it is their time ".

Had I not had the ability and medical knowledge to react, and quickly in several, I would have been dead in 2002/2003/2006/2008(3 times)/2011. I didn't believe it was yet "my time" in spite of a few very slim odds in some of those years.

No need to reply, as that is pretty much my view on the "when it's my time" often used phrase.

hckynut(john)

mousiegirl · ‎03-09-2010

@sarahpanda wrote:
I had mine done a few days ago too...The only side effect that I've endured is that I've felt the need to eat everything in sight - being that I was on the restricted diet for three days prior to the procedure. . Now, I feel like I've got to play ''catch up'' ! hahaha and ugh !!

@sarahpanda The only time I eat lemon jello is in preparation for this test, two so far, and hope that is it, lol.

Alexia · ‎07-23-2010

Hckynut--I totally agree with you. Colon cancer is highly preventable and it's only a short inconvenience compared to having a colon cancer diagnosis. My precious Mom died from this horrible cancer and it was very sad. I would encourage anyone to please find the "time". I've been through the back surgeries too and somehow you find the time. I really think that we have to just suck it up and move on with what we have to do in life--fun?--no, but somehow God gives us strength.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@Alexia

I am very sorry to hear that you lost your mother to this cancer. As I mentioned in my original post, 2 of my good friends died from this cancer, and they both were ones that I stressed the importance of them getting a colonoscopy. They didn't use the "time" excuse, they simply told me, "ain't nobody stickin anything up my ***, for any reason".

Unfortunately they had many somebody's, called doctors, doing just that, during their long suffering battle with this cancer. I was/am good friends with their widows, and also many of their children. They lost a husband and a dad to a disease that possibly could have been prevented.

Thank you for telling your story here, as I am sure it was/is not an easy thing to do. My best to you,

hckynut(john)