Current Events > Any of you here are old enough to start getting colonoscopies.....

(+) Yeah! (+)

but you are like fearful of getting one and don't plan of getting one?

Got one last March.

Thankfully not yet, but slowly reaching that point

Mom just got one of these. Seems pretty annoying and tedious to prepare for. Just the sort of thing I dislike.

Darkinsanity1 posted...

Mom just got one of these. Seems pretty annoying and tedious to prepare for. Just the sort of thing I dislike.

but you prob will still get it?

I had one last year. Prep was annoying, but not terrible (but I work from home), procedure was nothing. The worst part was that it took my digestion about a week to get back to normal after.

Im not old enough but I want one to be safe

Got one last month. Discovered I have cancer.

Not old enough, but I did get one at 21 years old.

Like others said, the prep sucks, but the procedure itself was nothing. They knock you out and 20 minutes later your awake and they give you a snack.

Nah, but I did have a finger shoved up my butthole for a hemmy last month. Shit felt really weird >______>

My personal advice is to get one as early as you insurance is willing to cover it.

I waited till I turned 45 and now I have to get surgery because they found a pre-cancerous polyp thats too large to fully remove.

I'm technically of age, but doctors keep telling me it's unnecessary if I have no other indicators that would warrant checking it out up there. It's very disappointing

Tom_Joad posted...

Got one last month. Discovered I have cancer.

damn, I'm sorry to hear.

are you going through treatment or anything?

Tom_Joad posted...

Got one last month. Discovered I have cancer.

Oh shit. I'm sorry to hear that. Is it early stage?

GranTurismo posted...

but you prob will still get it?

Eh I'll put it off as I usually do Dr visits but if they make me do one when it 's time probably. To expand upon it, I don't really see a reason to fear them. I just don't want to deal with the tedious prep and potential after effects. One user mentioned it took a week for his digestion to go back to normal. Ugh

Jiek_Fafn posted...

I'm technically of age, but doctors keep telling me it's unnecessary if I have no other indicators that would warrant checking it out up there. It's very disappointing

you are 45 and have insurance? never heard of that. why won't they?

boxoto posted...

damn, I'm sorry to hear.

are you going through treatment or anything?

I've gotten an MRI, CAT scan, and will be getting a ultrasound exam next week. This will allow the oncologists/surgeons to tell if they can just cut it out via a local resection (outpatient surgery).

Or if they need to do radiation therapy to shrink it beforehand.

It's only 3cm in diameter, so it shouldn't require major surgery. Like removing my rectum.

I have Crohn's disease so I've had to get them since my 20s when I was diagnosed. I've maybe had like 4 or 5 in that time? The procedure itself is fine since you're under anesthesia, it's just the prep that's a bitch.

Tom_Joad posted...

I've gotten an MRI, CAT scan, and will be getting a ultrasound exam next week. This will allow the oncologists/surgeons to tell if they can just cut it out via a local resection (outpatient surgery).

Or if they need to do radiation therapy to shrink it beforehand.

It's only 3cm in diameter, so it shouldn't require major surgery. Like removing my rectum.

The polyp they found in my colon is thankfully precancerous, but mine is 4cm (no that it's a competition) and I'm going in for a resection surgery as well.

Hope all goes well.

bigblu89 posted...

The polyp they found in my colon is thankfully precancerous, but mine is 4cm (no that it's a competition) and I'm going in for a resection surgery as well.

Hope all goes well.

That... is a huge polyp. Wow.

(O.o)

I've been getting them since I was 28. Yay inflammatory bowel disease!

It really isn't that bad. Mostly starving for a day is about the worst part, followed by the fire hydrant ass caused by the usually detestable prep drink. The procedure itself is easy.

Edit to say I've watched enough folks on YouTube going through cancer journeys, I believe the starting age for these should be lowered to 35 or even 30.

I've had three. One to find my cancer, one to confirm it was gone, the third was a few years later to make sure it stayed gone.

Not yet! but I'll be earlier than most due to family history of colon cancer.

I will be mailing it in starting next year.

Tom_Joad posted...

That... is a huge polyp. Wow.

(O.o)

Yeah, the Doc was kinda alarmed by the size along with how many other polyps he found, considering my age.

I don't know much of my father's family's health history, as he was basically an orphan since his father basically abandoned him when he was young and his mom passed when he was 17, but I assume there wasn't a great health history on that side.

It looking like I'll be on the annual colonoscopy train from here on out.

I feel bad for my kids, becasue my wife also had some complications when she had her colonoscopy, so they're both going to have to start getting them at a much younger age than normal.

I have to say that the easier form of the drink (it's called Plenvu here) didn't work very well in clearing my colon.

The next time I have to do one, I'll choose MiraLax. Even if it is supposed to taste worse.

Ive had them since my early 20s due to ulcerative colitis. 33 now and Im sure by now Ive had 10+

Tom_Joad posted...

I have to say that the easier form of the drink (it's called Plenvu here) didn't work very well in clearing my colon.

The next time I have to do one, I'll choose MiraLax. Even if it is supposed to taste worse.

I hear cutting the MiraLax with Gatorade makes it much more tolerable.

I had a liquid prep as well. It wasn't terrible. Forgot what it was called, but it basically tasted like salty robitussin.

Got one a few years ago. Wasn't that bad. If you must get one, there's pills you can take for prep. There's also some liquid stuff that supposedly tastes like shit.

Spurner posted...

I will be mailing it in starting next year.

you will only do the mailing in poop method, you will not get the full procedure? why?

GranTurismo posted...

you will only do the mailing in poop method, you will not get the full procedure? why?

I will get the full procedure if the results are positive or flagged as at risk.

Edit: This is what I said to my Dr. and he was fine with it.

According to my insurance I am not. Doesn't matter what the doctor thinks.

Chadawah posted...

According to my insurance I am not. Doesn't matter what the doctor thinks.

Uh-oh. I'm supposed to have a diagnostic done in a couple of weeks. I think I'm gonna need to check to see if/how well my insurance covers it at my age.

markconig posted...

Not old enough, but I did get one at 21 years old.

Like others said, the prep sucks, but the procedure itself was nothing. They knock you out and 20 minutes later your awake and they give you a snack.

That doesnt sound consensual.

Spurner posted...

I will get the full procedure if the results are positive or flagged as at risk.

Edit: This is what I said to my Dr. and he was fine with it.

Oh, I thought that most docs really really recommend getting the full, one

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Is Crohn's a usually extremely serious disease