oh, i don't know. i can see you as one of those witty sorts of nurses.
i'm getting a colonoscopy (just a baseline screening one). so i'm choking down a gallon of liquid cruft and spending the day on the pot. hooray for wireless internet.
well, "regular basis" where the next time is (barring unforseen problems) something like 5 years from now.
it's part of the conspiracy to have me undergo every screening test known to man, woman, and medical science. having managed to survive cancer twice with nothing worse than a couple of scars, i'm all over prevention and screenings. (i also get mammograms and CAT scans, now, but those are less involved.)
it comes with several "flavor packets", so you can add whichever hint of flavor you want. (citrus berry, lemon/lime, cherry, orange, pineapple, and something else.) the flavoring doesn't add much flavor. it doesn't taste vile like milk of magnesia, but after three quarters of a gallon over a few hours, i started having trouble drinking more of it.
i'm otherwise on a "clear liquid" diet. bullion, jello, ginger ale, weak tea (without milk) etc. i've mostly been drinking ginger ale. i was speculating earlier if "vodka" qualified as a clear liquid.
I can't think of a liquid more clear than vodak, (or everclear). Still, probably a bad idea, unless you really like the color of the vial liquid and want to see it again.
Bring a videotape and ask if they have a recorder attached to the camera. Sometimes they do and will tape the procedure for you. Kinda interesting actually.
I recently had an internal bladder exam, they numbed me up (I was still quite awake) inserted a catheter, pumped me full of saline (that was the worst part, having a full bladder and not being able to go hurts) then in went the camera... It was cool to be able to watch it on the same screen that the doctor was watching it on and have him explain the procedure and what I was looking at.
Good Luck, I hope they don't find anything *interesting*.
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Date: 2005-09-11 08:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-11 08:39 pm (UTC)Sort of off-topic
Date: 2005-09-11 08:43 pm (UTC)AND
Date: 2005-09-11 08:52 pm (UTC)Re: AND
Date: 2005-09-11 08:55 pm (UTC)i'm getting a colonoscopy (just a baseline screening one). so i'm choking down a gallon of liquid cruft and spending the day on the pot. hooray for wireless internet.
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Date: 2005-09-11 09:18 pm (UTC)I plan on attempting to talk P's physician into ordering one of those next month, because P's grandfather died of colon cancer in his early 50s.
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Date: 2005-09-11 09:24 pm (UTC)i certainly hope so. :-|
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Date: 2005-09-11 11:48 pm (UTC)Re: AND
Date: 2005-09-12 01:14 am (UTC)Is the cruft flavored (strawberry? mint?)? Can you, um, wash it down with alcohol?
Good luck!
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Date: 2005-09-12 01:55 am (UTC)it's part of the conspiracy to have me undergo every screening test known to man, woman, and medical science. having managed to survive cancer twice with nothing worse than a couple of scars, i'm all over prevention and screenings. (i also get mammograms and CAT scans, now, but those are less involved.)
it comes with several "flavor packets", so you can add whichever hint of flavor you want. (citrus berry, lemon/lime, cherry, orange, pineapple, and something else.) the flavoring doesn't add much flavor. it doesn't taste vile like milk of magnesia, but after three quarters of a gallon over a few hours, i started having trouble drinking more of it.
i'm otherwise on a "clear liquid" diet. bullion, jello, ginger ale, weak tea (without milk) etc. i've mostly been drinking ginger ale. i was speculating earlier if "vodka" qualified as a clear liquid.
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Date: 2005-09-12 05:32 am (UTC)sorry, babe.
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Date: 2005-09-11 11:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-12 12:07 am (UTC)Bring a videotape and ask if they have a recorder attached to the camera. Sometimes they do and will tape the procedure for you. Kinda interesting actually.
I recently had an internal bladder exam, they numbed me up (I was still quite awake) inserted a catheter, pumped me full of saline (that was the worst part, having a full bladder and not being able to go hurts) then in went the camera... It was cool to be able to watch it on the same screen that the doctor was watching it on and have him explain the procedure and what I was looking at.
Good Luck, I hope they don't find anything *interesting*.
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Date: 2005-09-12 01:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-12 12:54 am (UTC)(Someone had to say it)
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Date: 2005-09-12 02:15 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2005-09-12 02:20 am (UTC)