Dec 27 2008
Christmas Eve Colonoscopy
Christmas Eve Colonoscopy is a caption that should capture some attention, I would think.
Who expects to have a colonoscopy on Christmas Eve? In actuality it was the morning of Christmas Eve, but still, it really puts a damper on your mood for celebrating. Should help with holiday weight gain, though.
This was my second colonoscopy. The first was five years ago and two non-cancerous polyps were removed at that time. Again they found two polyps and I should receive the biopsy results in the next few days.
This procedure was different than my first in that I was able to watch the entire process on the same screen that the doctor was using to guide his progress with the camera. Last time they gave me too much medication and I was out like a light. This time, with reduced medication, the process was so much more interesting! If you have never seen the inside of your colon….well, wait a minute…unless you can get your head in a very strange position, a colonoscopy is the only way I know to view…in real time…exactly what is going on…in living color no less!
As a final treat, the doctor turned the camera around in there and I could see the inside of my “rear window” from the inside.
Okay. A little too much information.
In any case, a colonoscopy for everyone over fifty years of age is one of the best deterrents to colon cancer. Early detection, and/or removal of polyps before they become cancerous, is a key to longevity. The process is not painful. The preparation the day before…fasting and then taking a laxative to clean you out…is actually more uncomfortable than the procedure itself. Believe me.
uh… yuck! Not my idea of a ~fun~ Christmas Eve. Hope the rest of your holidays were better than that