06-25-2014, 09:40 PM
I've had two Colonscopies. The first was after I had my back surgery because I passed something that looked
like tissue. They found 4 or 5 flat polyps, I thought that would be a good but that's not the kind of polyp to find,
they're more likely to be cancerous.
I only got a 3 year reprieve and I stretched it out to almost 4 years. I had my second one about 2 months ago
this time they only found one tiny flat polyp and I got a 5 year reprieve. All checked out to be benign.
Now back to the colonoscopy itself there's nothing to it. You go in they put to sleep and you never know it's done, you
wake up and go home. Now for the bad part and that's the prep, it can be very let's say draining. The stuff I had to
take was called Suprep, it's a two part prep. One at 6pm and then one 3 -4 hours before the procedure. With this
stuff I suggest you take extra underwear and be ready to find a toilet as soon as you get there. Also when they say be there
at 7:45 make sure to ask them if the doors open at 7:45 or 8am. Sitting in the parking holding your bowels that are
filling with liquid for 15 minutes is no fun.
like tissue. They found 4 or 5 flat polyps, I thought that would be a good but that's not the kind of polyp to find,
they're more likely to be cancerous.
I only got a 3 year reprieve and I stretched it out to almost 4 years. I had my second one about 2 months ago
this time they only found one tiny flat polyp and I got a 5 year reprieve. All checked out to be benign.
Now back to the colonoscopy itself there's nothing to it. You go in they put to sleep and you never know it's done, you
wake up and go home. Now for the bad part and that's the prep, it can be very let's say draining. The stuff I had to
take was called Suprep, it's a two part prep. One at 6pm and then one 3 -4 hours before the procedure. With this
stuff I suggest you take extra underwear and be ready to find a toilet as soon as you get there. Also when they say be there
at 7:45 make sure to ask them if the doors open at 7:45 or 8am. Sitting in the parking holding your bowels that are
filling with liquid for 15 minutes is no fun.